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Solicitor mistakes

Manda1505 · 2021-06-15 11:53:22

Me and ex partner have put our home up for sale, we have accepted and offer on the house, everything has gone through ok until our solicitor rang and said when we bought the house in 2006, our then solicitor didn’t take the vendors name of the deeds, we rang the solicitor who dealt with that sale and said there’s nothing…

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GDB2222 Posts: 26,309 Forumite

15 June 2021 at 2:33PM

Manda1505 said:

We have found the vendors son on Facebook and messaged him but no response back, we really trying hard because we didn’t want this sale to fall through

The only realistic way that this sale can go ahead is for you to get hold of your vendors. They can then sign the transfer documents, to rectify this. Of course, even if you do find them, there's no guarantee that they will be helpful, but if you don't ask them there's no hope.

So, you should concentrate all your efforts on tracking down your vendors, employing private enquiry agents if necessary.

No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?
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