Owning your own home

No problem. Give me a nudge if I forget.

Mortgage is, I think, all sorted. Money on way to solicitor. Just waiting for new, updated contract, then I can sign and we'll hopefully exchange on Friday. Picking keys up on Saturday, moving in on Sunday, starting new job 6am Monday. Easy peasy.

Good luck!

I went to see the new flat again on Sunday. They have singularly fail to implement any of the changes I requested since the last time I visited. Very frustrating.

Still, completion date is now set for January 18th. I'm betting it will come along much quicker than it currently feels.

Starting new job 6am Monday. Easy peasy.

Congrats! Still same publisher?

Congrats! Still same publisher?

Yep, just moving about 20 feet away.

Mortgage is, I think, all sorted. Money on way to solicitor. Just waiting for new, updated contract, then I can sign and we'll hopefully exchange on Friday. Picking keys up on Saturday, moving in on Sunday, starting new job 6am Monday. Easy peasy.

whats the new job sparky ?

PMd

Working for Paul Raymond Publications?

Nope.

My solicitor just got the amended contract back from the seller's solicitor - all of the problems he'd highlighted are still there. I have literally no idea how this sort of thing can happen. It's not happening on Friday and, as I'm homeless as of the 15th, I think I'm going to have to walk away and try to find somewhere to rent instead. Pissed off. Very.

Ask your solicitor why they haven't been amended.

Ask the agent to speak to the vendor and their solicitor to find out why this has happened.

Then ask when it'll be done by.

Probably the favourite one to speak to will be the selling agent as they are the one who stand to lose out if the deal falls through. Solicitors will still want paying regardless but the agent will lose their commission and so are more likley to push things along.

My solicitor says he has no clue - they said they understood the issues and would amend the contract.

The agent isn't answering the phone, but I've sent a strong email.

Frankly I have no idea what these people think they're doing.

Don't panic on it and pull out, talk to your solicitor, and ask them what the way forward is here. It's not off yet, and likely can be salvaged.

My solicitor says he doesn't have faith in the seller's solicitor to get it sorted quickly. He suggested that I ask to rent the place for six months to give us time. I'm not bowled over by that suggestion, and doubt the seller will be either.

Other than that he has no ideas but to keep plugging away.

Problem is that I need to be out of my flat next Saturday. If I don't find a rental place this weekend then I'll be homeless if they don't fix it next week - which, frankly, I have no faith that they will.

I'm not even sure that I'll be able to sort out a rental place this weekend. And I have no idea how I'll move my stuff, or where I'll put the furniture.

Probably not the most useful reply...
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Keep on at the selling agent. Don't wait for them to reply to your email. Ring them again now.

speak to the seller directly about what is going on. the sellers solicitor does not want to tell the seller they have stuffed up the contract, and neither does the agent. so, speak to the seller about what is going on directly and watch the change of pace after the seller has gone ape all over their solicitors ass.
I'd bet good money that the seller is being told that the various hold ups are due to something that your solicitor isn't doing. IMHO the prime reason that the solicitors and agents get twitchy if buyers and sellers try to talk to each other directly.

11 days is still a fair amount of time if both solicitors actually spend a little time on fixing things instead of going with 'we sent them a letter two weeks ago and they haven't responded', and the follow up of 'no we haven't phoned them' when you ask why they haven't chased up on it. Giving them a deadline of expecting to have papers in your hand by x date often tempts them to make phone calls instead of just wasting trees.

if you need someone to stay, we have the kinda household that can always squeeze one more body in, and if earthloop does some garage rearranging we could get some stuff in there too. worst case, you may need to hire some self storage space for a bit before you get to move into your new flat.

renting another place for 6 months and then starting this journey again, well ... the next journey will have just as much aggravation, although probably with different details. you've come so far on this one, instead of hitting the wall, push through it.

oh, and we have a pickup that could be put into service to help you move ... I'm too old and decrepit to do much of the moving from flat to van to storage/new flat, but can do the driving bit of it, and lots of "for cyclists, you sure move like a bunch of grannies when carrying a sofa" stuff.

:)

Isn't LFGSS brilliant? Thanks, Mrs Earthloop.

My big concern is that my solicitor said that even if my contract was watertight and included all the revisions, that the other two flats (it's a new-build) would be sold with the old contract. This could cause problems down the line, he says. He said that, person-to-person, rather than solicitor-to-client, he wouldn't buy it if he was me.

That leaves me with a problem: put my stuff in storage, rely on the kindness of strangers and kip on sofas etc during my first week in a new job, or try to find yet another over-priced, crappy let.

haha. that last comment made me giggle.

the big question you need to ask yourself then, is "does this flat fill all my home hunting boxes to the extent that I'm unlikely to find another one that suits me as well as this one does". the answer to that question is also the answer to "should I stick this property transfer"

Didn't you say that one of the flats was already sold? That might further complicate things. Which is a shit really.

the big question you need to ask yourself then, is "does this flat fill all my home hunting boxes to the extent that I'm unlikely to find another one that suits me as well as this one does". the answer to that question is also the answer to "should I stick this property transfer"

It was the first place I saw that was in my price range and wasn't clearly going to make me depressed to live in. It was a pretty decent option.

Didn't you say that one of the flats was already sold? That might further complicate things. Which is a shit really.

One has been sold, which is part of the problem. Even if my contract was watertight with respect to the management company, freehold etc, their's wouldn't be. My solicitor thought this had the potential to cause serious problems further down the line.

You would be amazed what can be done in 11 days.

I think Mrs Earthloop has a good point.
If you can, contact the seller.
They are pretty much the only one who can put any pressure on their solicitor.

Or go back to the selling agent - they will be keen to get things done before Xmas for sure.

Fat lady far from singing here! But incredibly stressful nonetheless. Best of luck.

The other thing is, that if you drop out because of this, and anyone asks the agent why you dropped out, I think they have an obiligation to say. This passes back to the seller too, even if they change or add agents, they'd have to say if asked.

As your seller seems to need to sell, they might be therefore be inclinded to go back to the people that have already bought to get things sorted.

Do go back to the agents and hassle them. Good luck!

They are being chased. Seller seems to want to sell, quickly. I want to buy, quickly. Seller seems to be OK with changes to contract and has, apparently, instructed his solicitor to make changes. This is same situation as last week. Changes still not made. Result: Unhappy folks all around.