I purchased my home in June 2012 and I am now selling it and it has come to my attention that the Vendor's Solicitors failed to advise their clients to apply for an NPPR Exemption Certificate for the period when it was their principal private residence, namely 2009 to June 2012 and they have left the country. I contacted they Council who told me that they can't issue an Exemption Certificate for that period because I was not the owner. Has anyone experienced this dilemma and found a way around it as I have a buyer but I can't close the sale without the certificate and the sale will fall through.