How long should the legal part take?

watermelonspring

Falafels said:

watermelonspring said:

Falafels said:

davidmcn said:

watermelonspring said:

Comms69 said:

watermelonspring said:

Falafels said:

watermelonspring said:

moneysavinghero said:

Does not matter what your landlord wants. Once you fixed term ends you will automatically go onto a monthly. Only way landlord  could then get you out is by giving you 6 months notice.

I have heard that but it seems quite confrontational to refuse to sign a fixed tenancy but continue to live there against her wishes. I don’t want to be *that* tenant. 

It will just go to a rolling tenancy. I can totally understand why you don't want to be 'that' tenant, but explain your situation fully, and that you will be out of the property as soon as possible. Is your landlady in a hurry for you to move out?

We haven’t mentioned anything yet in case this all falls through and we’d have nowhere to live. 

Ye, the landlord cant evict you until basically 2022....

I know but I won’t be doing that sort of thing, making her go to go court etc

If you're only talking about a couple of extra months (and you continue paying the rent!) why on earth would she be going to court?

Quite! I can't see any reason at all why this need to be confrontational or unpleasant; I also don't understand why they haven't talked to the landlady about it!

I think it’s a bit mean (and confrontational I guess) if a landlord refuses a monthly rolling tenancy but the tenant just says whatever, I’m going to stay here anyway and you’ll have to evict me.  

That is not at all what I was suggesting. Why would you have a problem with contacting the landlady, saying that you're aware that the tenancy is scheduled to end in XXX, but you're buying a property and are worried that the time to complete the transaction may overrun this date. Would it be OK to continue to stay at the property as tenants until such time as you are able to complete on your purchase, if necessary?

As I've said in other posts, unless she has a pressing reason to get you out at the official end of the tenancy, it shouldn't be a problem for her. At the moment you are assuming that she will refuse a monthly rolling tenancy without even asking her, even though it would solve your problem!

I am not assuming. I’m sure I wrote in another post that she has refused a rolling tenancy. Anyway, it’s fine as I didn’t post about rental issues. I was just wondering how long the legal bits are taking for everyone the moment. 

watermelonspring

Densol said:

Mine took from 17th July to 18th Sep - no chain 
No issues due to Covid ! 

I answered any queries literally immediately ( I dont work ) 
I paid for expedited searches 
Can be done if your solicitor and sellers solicitor play ball 

Wow that’s so speedy!

Caramac

ThriftyGinger said:

watermelonspring said:

Silly me I thought it made a difference but you’re totally right! It’s bloody stressful isn’t it?!

It's very stressful! TBH I feel quite helpless because the problem is completely out of my hands and no one at the moment will tell me what's going on; it's been about three weeks since the issue was raised. I'm also wary of bothering people too much! It'll all get resolved eventually, I'm sure, but right now I feel like I'm in limbo. 

I understand how helpless you feel but don’t be too wary of bothering people. We were due to exchange last week and complete on Friday. If we hadn’t asked for a progress report on Wednesday we wouldn’t have realised it wasn’t happening. I do wonder when we would have been told.

AnotherJoe

watermelonspring said:

Comms69 said:

watermelonspring said:

Falafels said:

watermelonspring said:

moneysavinghero said:

Does not matter what your landlord wants. Once you fixed term ends you will automatically go onto a monthly. Only way landlord  could then get you out is by giving you 6 months notice.

I have heard that but it seems quite confrontational to refuse to sign a fixed tenancy but continue to live there against her wishes. I don’t want to be *that* tenant. 

It will just go to a rolling tenancy. I can totally understand why you don't want to be 'that' tenant, but explain your situation fully, and that you will be out of the property as soon as possible. Is your landlady in a hurry for you to move out?

We haven’t mentioned anything yet in case this all falls through and we’d have nowhere to live. 

Ye, the landlord cant evict you until basically 2022....

I know but I won’t be doing that sort of thing, making her go to go court etc

Why would she have to go to court if you will leave before she could actually evict you?

IMO too much the martyr / angst here.

Just go on a rolling contract when it ends. Thats what the LL signed up for when she started her lettings business.

watermelonspring

AnotherJoe said:

watermelonspring said:

Comms69 said:

watermelonspring said:

Falafels said:

watermelonspring said:

moneysavinghero said:

Does not matter what your landlord wants. Once you fixed term ends you will automatically go onto a monthly. Only way landlord  could then get you out is by giving you 6 months notice.

I have heard that but it seems quite confrontational to refuse to sign a fixed tenancy but continue to live there against her wishes. I don’t want to be *that* tenant. 

It will just go to a rolling tenancy. I can totally understand why you don't want to be 'that' tenant, but explain your situation fully, and that you will be out of the property as soon as possible. Is your landlady in a hurry for you to move out?

We haven’t mentioned anything yet in case this all falls through and we’d have nowhere to live. 

Ye, the landlord cant evict you until basically 2022....

I know but I won’t be doing that sort of thing, making her go to go court etc

Why would she have to go to court if you will leave before she could actually evict you?

IMO too much the martyr / angst here.

Just go on a rolling contract when it ends. Thats what the LL signed up for when she started her lettings business.

Happy to discuss this further as a PM as I don’t think you understand my situation. Thanks. 

Beeboo23

The receptionist at our conveyancers said 16-18 weeks. We’re in a chain of three. 
I spoke to the solicitor after and he said it could be done by mid December, they started at the end of September. How long’s a piece of string I suppose.