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Not unusual overall time scales.
There are some councils (Dorset springs to mind) where local searches are taking 70 working days to come back.
Not sure why the tenants are still there, but as long as they are out before you complete, no major issues.
You can’t really force someone to kick out the tenants in advance, especially while there is no contract exchange commitment.
Acliff
20/07 offer accepted on a flat which is/was currently rented out. Told earliest tenants could be out was 17/09
02/08 draft contracts
11/08 initial enquiries e.g. show me a copy of the tenants notice, management company info etc
14/09 follow up enquiries (post survey)
15/09 mortgage offer
23/09 and 27/09 chasing
Tenants should have been out almost 2 weeks ago but they're still there (lights were on last night). Raised this with the estate agent, who will mention to the sellers. Not sure why they're still there and why they're so slow, as they want to sell that flat and it's completely chain free. The did agree to knock 5k off the back of a letter I wrote last week which related to the survey results. That surprised me, as one of the things I asked for was money off to reflect their not being much in the sinking fund (based off what the neighbour said).
Anyway, is this length of time normal, and is there anyway I can apply further pressure? I'm happy with the price and want the flat, but they're taking so long.
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Edit - they clearly don't care about the place being void for 1-2 months if they're willing to knock 5k off without any counter negotiation. Which is why I'm confused as to why the tenants are there. Also don't get why they're not pushing the solicitor to expedite the sale