Not Confident on Chain ..No Trust on EAs...What should I do..?

sujsuj

hazyjo said:

Not everybody has a survey. Not sure which link you're referring to, but could it be they're not having one? Desktop valuations are extremely common at the moment. That's normal.

What I mean is 4 weeks over after search completion and mortages by everyone in the chain based on information shared by EA. Not sure what else could cause delays..?

Doozergirl

As it stands, you haven't given us one genuine reason or clue as to why this is going wrong.  Everything sounds quite normal to most of us.   It appears to be you that's planning to pull out, collapse an entire chain and try to pull a fast one on your own estate agent, because you're convinced that someone else isn't trustworthy.  

Until that chain collapses due to someone else pulling out, you will be liable for that estate agent's fee and your solicitors fees until now.
 

There's a saying.  "If you think that everyone around you is the problem, maybe you are the problem".    

I'm out.  You'd like us to agree with you and I cannot.
 

hazyjo

sujsuj said:

rik111 said:

. (2) I never believed my buyer as a serious buyer as they visited house only once and offer came after my Notice to EA.

But now you are saying you will give notice to EA.

So which is it, you have already given them notice or going to give them notice ? Need to tread carefully, especially if agent has a clause about introducing a proceedable buyer and you pulling out....

Yes I have given notice to EA before and their trick seems to be once you give notice Offer will emerge from nowhere!! Once I had offer tried proceed with that offer and wasted 3 months now.

You have given notice and you think they're inventing a buyer who - what - doesn't instruct a solicitor? Doesn't pay for searches? Doesn't pay for/ choose a mortgage product? Surely your solicitor would've been in touch with their solicitor during that time? Or do you honestly believe the lender and solicitor are in cahoots with the EA too?

Sorry, you are making absolutely no sense.

Yes it can take weeks after searches. I've always instructed my solicitor to do searches immediately. They're usually back within a week or three. As I already said, base the whole process on 12-14 weeks. That's an AVERAGE time. So it may take less, it may take longer. And that's from when the entire chain was formed, not the first link.

babyblade41

OP has lost the plot, pointless trying to talk common sense as it doesn't seem to be going in.

I never viewed my last 2 properties at all my husband viewed it once for half hour , no survey , cash buyer for my house , no mortgages and empty property on my purchase ..took 14 weeks .

If you sell to your friend be prepared for an invoice from EA 

Splatfoot

sujsuj said:

rik111Splatfoot said:

So you're going to pull out of the purchase with your buyer? 

I am not pulling out ..Its failing already my EA is just keeping it floating now so that their SOLD board is kept with my property longer as advertisement . So I just have to give them ultimatum before their next trick and then make everyone aware of the situation. All searches and all work by all parties completed 3 weeks ago. I don't need to pull out!! Its dead horse already.

How do you even know this??? I'm selling, in a small chain. All legal work is complete. There's an issue with someone's mortgage offer which we understand and are waiting. Patiently. 

Tiglet2

I have read this thread and the vast majority of the other threads by OP and I still don't have the foggiest....!

söpöpöllö

You're making this process far too difficult for yourself (and probably others). Just sit back, let others do their jobs and stop analysing every single step. Why on earth would a desktop valuation be a problem? We had one, and so do plenty of other people. The process takes enough time during normal times and now there's a global pandemic causing havoc. A lot of solicitors, surveyors, EAs and God knows who have significantly bigger caseloads now.

It sounds like your projecting your plans on other people. You're the one planning on collapsing the chain, so you're convinced someone else will do it. A bit like cheaters think their partners are cheating...

Caramac

I sold my dad’s bungalow two years ago. It was vacant and the purchaser had sold to someone who had already sold and was living in rented accommodation. It took three months without the complication of Covid.

We are at the top of a chain of three. The chain was completed on 3rd July and we are still waiting for exchange/completion. Yes the lack of communication is frustrating but I know in my job one of my bugbears is answering emails/phone calls to reassure people I’m doing my job instead of actually doing my job.

Tiglet2

Yay, Caramac, this is one of my bugbears too and I work in conveyancing!

Mrcsmrs

OP I think you’re being a little unreasonable expecting anything to happen quickly at the moment. Nothing you’ve said suggests anyone else is about to pull out, rather that you might! We are in a chain of 1, our vendor already has their next property and we are chain free, yet we are nowhere close to even discussing exchange dates yet and our offer was accepted at the beginning of September. We aren’t worried about the purchase, we just know everything is taking longer at the moment. I also suspect that if you do pull out on a proceedable buyer at this point in favour of another, avoiding your EA, you will still have to pay them anyway. 

Just wait a few more weeks and see what happens.