and they hold all the power. It's getting frustrating now.
We got an offer for our house quickly and had an offer accepted on a house the same day. The top of the chain was small and have been patiently hanging around. Oyr buyers seemed great as they were planning to rent out their flat and get a buy to let mortgage. They changed this about 5 weeks into the sale and are now selling their flat but to a relative who is a cash buyer.
They took 5 weeks to get their survey done and another few weeks on top of that to get their searches done. They don't seem to be in any hurry to move. If we don't exchange contracts soon I can see us losing the house we want to buy.
The buyers (slowly) quibbled over something on the the survey and we took some money off the cost of the house. We assumed things to be sailing along without hitch now. Estate Agents are talking tentative completion dates and we're getting excited. BUT, my slicitor has chased the buyers solicitor and they are still querying something. We bought the house as builder modernised. The builders put in new windows and also an RSJ for an unsupported chimney stack. The buyers solicitor is asking for Building Regulation certification/FENSA certificate for the window.
I'm chasing the builder to see if he has these. I'm wondering why we didn't need to have/see these when we bought the house 3 years ago. Was our solicitor at the time incompetent? Are our buyers allowed to go ahead with the purchase of the house without these certificates because we're getting a bit sick of their slowness. Their Solicitor doesn't seem to action anything or communicate anything until our Solicitor asks them to.
Are we just powerless? What happens if we cannot get these certificates? I hate being at the mercy of the bottom of the chain. A 27 week pregnant woman doesn't need this stress.
No need to reply really, I just needed to sound off.
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beatie · 15/06/2005 10:34
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