First time buyer, starting to get really fed up of people not taking this process seriously and just being incredibly slow.
We're 9 weeks in and have still not received the draft contract from the other side (entirely the sellers fault although I don't think his solicitor chased him, it was only when the EA rang him that he got his arse into gear)
I've received my mortgage offer and the survey and searches have been done. My solicitor hasn't been able to raise any enquiries yet because of this. The searches were returned 2.5 weeks ago so I'm really pissed off if I'm honest because they've massively slowed things down by not having the paperwork ready.
The EA rang me last Wednesday and said the seller had returned the protocol forms on Tuesday and his solicitor was going to prioritise getting the contract over to us but we've still not received it. How long would you give them before pulling out?
I'm dreading what they'll be like if my solicitor has enquires (which I'm sure she will). Annoyingly I've already wasted money on the searches and survey.