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Witness to TR1 form
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My in-laws are selling their house and buying a house nearer to us. They are elderly and all their friends have died. They don't really know the neighbours so who can witness the TR1 signature for them???
What do you do when you have no friends or aren't friendly with neighbours and you are retired and have no work colleagues?
What do you do when you have no friends or aren't friendly with neighbours and you are retired and have no work colleagues?
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TBH I would just ask the neighbours - don't have to be heap big buddies with them
other option is for you to find a friend and take them over to witness it2 -
When selling my mum's house with POA the receptionist at the solicitors witnessed my signature as I had no-one else to ask, neighbours all elderly with enough on their plates and friends all live some distance away.3
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Anybody can witness (assuming adults and not on the other side of the transaction), they can be people who have only just been introduced to you. What about their solicitors? Or the estate agents?1
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Staff at the acting solicitors do this a lot - if the firm are relatively close by then this is probably the best way forwards. If not then it's a "I'm so sorry to ask, but would you mind?" conversation with the neighbours. Remember - it is literally just witnessing that the document has been signed in their presence - they don't need to know the nature of the document or otherwise get involved in your in laws business if they aren't comfortable with that aspect.clodagh_trubble said:When selling my mum's house with POA the receptionist at the solicitors witnessed my signature as I had no-one else to ask, neighbours all elderly with enough on their plates and friends all live some distance away.🎉 MORTGAGE FREE (First time!) 30/09/2016 🎉 And now we go again…New mortgage taken 01/09/23 🏡
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it says no one connected with the sale can witness so this would mean the solicitors is no and so is the estate agent.clodagh_trubble said:When selling my mum's house with POA the receptionist at the solicitors witnessed my signature as I had no-one else to ask, neighbours all elderly with enough on their plates and friends all live some distance away.0 -
as said above, it states no one related to the transaction, so not the solicitors or estate agent. i guess you could pay another solicitor to witness the signature.user1977 said:Anybody can witness (assuming adults and not on the other side of the transaction), they can be people who have only just been introduced to you. What about their solicitors? Or the estate agents?0 -
yeah, they will have to ask the neighbour but from my experience, people don't like signing stuff for people they don't know as it asks you to put your name, address and occupation and if people are not familiar with TR1 forms, they may feel uncomfortable putting their name to a legal document.EssexHebridean said:
Staff at the acting solicitors do this a lot - if the firm are relatively close by then this is probably the best way forwards. If not then it's a "I'm so sorry to ask, but would you mind?" conversation with the neighbours. Remember - it is literally just witnessing that the document has been signed in their presence - they don't need to know the nature of the document or otherwise get involved in your in laws business if they aren't comfortable with that aspect.clodagh_trubble said:When selling my mum's house with POA the receptionist at the solicitors witnessed my signature as I had no-one else to ask, neighbours all elderly with enough on their plates and friends all live some distance away.0 -
Most solicitors get their receptionist to witness then signing1
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my in-laws are up north, we are down south. we are hundreds of miles from them, which is why they are moving down here. we have instructed our local solicitors, with whom we have a relationship and who provides prompt service at reasonable price. so the receptionist is a no go. i was thinking the estate agent up there but that may be considered "connected".Flugelhorn said:Most solicitors get their receptionist to witness then signing0 -
You're overthinking it.
Not being connected means it can't be a family member or Mr & Mrs witnessing each others signature.
It doesn't mean the cleaner working at the Solicitor who has no knowledge of your file can't witness it.
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