How often do you want/expect solicitor updates?

The_Real_Cheddar_Bob

OP - When we got as far as we could with nothing else in sight I submitted an SAR to my solicitor. Funnily enough we exchanged and completed within 2 weeks from that date. I then got a call asking if i still wanted to proceed with the SAR, which I didn't. However, tying them up in an expensive process which is your legal right to do so, with no cost bearing on yourself, suddenly they seem keen to get rid of you. 

NameUnavailable

The_Real_Cheddar_Bob said:

OP - When we got as far as we could with nothing else in sight I submitted an SAR to my solicitor. Funnily enough we exchanged and completed within 2 weeks from that date. I then got a call asking if i still wanted to proceed with the SAR, which I didn't. However, tying them up in an expensive process which is your legal right to do so, with no cost bearing on yourself, suddenly they seem keen to get rid of you. 

What's an SAR? I know it's a TLA but which one?

NameUnavailable

OP - if you had the memorandum of sale ages ago but only instructed the solicitor on 22nd June then something isn't right. The memorandum of sale isn't issued until you have provided your solicitors details, so maybe you haven't explained the situation correctly.

However, the solicitors/conveyancers will update you when there is something to update you with. They don't need to tell you every time they look at the file so it's best to let them just get on with it but having said that it's also worth a call maybe one a month just in case something has slipped.

jazzyja

NameUnavailable said:

OP - if you had the memorandum of sale ages ago but only instructed the solicitor on 22nd June then something isn't right. The memorandum of sale isn't issued until you have provided your solicitors details, so maybe you haven't explained the situation correctly.

However, the solicitors/conveyancers will update you when there is something to update you with. They don't need to tell you every time they look at the file so it's best to let them just get on with it but having said that it's also worth a call maybe one a month just in case something has slipped.

Honestly I have explained it correctly.
EA is yopa....they did the memorandum right away. I knew the email of the solicitor as I had already had a quote from them for conveyancing but hadn't actually instructed them because 1) I didn't actually have a mortgage offer and 2) I wanted to wait for the survey to be done (as advised by my broker). 
Now I'm wondering was the EA right to of done this so soon? Anyway it's done now and we're on to the next stage so I suppose it's not really relevant anymore. 

I will chase in a month or so. Thankyou 

AdrianC

If time is your priority, do things (mortgage, survey, legals) in parallel.

If time is looser, and cost in the event of a failed purchase is your priority, do the riskier things first.

The_Real_Cheddar_Bob

NameUnavailable said:

The_Real_Cheddar_Bob said:

OP - When we got as far as we could with nothing else in sight I submitted an SAR to my solicitor. Funnily enough we exchanged and completed within 2 weeks from that date. I then got a call asking if i still wanted to proceed with the SAR, which I didn't. However, tying them up in an expensive process which is your legal right to do so, with no cost bearing on yourself, suddenly they seem keen to get rid of you. 

What's an SAR? I know it's a TLA but which one?

Its a subject access request. 

jazzyja

AdrianC said:

If time is your priority, do things (mortgage, survey, legals) in parallel.

If time is looser, and cost in the event of a failed purchase is your priority, do the riskier things first.

I've done it in time priority, that is 100% my priority, as right now the house I'm living in is in complete disrepair and I want to hang my landlord by his testicles from the highest peek.

Probably why I'm wanting everything to be black and white....which I know it isn't if I'm being realistic 

jazzyja

The_Real_Cheddar_Bob said:

NameUnavailable said:

The_Real_Cheddar_Bob said:

OP - When we got as far as we could with nothing else in sight I submitted an SAR to my solicitor. Funnily enough we exchanged and completed within 2 weeks from that date. I then got a call asking if i still wanted to proceed with the SAR, which I didn't. However, tying them up in an expensive process which is your legal right to do so, with no cost bearing on yourself, suddenly they seem keen to get rid of you. 

What's an SAR? I know it's a TLA but which one?

Its a subject access request. 

And what does this achieve exactly? 

AdrianC

jazzyja said:

AdrianC said:

If time is your priority, do things (mortgage, survey, legals) in parallel.

If time is looser, and cost in the event of a failed purchase is your priority, do the riskier things first.

I've done it in time priority, that is 100% my priority

Except you haven't, as you've waited weeks after the accepted offer to instruct the solicitor, until the mortgage offer and survey are done.

as right now the house I'm living in is in complete disrepair and I want to hang my landlord by his testicles from the highest peek.

I presume you haven't been so daft as to hand your notice in on your rental yet?

jazzyja

AdrianC said:

jazzyja said:

AdrianC said:

If time is your priority, do things (mortgage, survey, legals) in parallel.

If time is looser, and cost in the event of a failed purchase is your priority, do the riskier things first.

I've done it in time priority, that is 100% my priority

Except you haven't, as you've waited weeks after the accepted offer to instruct the solicitor, until the mortgage offer and survey are done.

as right now the house I'm living in is in complete disrepair and I want to hang my landlord by his testicles from the highest peek.

I presume you haven't been so daft as to hand your notice in on your rental yet?

Because why would I instruct when I dont even know if il be accepted for a mortgage?? Plus do solicitors even commence without a mortgage offer letter from the lender?? I have taken all my advice from my broker. Maybe next time il learn from this process. 

And no i haven't handed my notice in yet