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Seller’s conveyancing firm very slow

Hi all
Just looking for some advice as am a FTB. We put an offer in for a property which was accepted 05/06. 
Our solicitor is still waiting for the contracts pack from seller’s solicitor (Conveyancing Direct). He has chased last week and I chased the EA beginning of this week. Was told contracts pack was being sent Tuesday. Nothing has been received so far. As a FTB am I being a bit too quick to chase and this is usual, or is this firm as bad as I’ve read and it’s going to be a horrendously long time to exchange and complete? Just fyi we are ready to get going, everything is literally waiting on their solicitors to send the initial  paperwork still.

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  • saucer
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    edited 29 June at 10:24AM
    Buying your first home is really stressful. I’m selling at the moment, and even though there is no chain, it can feel very slow from the seller perspective too. 
    You’re less than a month in and that is still very early. Are you sure everything is fully ready from your end? Valuation complete and mortgage offer agreed and signed, your survey done and you’re happy? 
    Our buyers solicitors needed to be chased to do anything until they had a confirmed mortgage agreement. We’re only starting enquiries now having accepted the offer in 2nd week of May.
  • ohgoodgrief
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    saucer said:
    Buying your first home is really stressful. I’m selling at the moment, and even though there is no chain, it can feel very slow from the seller perspective too. 
    You’re less than a month in and that is still very early. Are you sure everything is fully ready from your end? Valuation complete and mortgage offer agreed and signed, your survey done and you’re happy? 
    Yes we have had valuation, survey and mortgage offer agreed and signed. It’s frustrating as we are chain free and the seller is moving to a park home so chain free too. 
  • MultiFuelBurner
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    That solicitor conveyancing direct just sounds like a stack em high for a low price outfit not a local solicitor.

    Buying and selling can take between 8-26weeks
  • saucer
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    saucer said:
    Buying your first home is really stressful. I’m selling at the moment, and even though there is no chain, it can feel very slow from the seller perspective too. 
    You’re less than a month in and that is still very early. Are you sure everything is fully ready from your end? Valuation complete and mortgage offer agreed and signed, your survey done and you’re happy? 
    Yes we have had valuation, survey and mortgage offer agreed and signed. It’s frustrating as we are chain free and the seller is moving to a park home so chain free too. 
    It’s a good idea to ask for updates, maybe once a week, from the Estate Agent and/or your solicitor. Beyond that you have to try to be patient, which is what I’m trying to do :smile:

  • fackers_2
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    Hi all
    Just looking for some advice as am a FTB. We put an offer in for a property which was accepted 05/06. 
    Our solicitor is still waiting for the contracts pack from seller’s solicitor (Conveyancing Direct). He has chased last week and I chased the EA beginning of this week. Was told contracts pack was being sent Tuesday. Nothing has been received so far. As a FTB am I being a bit too quick to chase and this is usual, or is this firm as bad as I’ve read and it’s going to be a horrendously long time to exchange and complete? Just fyi we are ready to get going, everything is literally waiting on their solicitors to send the initial  paperwork still.
    Unfortunately, sales can fall through due to incompetent solicitors. 

    Be sure to check in every week and have good communication with estate agent too as they can work wonders sometimes when a chain is stalling. 

    Just make sure all of your ducks are in order first. 
    Always find comparables. You can ask, but you won’t always get what you want. 

    House prices are now falling as they were in 2008… A correction is happening - Jan 2023
  • TBG01
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    fackers_2 said:
    Hi all
    Just looking for some advice as am a FTB. We put an offer in for a property which was accepted 05/06. 
    Our solicitor is still waiting for the contracts pack from seller’s solicitor (Conveyancing Direct). He has chased last week and I chased the EA beginning of this week. Was told contracts pack was being sent Tuesday. Nothing has been received so far. As a FTB am I being a bit too quick to chase and this is usual, or is this firm as bad as I’ve read and it’s going to be a horrendously long time to exchange and complete? Just fyi we are ready to get going, everything is literally waiting on their solicitors to send the initial  paperwork still.
    Unfortunately, sales can fall through due to incompetent solicitors. 

    And just as likely as a result of incompetent clients.

    The contract pack contains documents that only the vendor can complete/answer. 

    Until you actually work in Conveyancing, you won't realise just how 'keen' clients actually are.

    But hey the narrative is, clients taking days and or weeks to complete things or deliberately delay things = fine, you do you.

    Solicitors not instantly responding to things or acting on their clients instruction to hold of doing something, which btw they don't want passed on = 'Oh my God Solcitors are awful!!!'
  • ohgoodgrief
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    TBG01 said:
    fackers_2 said:
    Hi all
    Just looking for some advice as am a FTB. We put an offer in for a property which was accepted 05/06. 
    Our solicitor is still waiting for the contracts pack from seller’s solicitor (Conveyancing Direct). He has chased last week and I chased the EA beginning of this week. Was told contracts pack was being sent Tuesday. Nothing has been received so far. As a FTB am I being a bit too quick to chase and this is usual, or is this firm as bad as I’ve read and it’s going to be a horrendously long time to exchange and complete? Just fyi we are ready to get going, everything is literally waiting on their solicitors to send the initial  paperwork still.
    Unfortunately, sales can fall through due to incompetent solicitors. 

    And just as likely as a result of incompetent clients.

    The contract pack contains documents that only the vendor can complete/answer. 

    Until you actually work in Conveyancing, you won't realise just how 'keen' clients actually are.

    But hey the narrative is, clients taking days and or weeks to complete things or deliberately delay things = fine, you do you.

    Solicitors not instantly responding to things or acting on their clients instruction to hold of doing something, which btw they don't want passed on = 'Oh my God Solcitors are awful!!!'
    I do think that on this occasion it is down to the solicitors. They confirmed they had all the paperwork from vendors some time ago and were sending the contracts pack, they just haven’t sent it. However I have chased the EA again today and it is being sent today apparently (again).
  • Tiglet2
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    Between the 5th June and now, your vendors have completed their paperwork and sent everything required back to their solicitor.  Their solicitor has written to your solicitor to introduce themselves and your solicitor has confirmed that they are instructed in the purchase.  The vendor's solicitor has also obtained copies of the title documents from Land Registry, checked and approved their client's ID, and made copies of all the documents and drafted the contract.  They have said that the draft contract is on its way today.

    That's actually not bad going in four weeks. 

    I hope your solicitor does receive the draft contracts today, but please take note that this is just the start of the legal work.  Until now your solicitor has seen nothing about the property you wish to buy and therefore they will review all the documents received and will need to approve the contract before they can start to raise any enquiries.  

    Conveyancing can take around 4 months on average, so try not to get stressed yet.
  • angelasocks
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    Hi

    So much of this is out of our control and if you're anything like me you'll obsess over what's going on.  I'm selling so I'm just focusing on things I can do, taking stuff to the local tip, deep cleaning etc.  Maybe you could focus on anything thing would help the move go smoothly as poss, address changes, diy projects, getting free boxes for packing. I remember buying my first home it is a very anxious time but well worth all the effort.  

    Good that you're keeping tabs on the delays and bottlenecks though. 

    Good luck with it all.
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