Probate - how long?

Eddie2023

Me neither. There were meant to be 30-40 additional staff taken on at the beginning of the year. They should be up to speed by now, surely 

jarv81178

So I contacted my solicitor today to find out what happens next...
    probate is granted
    house exchange and completes on 23rd October
    what next?

Solicitor asked me to instruct estate agent to send house payment to them to hold, might be another 2-3 months
Me: "Can you not do it before christmas, my mortgage doubles as of January?!"
Solicitor: "I will try my hardest to get it all done by Christmas!"

basically, meters need to be read, they need t o contact, water company, electric and gas and council tax etc

Surely all that bit would be quite quick?? They have all been notified when my dad died?
why do they drag it out?

Grizebeck

Eddie2023 said:

Me neither. There were meant to be 30-40 additional staff taken on at the beginning of the year. They should be up to speed by now, surely 

I heard it was 100

Hagar_uk

It does seem to take a while, but found if thaws any interaction things seem to sped up.

for example after sending the will in,after 3 weeks website was saying they were still waiting, emailed them, then magically online it was recieved and had a query, answered that with a vague answer as question they had was vague.

Few weeks later emailed asking if my answer was what they needed. No response on that, but then an email sent saying probate has been granted.

Eddie2023

Hi, that's good to know, thank you

Grizebeck

Hagar_uk said:

It does seem to take a while, but found if thaws any interaction things seem to sped up.

for example after sending the will in,after 3 weeks website was saying they were still waiting, emailed them, then magically online it was recieved and had a query, answered that with a vague answer as question they had was vague.

Few weeks later emailed asking if my answer was what they needed. No response on that, but then an email sent saying probate has been granted.

thats really useful

Grizebeck

Probate granted on 14th for a house we are buying. Applied for on 6th July. Showed up online on the 17th.

Eddie2023

Brilliant news !

Eddie2023

Mid December for us based on those timings 

Elliemiss

Well we finally heard probate is granted, no certificate received as yet. It will be 16 weeks tomorrow and we had a blip along the way.