Sellers have been given a completion date but we haven’t?

diystarter7

MikeJXE said:

No you can't 

Hi

@MikeJXE

There is no law stating the OP can't contact the seller's solicitors. The seller's sols may refuse to chat but there is no law against it.
Even if the OP did contact them and they refused to say anything, once the phone is down they could get their finger out.


We came close to contacting a seller's solcitor when our solictor kept on saying they won't respond so I said give me their number and guess what, the next day we got a call from our solicitor saying they had an exchange date ready. May be a coincidence but nothing wrong with that.

TheJP

diystarter7 said:

MikeJXE said:

No you can't 

Hi

@MikeJXE

There is no law stating the OP can't contact the seller's solicitors. The seller's sols may refuse to chat but there is no law against it.
Even if the OP did contact them and they refused to say anything, once the phone is down they could get their finger out.


We came close to contacting a seller's solcitor when our solictor kept on saying they won't respond so I said give me their number and guess what, the next day we got a call from our solicitor saying they had an exchange date ready. May be a coincidence but nothing wrong with that.

Why would they want to contact the sellers solicitors when they have already answered the enquiries and sent them to the OPs solicitor?

OP your solicitor needs to review the responses to the enquires and make sure they are all in order. I'm guessing the reason they are pushing the 16th as this will likely be the last completion date pre Christmas before banks, solicitors etc all close for the holiday break.

diystarter7

TheJP said:

diystarter7 said:

MikeJXE said:

No you can't 

Hi

@MikeJXE

There is no law stating the OP can't contact the seller's solicitors. The seller's sols may refuse to chat but there is no law against it.
Even if the OP did contact them and they refused to say anything, once the phone is down they could get their finger out.


We came close to contacting a seller's solcitor when our solictor kept on saying they won't respond so I said give me their number and guess what, the next day we got a call from our solicitor saying they had an exchange date ready. May be a coincidence but nothing wrong with that.

Why would they want to contact the sellers solicitors when they have already answered the enquiries and sent them to the OPs solicitor?

OP your solicitor needs to review the responses to the enquires and make sure they are all in order. I'm guessing the reason they are pushing the 16th as this will likely be the last completion date pre Christmas before banks, solicitors etc all close for the holiday break.

Hi

I'm very confused as to why you are having a go at me.
The question was aired by the OP. When the poster MikeXJE made an abrupt comment, I just made it
clear that there was no law againt it.

So, why are you aiming your post at me and not the OP?

Thanks

MikeJXE

diystarter7 said:

MikeJXE said:

No you can't 

Hi

@MikeJXE

There is no law stating the OP can't contact the seller's solicitors. The seller's sols may refuse to chat but there is no law against it.
Even if the OP did contact them and they refused to say anything, once the phone is down they could get their finger out.


We came close to contacting a seller's solcitor when our solictor kept on saying they won't respond so I said give me their number and guess what, the next day we got a call from our solicitor saying they had an exchange date ready. May be a coincidence but nothing wrong with that.

It's plain wrong 

jmre22

TheJP said:

diystarter7 said:

MikeJXE said:

No you can't 

Hi

@MikeJXE

There is no law stating the OP can't contact the seller's solicitors. The seller's sols may refuse to chat but there is no law against it.
Even if the OP did contact them and they refused to say anything, once the phone is down they could get their finger out.


We came close to contacting a seller's solcitor when our solictor kept on saying they won't respond so I said give me their number and guess what, the next day we got a call from our solicitor saying they had an exchange date ready. May be a coincidence but nothing wrong with that.

Why would they want to contact the sellers solicitors when they have already answered the enquiries and sent them to the OPs solicitor?

OP your solicitor needs to review the responses to the enquires and make sure they are all in order. I'm guessing the reason they are pushing the 16th as this will likely be the last completion date pre Christmas before banks, solicitors etc all close for the holiday break.

The enquiries haven’t been sent to my solicitor yet… this is the issue and what is holding everything up. The seller has said he has answered the enquiries which required his input but just waiting on the sellers solicitor to send the answers to the enquiries back to mine

Tiglet2

OP, the timeline on a sale and purchase is always dictated by the purchaser's solicitor, regardless of anything your seller tells you. Of course your solicitor cannot discuss dates with you:  he hasn't received the responses from the seller's solicitor yet, let alone review the replies to decide whether they are satisfactory.

If the responses are simple yes or no, as you suggest, then it's possible to meet that date, but with only 5 working days until the 16th, it is extremely tight, particularly as you've said you have not signed the contract yet.

Has your solicitor even reported to you yet?

unforeseen

Are you sure this is not for the seller's onward purchase rather than yours. 

TheJP

diystarter7 said:

TheJP said:

diystarter7 said:

MikeJXE said:

No you can't 

Hi

@MikeJXE

There is no law stating the OP can't contact the seller's solicitors. The seller's sols may refuse to chat but there is no law against it.
Even if the OP did contact them and they refused to say anything, once the phone is down they could get their finger out.


We came close to contacting a seller's solcitor when our solictor kept on saying they won't respond so I said give me their number and guess what, the next day we got a call from our solicitor saying they had an exchange date ready. May be a coincidence but nothing wrong with that.

Why would they want to contact the sellers solicitors when they have already answered the enquiries and sent them to the OPs solicitor?

OP your solicitor needs to review the responses to the enquires and make sure they are all in order. I'm guessing the reason they are pushing the 16th as this will likely be the last completion date pre Christmas before banks, solicitors etc all close for the holiday break.

Hi

I'm very confused as to why you are having a go at me.
The question was aired by the OP. When the poster MikeXJE made an abrupt comment, I just made it
clear that there was no law againt it.

So, why are you aiming your post at me and not the OP?

Thanks

I am struggling to see where i am 'having a go at you'?

There's no law in contacting anyone but if you aren't a client then there is a law on confidentiality which means the OP wouldn't get past the first hurdle of even giving their name if they don't have the case file number etc. The secretary on the phone even if they did take the OPs name wouldn't waste time in passing this onto the solicitor handling the case.

TheJP

jmre22 said:

TheJP said:

diystarter7 said:

MikeJXE said:

No you can't 

Hi

@MikeJXE

There is no law stating the OP can't contact the seller's solicitors. The seller's sols may refuse to chat but there is no law against it.
Even if the OP did contact them and they refused to say anything, once the phone is down they could get their finger out.


We came close to contacting a seller's solcitor when our solictor kept on saying they won't respond so I said give me their number and guess what, the next day we got a call from our solicitor saying they had an exchange date ready. May be a coincidence but nothing wrong with that.

Why would they want to contact the sellers solicitors when they have already answered the enquiries and sent them to the OPs solicitor?

OP your solicitor needs to review the responses to the enquires and make sure they are all in order. I'm guessing the reason they are pushing the 16th as this will likely be the last completion date pre Christmas before banks, solicitors etc all close for the holiday break.

The enquiries haven’t been sent to my solicitor yet… this is the issue and what is holding everything up. The seller has said he has answered the enquiries which required his input but just waiting on the sellers solicitor to send the answers to the enquiries back to mine

If your sellers solicitor is pushing adamantly for a 16th December completion then I'm pretty sure your solicitor has the enquire responses and has had them for some time.