DH has done something stupid with contract

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Screweduphousemove · 04/07/2022 17:19

Buying our first house. He just sent the paperwork to solicitors for exchange. We are being pressured by buyers to exchange tomorrow. Anyway, he has returned the documents but somehow he’s only returned the last pages of the mortgage contract. (The ones with our signatures) and the rest of the contract is here. The solicitors aren’t doing to accept that are they?

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MrsOwainGlyndŵr · 04/07/2022 18:26

That’s what DH thought which is why he unattached it and sent just that page. I assume they do have it on file. But also thought they’d need the whole lot?

Not if they already have it. They can just print it again.

MrFirstTimeBuyer · 04/07/2022 23:04

ThirtyThreeTrees · 04/07/2022 17:52

Reprint and get a courier express delivery tomorrow.

Most legal contracts require all pages together as to now do so leaves the opportunity there for them to be swapped out of changed.

It's also a good idea to initial all pages of any contract even if they don't require signing so no one can ever dispute the content at a later stage.

It's very common for businesses/parties to send only the signature pages via email, and for some types of contracts they also attach the execution copy of the document in question. Deeds can be trickier, but most contracts are flexible.

Twiglets1 · 05/07/2022 13:42

Your husband is right they only need the signature page they have all the other pages already

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