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Solicitor Putting Me Off, Scotland
PoGee
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I've been a client of my solicitor for 20 years - Will, POA, simple legal advice, inheritance/ estate advice. I asked last week if he could put an offer in on a house my kids want to buy jointly but I got a call from another solicitor instead. Old solicitor knows my kids - he said to make a cash gift to each of them when I got my inheritance. I don't keep in great health but if I can keep my bp under control, I shouldn't drop dead. It's something that runs in the family.
Price of property is less than £40k.Cash offer from gifts made to kids at advice of solicitor previously. New one (no mention by her of why old one not available) says - you'll need to pay ADS (no they won't, as it's less than£40k). Then - oh it might have asbestos, Home Report not informative (we accept that so offered less than asking price).
All I asked her to do was put offer in but she's sending emails about issues above and asking for proof of where kids funds came from before she puts offer in! That comes later, surely? She's put me right off from using that firm, so much so that I'm thinking of going with late parents' solicitor for kids future house offers. I don't think they'll get this one.
When are they meant to ask for proof of where funds come from? I haven't bought a property since the mid 1990s.
Price of property is less than £40k.Cash offer from gifts made to kids at advice of solicitor previously. New one (no mention by her of why old one not available) says - you'll need to pay ADS (no they won't, as it's less than£40k). Then - oh it might have asbestos, Home Report not informative (we accept that so offered less than asking price).
All I asked her to do was put offer in but she's sending emails about issues above and asking for proof of where kids funds came from before she puts offer in! That comes later, surely? She's put me right off from using that firm, so much so that I'm thinking of going with late parents' solicitor for kids future house offers. I don't think they'll get this one.
When are they meant to ask for proof of where funds come from? I haven't bought a property since the mid 1990s.
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Things have changed since then - bit more emphasis on "knowing your client" before you do work for them, which includes checking where their funds are coming from (not necessarily in detail from the outset, but why not ask now?).PoGee said:I haven't bought a property since the mid 1990s.
Is it actually a problem to provide the evidence about the funds?0 -
No not a problem at all all. It's just that the older solicitor knows me and I would have preferred that he did the work. It's the same firm, forgot to mention.0
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Did you say that to them?0
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Why use a solicitor to make an offer? Just approach the estate agent directly0
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It sounds like they already have agreed a price in principle, but to take matters any further forward the next step is for the buyer's solicitor to submit an offer.penners324 said:Why use a solicitor to make an offer? Just approach the estate agent directly
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I called the estate agent on Friday to ask how to go about making an offer. The had a closing date of today. When I called on Friday, the estate agent said - you need to send in an offer through your solicitor. The solicitor sent an offer in today but she didn't copy us in, even though she said she would. _issing me off ++penners324 said:Why use a solicitor to make an offer? Just approach the estate agent directly0 -
It's not really normal for clients to start dictating which individuals do the work. A solicitor with 20+ years experience may well have more appropriate things to do with their time than sub-£40k residential conveyancing transactions.3
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Yes, I believe that solicitors putting in offers are supposed to ensure the offers are 'good' - including funds exist and have reasonable proof of origin. They are also acting for you and part of what you are paying for is their expert knowledge about whether your (or is it your kids') offer is a good one.How old are the children?But a banker, engaged at enormous expense,Had the whole of their cash in his care.
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