Advice on speeding up purchase

leypt1

davidmcn said:

Slithery said:

So it doesn't say no annoying pets. It says any pets which may be annoying.

Annoying isn't a definitive term, a neighbour could say that your pet is annoying them for any reason whether valid or not.

It would be interpreted objectively, like any other sort of nuisance, somebody merely saying that "I find chihuahuas annoying" isn't going to cut it.

And obviously if your pet is causing an actual nuisance, your neighbours will have remedies no matter what your titles say.

This is basically what my solicitor says. So...we shouldn't worry about the clause after all??

AnotherJoe

leypt1 said:

Slithery said:

So it doesn't say no annoying pets. It says any pets which may be annoying.

Annoying isn't a definitive term, a neighbour could say that your pet is annoying them for any reason whether valid or not.

Do not go ahead until you have permission for the pet from the freeholder. You should read the problems that another poster has experienced trying to get permission....

Help with cat in leasehold flat - Director with passive/aggressive behaviour

Thank you. We did initially suggest this, but our solicitor said that it would be difficult/impractical for the freeholder to give permission in advance for a pet which hasn't had a chance to be annoying yet.

I think we'll try again, just for safety.

Thats worse then, you move in, get the dog, and then on a whim 3 months later the freeholder decides its annoying and you are in a  world of legal trouble when they dont give permission, rather than them having to rescind permission.

Thrugelmir

Whose responsibility is the maintenance of the roof?  Shared external areas? 

leypt1

Hi,

Thanks for all replies and sorry I went silent - lost the will TBH.

Update:
- There has recently been a new freeholder. They returned a new LPE1 which contains all of the same discrepancies as the old one
-The sellers responded to our pre-exchange pack enquiries. Our solicitor took 9 days to forward on a verbatim email from them with their responses, despite us chasing. His email didn't contain any actual interpretation or advice
-We realised we were no further forward than we were and decided to pull out of the purchase, as we're worried about potential conflicts with the freeholder over i) whether they're owed a service charge ii) pets, and can't wait forever for this to be resolved (we're now at 6 months and counting)

The worst part is not knowing whether we've blown all of this out of proportion, because our solicitor takes weeks to action things and then strenuously avoids giving us advice. He's a partner at his firm, recommended to us by my BIL as "the most trustworthy solicitor he's ever met", so not sure how we could have avoided this, really.

We've been viewing freehold houses. Some promising options. Thanks again for all advice on this thread. Sorry it's been a depressing outcome.

teachfast

Sorry to hear about the outcome for you. 

Yet again, conveyancing solicitors not covering themselves in glory.