Hi all,
Here's my problem - a year and a half ago, bf and I put down a deposit for a flat in a new build in D 1. The deeds look like a phone book - 10-15 pieces of land were bought up for the build.
We actually didn't sign the contracts for another 6 months, because our solicitor discovered the builder's solicitors had not conveyed two of these pieces of land. (They had been paid for though, was an conveyancing oversight) We eventually signed, but only on the condition that they'd convey these pieces on completion.
Finally, our solicitor received the closing docs today, but discovered that they had conveyed the wrong pieces of land (land that was not disputed) and had already gone through the Registery of Deeds with the change. Our solicitor contacted the builder's solicitors immediately, but reckons it could take another month at the least for them to sort this mess out and to convey the missing sections.
My question is this - do you think it's worth me contacting the builders and mentioning the problem to them? Our solicitor reckons they're being kept in the dark about this problem until now...I know the builder's are as keen as we are to close. I'd like to have another party put pressure on the solicitors, because they have been very slow to get back to us in the past. (They had a year to sort out the conveyance issue) I'm not sure if this is alright for me to do though.
To make a long story short - should I say something, or just sit tight? I'd love to hear if any of you have knowledge of similar situations...thanks guys.
Here's my problem - a year and a half ago, bf and I put down a deposit for a flat in a new build in D 1. The deeds look like a phone book - 10-15 pieces of land were bought up for the build.
We actually didn't sign the contracts for another 6 months, because our solicitor discovered the builder's solicitors had not conveyed two of these pieces of land. (They had been paid for though, was an conveyancing oversight) We eventually signed, but only on the condition that they'd convey these pieces on completion.
Finally, our solicitor received the closing docs today, but discovered that they had conveyed the wrong pieces of land (land that was not disputed) and had already gone through the Registery of Deeds with the change. Our solicitor contacted the builder's solicitors immediately, but reckons it could take another month at the least for them to sort this mess out and to convey the missing sections.
My question is this - do you think it's worth me contacting the builders and mentioning the problem to them? Our solicitor reckons they're being kept in the dark about this problem until now...I know the builder's are as keen as we are to close. I'd like to have another party put pressure on the solicitors, because they have been very slow to get back to us in the past. (They had a year to sort out the conveyance issue) I'm not sure if this is alright for me to do though.
To make a long story short - should I say something, or just sit tight? I'd love to hear if any of you have knowledge of similar situations...thanks guys.