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New Build Purchase - 28 Day exchange - being pushed to use builder's recommended solicitors
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TELLIT01 said:user1977 said:TBG01 said:You're getting a mortgage. You can't skip searches. Your lender requires them.
https://lendershandbook.ukfinance.org.uk/lenders-handbook/englandandwales/question-list/2081/
In any event, searches for newbuild properties are fairly pointless as the planning process flushes out anything weird - what's more relevant is whether the developers have complied with the conditions in their consent for the development.
In any event, such problems are often just because the builders have plonked the fences in the wrong place, not something apparent from the paperwork at all.0 -
info_maniac said:I reserved on Thursday evening and I have been given a 48 hour deadline to instruct the solicitors and apply for mortgage,
There is a stamp duty contribution incentive involved and also this house had some upgrades installed which do not come as standard (the previous buyer chose them as part of his option upgrades). I am told that these incentives are valid only when keep the 48 hour deadlines and exchange between 28 days.
When I insisted that I will use my own solicitors, I was told that I will have to exchange within 28 days even if search results are not back by thenI am an Independent Financial Adviser (IFA). Any posts on here are for information and discussion purposes only and should not be seen as financial advice.0 -
Never, ever use the builder's recommended solicitors.0
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info_maniac said:I reserved on Thursday evening and I have been given a 48 hour deadline to instruct the solicitors and apply for mortgage,0
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this is all a sales tactic to ensure they get a sale locked.
get used to being pressured or walk away.
As its a !!!!!! newbuild I would suggest walking away and saving more money and looking elsewhere
NEVER use the buiders solicitors
and be PREPARED for lots of headaches and snagging issues
You sound very green I would do some more research into the site, the builder etc before you jump0 -
Borders2017 said:this is all a sales tactic to ensure they get a sale locked.0
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I am completing on a new build on Friday (first time buyer) and used the builders recommended solicitors, and have been perfectly happy.
They have been quick at replying to my emails (usually within the hour) and have been efficient with everything. I missed the 28 day exchange because of a down valuation delaying the mortgage offer and they weren't too fussed because it was still progressing along - anyone new reserved it and they'd have to start from the beginning again.
The sales office on site also had access to the solicitors case portal so they could see how the case was progressing without having to chase me for updates all the time0 -
stuartm100 said:I am completing on a new build on Friday (first time buyer) and used the builders recommended solicitors, and have been perfectly happy.
They have been quick at replying to my emails (usually within the hour) and have been efficient with everything. I missed the 28 day exchange because of a down valuation delaying the mortgage offer and they weren't too fussed because it was still progressing along - anyone new reserved it and they'd have to start from the beginning again.
The sales office on site also had access to the solicitors case portal so they could see how the case was progressing without having to chase me for updates all the time
Things will go smoothly with the recommended solicitors mostly because there's no hard questions to answer or surprises.
The surprises usually comes on completion and sometimes years later when a dispute/issue arises or you come to sell and the buyer solicitor starts letting you know of stuff you should have know when you were buying
Hope it turns out well for u
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Chumy said:stuartm100 said:I am completing on a new build on Friday (first time buyer) and used the builders recommended solicitors, and have been perfectly happy.
They have been quick at replying to my emails (usually within the hour) and have been efficient with everything. I missed the 28 day exchange because of a down valuation delaying the mortgage offer and they weren't too fussed because it was still progressing along - anyone new reserved it and they'd have to start from the beginning again.
The sales office on site also had access to the solicitors case portal so they could see how the case was progressing without having to chase me for updates all the time
The surprises usually comes on completion and sometimes years later when a dispute/issue arises or you come to sell and the buyer solicitor starts letting you know of stuff you should have know when you were buying1 -
Thrugelmir said:Chumy said:stuartm100 said:I am completing on a new build on Friday (first time buyer) and used the builders recommended solicitors, and have been perfectly happy.
They have been quick at replying to my emails (usually within the hour) and have been efficient with everything. I missed the 28 day exchange because of a down valuation delaying the mortgage offer and they weren't too fussed because it was still progressing along - anyone new reserved it and they'd have to start from the beginning again.
The sales office on site also had access to the solicitors case portal so they could see how the case was progressing without having to chase me for updates all the time
The surprises usually comes on completion and sometimes years later when a dispute/issue arises or you come to sell and the buyer solicitor starts letting you know of stuff you should have know when you were buying
My other half is a Solicitor (not a conveyancing one) and he's always paranoid about getting something wrong and putting his practicing certificate at risk0
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