Should I let buyer know solicitor is not responding?

Snookie12cat

So I got an offer on my house about 4 weeks ago, and the buyer is really good at letting me know what's going on, mortgage offer received, searches ordered and due back early next week. 
My solicitor sent the draft contracts and property info form etc 2 weeks ago, and emailed a few days ago chasing a response asking if she had any enquiries to raise, no response.

Do some solicitors wait for the searches to be back before raising enquiries or should I be letting the buyer know her solicitor is not responding to mine?

Tiglet2

I think it is a little early to be chasing this. 

If the buyer's solicitor received the draft contracts two weeks ago, that is not really a lot of working days to be reviewing all the documents contained therein and to compile the letter setting out all the enquiries they wish to raise with your solicitor. 

Yes, they can raise enquiries on the information provided so far, but many solicitors will wait for the search results before bundling it all together to raise enquiries in one hit, which is more time/work efficient for them.

Snookie12cat

Tiglet2 said:

I think it is a little early to be chasing this. 

If the buyer's solicitor received the draft contracts two weeks ago, that is not really a lot of working days to be reviewing all the documents contained therein and to compile the letter setting out all the enquiries they wish to raise with your solicitor. 

Yes, they can raise enquiries on the information provided so far, but many solicitors will wait for the search results before bundling it all together to raise enquiries in one hit, which is more time/work efficient for them.

Thank you. That makes sense. 
I have no reason to distrust this buyer and didn't want to bother her for no reason.

My solicitor is just super efficient and raised evening right away 🤣 so I am expecting others to be the same and I guess that isn't the case for all. 

TripleH

I know what you mean. We are super efficient at turning around queries / questions on property purchases and get frustrated a little when others aren't.

Although I would accept a little slow but full answers than slow with half answered questions...

TheJP

Snookie12cat said:

Tiglet2 said:

I think it is a little early to be chasing this. 

If the buyer's solicitor received the draft contracts two weeks ago, that is not really a lot of working days to be reviewing all the documents contained therein and to compile the letter setting out all the enquiries they wish to raise with your solicitor. 

Yes, they can raise enquiries on the information provided so far, but many solicitors will wait for the search results before bundling it all together to raise enquiries in one hit, which is more time/work efficient for them.

Thank you. That makes sense. 
I have no reason to distrust this buyer and didn't want to bother her for no reason.

My solicitor is just super efficient and raised evening right away 🤣 so I am expecting others to be the same and I guess that isn't the case for all. 

I don't think the solicitor is not responding merely getting on with the task, 2 weeks is nothing in the conveyancing world.

Being fast is not necessarily efficient, mistakes can be made which can add more delays to the process.

I'm sure all is working as it should be.

Thrugelmir

Snookie12cat said:

Do some solicitors wait for the searches to be back before raising enquiries or should I be letting the buyer know her solicitor is not responding to mine?

Solicitors will do whatever their clients ask them to. If they are happy to pay for the additional time spent on the transaction. Conveyancers will generally work in the most efficient way to maximise the use of their productive time. There's always another case that needs work on. Than aimlessly chase and create additional work for little purpose. 

Snookie12cat

Thrugelmir said:

Snookie12cat said:

Do some solicitors wait for the searches to be back before raising enquiries or should I be letting the buyer know her solicitor is not responding to mine?

Solicitors will do whatever their clients ask them to. If they are happy to pay for the additional time spent on the transaction. Conveyancers will generally work in the most efficient way to maximise the use of their productive time. There's always another case that needs work on. Than aimlessly chase and create additional work for little purpose. 

Thanks - just good to understand how it all works. The past solicitors my solicitor dealt with, and mine all raised enquiries before the searches so I was not sure if this was the done thing or not.