Serious help needed from the panel. I'll be brief.
I am in the process of trying to buy a 3 bed semi as number 3 is due in 3 weeks.
We have selected a house, scraped the deposit together (15% - ouch) and are good to go.
One snag. There is a charge on the property from a relative of the vendor who lives in British Columbia (Canada). They have told us they got them to post a DS1 form to the vendors solicitor. This has not arrived after two weeks. An email with a scanned image of the document was received, but this does not satisfy the solicitor.
They have now allegedly sent this document via courier. We wait.
In the mean time I have spat the dummy with the estate agent, and said that I am hacked off and ready to pull out of the sale as we have been dicked around for weeks and its doing my wifes health absolutely no good.
Today, the vendors solicitor has emailed a legal undertaking to withhold the charge money from the sale to give to the relative in BC.
The email I have been forwarded is full of typos and grammatical errors, which makes me nervous.
Note errors highlighted should read "send" and "we"
What this means apparently is that I get to buy the house, with the charge still attached, and should the DS1 form arrive, the solicitor will remove the charge.
My head is in the bin on this one. I did think about another forum within CUK for this, but then thought I'd chuck it in here as someone will rip the piss and that might lift my mood. In the flurry of sarcastic posts that will ensue, one of them may just give me a new direction to take.
To the panel.
I am in the process of trying to buy a 3 bed semi as number 3 is due in 3 weeks.
We have selected a house, scraped the deposit together (15% - ouch) and are good to go.
One snag. There is a charge on the property from a relative of the vendor who lives in British Columbia (Canada). They have told us they got them to post a DS1 form to the vendors solicitor. This has not arrived after two weeks. An email with a scanned image of the document was received, but this does not satisfy the solicitor.
They have now allegedly sent this document via courier. We wait.
In the mean time I have spat the dummy with the estate agent, and said that I am hacked off and ready to pull out of the sale as we have been dicked around for weeks and its doing my wifes health absolutely no good.
Today, the vendors solicitor has emailed a legal undertaking to withhold the charge money from the sale to give to the relative in BC.
The email I have been forwarded is full of typos and grammatical errors, which makes me nervous.
We undertake to redeem or discharge all mortgages and charges secured against the property and to sent to you Form DS1, the receipted charge or confirmation that notice of release or discharge in electronic form has been given to the Land Registry as soon as you receive the same.
What this means apparently is that I get to buy the house, with the charge still attached, and should the DS1 form arrive, the solicitor will remove the charge.
My head is in the bin on this one. I did think about another forum within CUK for this, but then thought I'd chuck it in here as someone will rip the piss and that might lift my mood. In the flurry of sarcastic posts that will ensue, one of them may just give me a new direction to take.
To the panel.
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