What a flaming ball ache this is.
Offered on a house end of may. Accepted. 2nd june instructed solicitors. Small local firm that I've used before. Mid range priced.
It went quiet for a couple weeks around week 6, so phoned and asked to speak with the lady who was dealing with my case. She was on annual leave so I was connected to a clerk who didn't really know what was what.
I got an apology letter the following week saying she had been off and my case hadn't recieved the focus it should have. Great, thats makes it all better that I'm now a week behind.
I've been making bi-daily phone calls to them this week (week 9). Apparently the conveyance was drawn up with the wrong date on so its gone back, the bank has still to approve the fact my mum is "giving" me the stamp duty money. This should have been sorted at the very beginning of the process. (My mum is getting the stamp duty money back when i sell my current house and hmrc give it back but the bank wouldnt lend on that basis as its technically a loan).
P155ing me off now because next week is my second of two weeks off work. I've been onto the agents to see if we can get the keys early as the house is a fixer-uper and we need to get cracking. But i know this is unlikely as the legal implications are complex.
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Offered on a house end of may. Accepted. 2nd june instructed solicitors. Small local firm that I've used before. Mid range priced.
It went quiet for a couple weeks around week 6, so phoned and asked to speak with the lady who was dealing with my case. She was on annual leave so I was connected to a clerk who didn't really know what was what.
I got an apology letter the following week saying she had been off and my case hadn't recieved the focus it should have. Great, thats makes it all better that I'm now a week behind.
I've been making bi-daily phone calls to them this week (week 9). Apparently the conveyance was drawn up with the wrong date on so its gone back, the bank has still to approve the fact my mum is "giving" me the stamp duty money. This should have been sorted at the very beginning of the process. (My mum is getting the stamp duty money back when i sell my current house and hmrc give it back but the bank wouldnt lend on that basis as its technically a loan).
P155ing me off now because next week is my second of two weeks off work. I've been onto the agents to see if we can get the keys early as the house is a fixer-uper and we need to get cracking. But i know this is unlikely as the legal implications are complex.
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