I’m losing the plot, it’s all so slow!

[Arsebucket]

We put in an offer on a house at the end of January.

It’s bloody July and we have still not moved.

Everything on our side was done and dusted months ago.

Keep chasing solicitor, for the past six weeks they keep saying vendors are still going though enquiries.

Thankfully we are renting, but my God, i’ve never known anything like it.

[Arsebucket]

We’ll call and ask today if we can speak to someone else.

I’m really not happy with the service they are providing. If we didn’t chase them then we would never hear from them.

Yesterday dh explicitly told them that he expected a call back before 5pm (he called at 9:30am), and nothing. Not even an email.

So, so sick of this. We’ve been patient enough.

[Sassymcsasserson]

That sounds awful. Definitely time to let rip I'd say. What are they all playing at?!

[Inextremis]

I accepted my buyer's offer in January 2020 - we still haven't completed! There were irregularities with the lease which have taken this long to resolve - mostly, I think, due to a bloody useless conveyancer. I am hoping it'll be done and dusted before the end of the year, but I can't be certain. The property is my late father's flat, so there's no chain - just me and the long-suffering buyer. The conveyancer was appointed by the company that is dealing with probate, so it's not like I can sack them and go elsewhere - I just have to wait, and endure, and try not to explode through frustration in the meantime. Best of luck to everyone else in a similar position!

[Arsebucket]

Dh called this morning. Surprise surprise she wasn’t available again.

He asked to speak to her supervisor- guess who was in a meeting? He got her name though.

He told them that he expects a phone call today from either the solicitor or her superior. The person he spoke to said she has emailed them both.

Dh is usually too mild mannered but he sounded pissed off this time.

Anyway, as I was typing, the solicitor phoned.

The hold up is with the house our vendors are buying. The people they are buying from have been awol for six week. They haven’t responded to two simple questions that are needed to proceed.

Solicitor said she’s spoken to estate agent this morning to call our vendors to tell them that they need to apply some pressure to their solicitor to try and get a response.

i have no idea what to do now.

Honestly, I want to pull out. But there is no other house that we can afford that isn’t in a bad area or a total heap.

I’m so pissed off.

[Arsebucket]

And what are the people we are buying from even doing? They have dragged their feet all the way through

[Gettingonabitnow]

You’ve done the right thing by being hard with them. That is a shit situation though, I’m sorry.

I wouldn’t pull out, just keep an eye out for other stuff. I’ve thought the same about the one we are buying, but actually they will find a buyer again really quickly so I’m better off just constantly looking at rightmove.

It’s a total shit situation, I feel ya.

[Newhousehope]

I don’t know what I’m waiting for. Called the solicitor Monday and he told me the same thing he did last Monday 🤦🏽‍♀️

Another one here who can’t plan anything, as am expecting a date any day now. I feel I am patient and reasonable buy I keep being told you have to keep on at them to get things done. How many times can I call to be told the same thing..?! They don’t respond to emails!

Told DH on Sunday that I wanted to pull out. I’d had enough, it wasn’t right for us, I never wanted it… proper laid it on! I was on my period as well so that didn’t help 🤣🤣

I have noticed houses popping back on the market. I assume as the stamp duty holiday passed people couldn’t afford to continue so pulled out.

[Arsebucket]

@Newhousehope

I don’t know what I’m waiting for. Called the solicitor Monday and he told me the same thing he did last Monday 🤦🏽‍♀️

Another one here who can’t plan anything, as am expecting a date any day now. I feel I am patient and reasonable buy I keep being told you have to keep on at them to get things done. How many times can I call to be told the same thing..?! They don’t respond to emails!

Told DH on Sunday that I wanted to pull out. I’d had enough, it wasn’t right for us, I never wanted it… proper laid it on! I was on my period as well so that didn’t help 🤣🤣

I have noticed houses popping back on the market. I assume as the stamp duty holiday passed people couldn’t afford to continue so pulled out.

I know the bloody feeling! Being told the same thing over and over.

What gets me is they have been saying the same thing to us for 6 weeks. so why did it take us getting shirty for them to call the agent to try and hurry vendors along?

I fantasise about winning the lottery and then telling them to shove it up their bums, we don’t want it anymore

[Gettingonabitnow]

If solicitors are working on a fixed fee basis for a sale or purchase, they want to keep time spent on the file to a minimum to keep their internal costs down and make a greater profit. So basically, few are proactive as it takes up their time, so when you start getting shirty it’s no surprise it gets results.

I’m so fucked off with it all, I’m permanently nauseous through worry and stress, when will it end!!!!

[Newhousehope]

Like others, I don’t think it’ll ever actually happen 🤣
The day I have the keys is when I’ll believe it’s happening!

[Arsebucket]

Yep. Same here. Until we walk through that front door it’s pie in the sky.

Why is the system like this though? It makes no sense.

[CharlieBrown65]

I'm jumping on here as I've been reading and just have to say you all make me feel so much better! We have an online portal we can look at and nothing has been updated in almost a month despite twice weekly phone calls. Everytime I read they say "they'll chase it up!" We had hoped to be in before end of July as we are away in August but I feel like it's not going to happen despite there being no reason to 😫 sending you all positive house vibes!

[Arsebucket]

@CharlieBrown65 oh yes we have an online portal too. Useless!

last thing it says is that out searches were completed - 2 months ago.

Sorry you are in this situation too.

[Newhousehope]

We want to be in by the end of July. Purely so the kids are at school on moving day 🤣 one less thing to faff about with!

I want an online portal where I can see the whole chain! Tick boxes and everything. So you can see where and what the hold ups are. And thus who needs chasing!!

[CharlieBrown65]

I thought it would be helpful but really I can jsut see they've done what looks like nothing for a month! Thought it would be because of stamp duty deadline but that finished a week ago and still nothing has been done. We've got all searches and enquiries back but they've been "reviewing them" since 15th June 😳

[Arsebucket]

@Newhousehope I wanted the same!

Plus the fact that the new house is a five min walk from dds school. We live a ten min drive away now and parking is a nightmare. Public transport here is crap and would be hideously expensive compared to my tiny car.

I’m just so over it all today.

[CharlieBrown65]

Just got off the phone to the solicitors and they're still reviewing things. I can't cope with the frustration! I've asked the estate agent to ring and have a word because I think I might go nuts. Packed our first box this morning though on the positive side! Hope you all hear some positive news soon x

[Gettingonabitnow]

Another day of nothing I imagine!!! I’m so tempted to chase again but DH says just leave it, so i am. Uhhhhhhhhh. Never mind it’s coming home, I just want a bloody home!

[Arsebucket]

I’ve left a message with the estate agent that the solicitor said she had spoken to yesterday. I just want to know what the vendors are actually doing to try and get it all moving.

[Arsebucket]

So the agent just called back.

They didn’t even call the vendors yesterday. Dh took the call, i’ve got the baby sleeping on me.

He didn’t ask why they didn’t call yesterday when the solicitor asked them too.

The estate agent told dh she would try calling today “but there isn’t much she can do”.

what the hell is going on! Why does no one want to do their job?

Dh is too nice. He didn’t ask why the hell she didn’t call yesterday and yet again, will only do something when we push.

[Gettingonabitnow]

I know. If someone asked me to do something at work I’d do it!!

[Arsebucket]

Part of me wants to call her and ask her why she didn’t do it. Or, just to see if the solicitor did actually call her to ask her - I’ve got a feeling that could be porkies too, dh said he didn’t mention the solicitor.

Would that just make me sound nuts though?

[Gettingonabitnow]

I guess the risk is you piss them off. I normally couldn’t care less about stuff like that but the stakes are so high with all of this aren’t they?

[Arsebucket]

I did call myself. And guess what? The agent didn’t have a conversation with the solicitor yesterday 😡

So the solicitor out and out lied when she said she had spoken to the agent (named her too), so there wasn’t any miscommunication.

I know there isn’t much she can do but chase. She’s going to call the agent of the house they are buying too.

She’s really nice, but I did have a bit of a rant at how long it’s all taking and how the vendors don’t seem to care. In a nice way though, i wasn’t an arse 😂

[Arsebucket]

Not only didn’t she have a conversation, but she didn’t even start work until 1pm yesterday. The solicitor told dh that she had just spoken to her in the morning. She wasn’t even working!