I agreed to purchase a place in April - nothing's happened. I expected it wouldn't complete before the end of June as solicitors were snowed under (I understand up to 40% of sales failed), but hoped for completion before the end of September to save me a few grand.
My solicitor can't get any response from the vendor's solicitor, not even an acknowledgement of correspondence. It's a probate sale and I know probate hadn't been applied for when I agreed to buy it. Probate then was taking up to three months. I'm badgering the agent and asking if the vendor's getting cold feet. My next ploy will be to ask the agent to keep me informed of other properties in the hope that will spur the vendor into sticking a rocket up their solicitor.
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