Keys not given at time of completion?

Adezoo

housebuyer143 said:

marcia_ said:

Adezoo said:

user1977 said:

Are they sure the transaction has actually completed? Just because they've paid money to their solicitor doesn't mean completion has happened.

They are the homeowners but since completion day they’ve been waiting for keys. There are tenants inside which were supposed to move but still living in the house. They’ve been told they can’t do much apart from getting a new lawyer

 So probably they are now landlords and need to follow legal guidelines to get the tenants out 

The lawyer has screwed up if they were expecting vacant possession, as the tenants should have been gone before they completed.

They are now landlords and will need to get their ducks in a row before filling an eviction order with the courts.

They paid so much for their lawyer and it’s so useless. The lawyer now doesn’t want to do anything about it. 

marcia_

Adezoo said:

marcia_ said:

Adezoo said:

user1977 said:

Are they sure the transaction has actually completed? Just because they've paid money to their solicitor doesn't mean completion has happened.

They are the homeowners but since completion day they’ve been waiting for keys. There are tenants inside which were supposed to move but still living in the house. They’ve been told they can’t do much apart from getting a new lawyer

 So probably they are now landlords and need to follow legal guidelines to get the tenants out 

Like serve a notice for them to get out? They didn’t get paid rent? 

 Doesn't matter they are landlords and need to evict them legally by serving notice 

user1977

housebuyer143 said:

marcia_ said:

Adezoo said:

user1977 said:

Are they sure the transaction has actually completed? Just because they've paid money to their solicitor doesn't mean completion has happened.

They are the homeowners but since completion day they’ve been waiting for keys. There are tenants inside which were supposed to move but still living in the house. They’ve been told they can’t do much apart from getting a new lawyer

 So probably they are now landlords and need to follow legal guidelines to get the tenants out 

The lawyer has screwed up if they were expecting vacant possession, as the tenants should have been gone before they completed.

Have they? It's not part of the lawyer's job to pop round and check the tenants have actually gone.

Adezoo

marcia_ said:

Adezoo said:

marcia_ said:

Adezoo said:

user1977 said:

Are they sure the transaction has actually completed? Just because they've paid money to their solicitor doesn't mean completion has happened.

They are the homeowners but since completion day they’ve been waiting for keys. There are tenants inside which were supposed to move but still living in the house. They’ve been told they can’t do much apart from getting a new lawyer

 So probably they are now landlords and need to follow legal guidelines to get the tenants out 

Like serve a notice for them to get out? They didn’t get paid rent? 

 Doesn't matter they are landlords and need to evict them legally by serving notice 

Yes but shouldn’t have the previous person did? Especially after they were told they were gone?

housebuyer143

Adezoo said:

marcia_ said:

Adezoo said:

user1977 said:

Are they sure the transaction has actually completed? Just because they've paid money to their solicitor doesn't mean completion has happened.

They are the homeowners but since completion day they’ve been waiting for keys. There are tenants inside which were supposed to move but still living in the house. They’ve been told they can’t do much apart from getting a new lawyer

 So probably they are now landlords and need to follow legal guidelines to get the tenants out 

Like serve a notice for them to get out? They didn’t get paid rent? 

They have really bought a big problem.. I imagine the tenants were served notice and did not leave so court action is needed. 
Court action will not be successful without all the correct paperwork. 

They need to go back to the lawyer who did the conveyancing and raise this with them - they really seem to have screwed up here. Potentially see what paperwork the old owner has for the tenancy and find out where the deposit is. 

Adezoo

user1977 said:

housebuyer143 said:

marcia_ said:

Adezoo said:

user1977 said:

Are they sure the transaction has actually completed? Just because they've paid money to their solicitor doesn't mean completion has happened.

They are the homeowners but since completion day they’ve been waiting for keys. There are tenants inside which were supposed to move but still living in the house. They’ve been told they can’t do much apart from getting a new lawyer

 So probably they are now landlords and need to follow legal guidelines to get the tenants out 

The lawyer has screwed up if they were expecting vacant possession, as the tenants should have been gone before they completed.

Have they? It's not part of the lawyer's job to pop round and check the tenants have actually gone.

Well, it’s the previous house owner side at fault. They should have made sure to check they actually left. How can they not get the keys beforehand.

housebuyer143

user1977 said:

housebuyer143 said:

marcia_ said:

Adezoo said:

user1977 said:

Are they sure the transaction has actually completed? Just because they've paid money to their solicitor doesn't mean completion has happened.

They are the homeowners but since completion day they’ve been waiting for keys. There are tenants inside which were supposed to move but still living in the house. They’ve been told they can’t do much apart from getting a new lawyer

 So probably they are now landlords and need to follow legal guidelines to get the tenants out 

The lawyer has screwed up if they were expecting vacant possession, as the tenants should have been gone before they completed.

Have they? It's not part of the lawyer's job to pop round and check the tenants have actually gone.

Yes, they should be confirming with the other side that they will be providing vacant possession on completion. They should have at s minimum asked their client to check it was empty at exchange or confirmed with the other side that it was.
The buyers have a mortgage which requires vacant possession, so to satisfy the lender, they should be ensuring this is the case.

Adezoo

housebuyer143 said:

Adezoo said:

marcia_ said:

Adezoo said:

user1977 said:

Are they sure the transaction has actually completed? Just because they've paid money to their solicitor doesn't mean completion has happened.

They are the homeowners but since completion day they’ve been waiting for keys. There are tenants inside which were supposed to move but still living in the house. They’ve been told they can’t do much apart from getting a new lawyer

 So probably they are now landlords and need to follow legal guidelines to get the tenants out 

Like serve a notice for them to get out? They didn’t get paid rent? 

They have really bought a big problem.. I imagine the tenants were served notice and did not leave so court action is needed. 
Court action will not be successful without all the correct paperwork. 

They need to go back to the lawyer who did the conveyancing and raise this with them - they really seem to have screwed up here. Potentially see what paperwork the old owner has for the tenancy and find out where the deposit is. 

Yes it’s very difficult on them as they are renting a property at the moment too. Thankfully they didn’t leave the other property just yet but what if they did? They’ll just be homeless because they’ve been lied to. If the house wasn’t ready, then the seller side should have been honest about it

Adezoo

housebuyer143 said:

user1977 said:

housebuyer143 said:

marcia_ said:

Adezoo said:

user1977 said:

Are they sure the transaction has actually completed? Just because they've paid money to their solicitor doesn't mean completion has happened.

They are the homeowners but since completion day they’ve been waiting for keys. There are tenants inside which were supposed to move but still living in the house. They’ve been told they can’t do much apart from getting a new lawyer

 So probably they are now landlords and need to follow legal guidelines to get the tenants out 

The lawyer has screwed up if they were expecting vacant possession, as the tenants should have been gone before they completed.

Have they? It's not part of the lawyer's job to pop round and check the tenants have actually gone.

Yes, they should be confirming with the other side that they will be providing vacant possession on completion. They should have at s minimum asked their client to check it was empty at exchange or confirmed with the other side that it was.
The buyers have a mortgage which requires vacant possession, so to satisfy the lender, they should be ensuring this is the case.

thank you!! This isn’t a buy to let situation, it’s a residential purchase. There should have been checks done to ensure the keys were available. 

Norman_Castle

Keys not given at time of completion?

No. Property bought but without vacant possession.