Should I trust my solicitor?

Drawingaline

We lost our buyer and had to find a new one. (Our purchase was ready to go and buyers pulled out after all conveyancing done due to issues over financing) We then had 11 weeks to get it all done before our mortgage offer expired and two weeks of those were Xmas! Searches came back on 18th December and buyers solicitors refused to raise enquiries until 4th Jan. Once they were raised everyone was on the ball, we turned it all around in three weeks to move two days before our deadline. Was incredibly stressful, but our solicitor and EA were brilliant at putting pressure on, and we ensured we answered everything required same day. 

All you can do is feed back to the EA once enquiries are raised to ensure the vendors are replying to everything asap, and then ensuring your solicitor reviews quickly. Your solicitor may not review until all enquiries are in, so the vendors need to be on the ball with this too.

Good luck

Thrugelmir

ftb14 said:

 1) Is there any sense in waiting for the searches before raising enquiries?  It would seem to me it's best to get everything that can be done out of the way ASAP.

There are solicitors that will provide this level of service. Mainly based in London. Downside is that you'll pay a premium price as time is expensive. Every minute is chargeable.  The more time you take up the larger the bill. 

moneysavinghero

Your solicitor doesn't get paid until the transaction completes, so he's incentivised to get you to completion. 

The solicitor is most likely paid on the same day every month. So no real incentive to complete in any particular timescale. Of course his/her employer would like the transaction to complete at some point. But speed of individual transactions is less important than general efficiency.