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When should I hand him my keys

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  • MultiFuelBurner
    MultiFuelBurner Posts: 2,928 Forumite
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    Keys in this instance are symbolic of the end to everything. 

    Just hand them over you still own the property without keys.
  • Larac
    Larac Posts: 958 Forumite
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    When I brought my ex husband share out, I had to employ a conveyancing solicitor to deal with the transfer of money and to get him removed as 'tenants in common' from the Land Registry documents.  The conveyancing solicitor held the money until he had signed over the property.  
  • TripleH
    TripleH Posts: 3,188 Forumite
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    edited 19 May 2023 at 1:37PM
     Once a 'completion day' has been agreed, you could hand the keys over to the solicitor with the clause that no funds will be released to you until they have the key but that chaps payment will be made as soon as they have the key.
    This should satisfy your ex's petty stance and reassure you. You pay the chaps charge, he the legal fees.
    May you find your sister soon Helli.
    Sleep well.
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