Solicitors in stalemate putting sale in jeopardy

Ticcytac

I’m hoping that someone may be able to help? Our house has been sold and the process has been lengthy, since Beginning of February 23. On my side, all ready to go. However, there has been a battle with the management company on the estate I’m moving from. His solicitor has dug her heels in saying payment for management pack and undertakings need to be sorted first before proceeding.
Ours (& apparently our buyers’ solicitor) are stating that the management pack can be paid for and needs issuing before anything else. 

I’m at a loss to know what to do with neither solicitor bending on this.
the whole chain is in jeopardy and everyone wants to move! 

Any advice would be most appreciated - the stress this has caused is awful. Thank you

user1977

Ticcytac said:

#there has been a battle with the management company on the estate I’m moving from. His solicitor has dug her heels in saying payment for management pack and undertakings need to be sorted first before proceeding.
Ours (& apparently our buyers’ solicitor) are stating that the management pack can be paid for and needs issuing before anything else. 

Not sure what the contradiction is - have you got something wrong there?

TBG01

You accepted the offer in February. The property hasn't been sold.

You as the seller are responsible for providing the management pack.

Tiglet2

Ticcytac said:

I’m hoping that someone may be able to help? Our house has been sold and the process has been lengthy, since Beginning of February 23. On my side, all ready to go. However, there has been a battle with the management company on the estate I’m moving from. His solicitor has dug her heels in saying payment for management pack and undertakings need to be sorted first before proceeding.
Ours (& apparently our buyers’ solicitor) are stating that the management pack can be paid for and needs issuing before anything else. 

I’m at a loss to know what to do with neither solicitor bending on this.
the whole chain is in jeopardy and everyone wants to move! 

Any advice would be most appreciated - the stress this has caused is awful. Thank you

Have you actually paid for the management pack?

GDB2222

If the whole chain is in jeopardy, why don’t you just pay for the pack? 

Oh, I see you asked for help. You want us all to chip in?

Jonboy_1984

When we sold our leasehold flat last year we had to pay for the management pack upfront.

We also had to put money on account as an "undertaking" to the freeholder/MA solicitor for their work on the sale upfront.

When we sold the buyer had to reimburse us for the undertaking on top of the purchase price, but not the management pack which was an expense to us. If the sale had fallen through we would have likely lost the undertaking money as their work would have been (mostly) done.

propertyrental

Ticcytac said:

I’m hoping that someone may be able to help? Our house has been sold
in that case your entire issue is in the past and irrelevant.

and the process has been lengthy, since Beginning of February 23. On my side, all ready to go.
You sure about that? seems not.

 However, there has been a battle with the management company on the estate I’m moving from. His whose? your buyer's? Management Company's solicitor has dug her heels in saying payment for management pack and undertakings need to be sorted first before proceeding.
Yes, of course.

Ours (& apparently our buyers’ solicitor) are stating that the management pack can I assume you mean 'must' be paid for and needs issuing before anything else. 
Yes

I’m at a loss to know what to do with neither solicitor bending on this.
If your solicitor is refusing to pay for and obtain the mnagement pack then
a) you are the hold up (and you are definitely not 'ready to go') and
b) you need to instruct your solicitor to py for and obtain the pack and pass it to you buyer.

the whole chain is in jeopardy and everyone wants to move! 

Any advice would be most appreciated - the stress this has caused is awful. Thank you

You are causing huge and unnecessary stress, and delay, to the entire chain. 

nicmyles

As others, I don't understand the issue. You will need to pay for the management pack. This is normal. Nothing will progress until you do. Are they asking for something else additional to this?

ReadingTim

Ticcytac said:

Any advice would be most appreciated - the stress this has you have caused is awful. Thank you

Fixed it for you.  

ToyotaNige

I was buying a house that required the seller to provide the management pack
You buy it, you request it at the start of selling your house so as not to unnecessarily hold up the sale.

Flugelhorn

definitely need to pay for the management pack to get this moving, suspect your buyers will get very fed up soon as you haven'ty really started the process at all