{"id":103,"date":"2014-07-14T09:00:33","date_gmt":"2014-07-14T09:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shirtyletters.com\/?p=103"},"modified":"2014-09-23T10:05:47","modified_gmt":"2014-09-23T10:05:47","slug":"letter-to-my-conveyancing-lawyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/shirtyletters.com\/?p=103","title":{"rendered":"Letters to my conveyancing lawyers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dear Sirs,<\/p>\n

I am sending this email to all the solicitors concerned with the sale of the above property to Mrs B.<\/p>\n

The reason I decided to sell, rather than let out this property, was to effect a quick sale to a cash buyer with no mortgage. Had I chosen the letting route I would by now have received some \u00a32,500 in rental income and the value of the property would have increased by perhaps a greater increment.<\/p>\n

Mrs B\u2019s offer to purchase was accepted on the 9th May 2014, over 10 weeks ago.<\/p>\n

Why oh why are we not close to exchange \/ completion ?<\/p>\n

The lease extension, I was told, would merely be a paper exercise and yet this appears stalled.<\/p>\n

You are all very well financially rewarded for the work you do, at, it has to be said, a lamentable pace. Has it not crossed your minds that I, your client, might\u00a0need\u00a0the proceeds from this sale to \u2018get on with his life\u2019?\u00a0 What if I was involved in another property development?\u00a0 You have been shuffling papers for the same time as we took to up-grade this flat.\u00a0 May I make you aware that as a consequence of your procrastinations I am paying searing charges on my bank overdraft and punishing interest on my credit card. I approach the end of my tether … the whole UK conveyancing process needs shaking-up,<\/p>\n

Yours sincerely,<\/p>\n

Jamie Summers<\/p>\n

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4 August 2014<\/p>\n

Dear Sirs,<\/p>\n

Once again, 3 weeks after my first badinage to you solicitors involved in the sale of the above property and now closing in on 13 weeks since the buyer\u2019s verbal agreement to purchase, I am forced to vent my spleen at your collective deferrals. This time I am copying in the estate agent dealing with the sale and will be sending a copy of this and my previous email to Mrs B. who needs to be made aware of my fomenting frustration.<\/p>\n

Harry Mount wrote in The Spectator (28.6.14) \u201c … conveyancing \u2013 a long word used by lawyers to conceal an extremely simple transaction.\u201d<\/p>\n

I signed my part of the contract one week ago at the offices of my London solicitors and informed them that I wished to complete at the earliest opportunity. Unless we \u2018exchange\u2019 by this coming Friday 8th August I fully intend to cancel this sale and re-advertise the property at a considerably raised price or rent it out as an interim arrangement. None of you lawyers will be involved in any subsequent sale.<\/p>\n

I repeat my assertion that you have all contrived to make my life financially burdensome. You should be held to account for your ineffectiveness.<\/p>\n

Yours sincerely,<\/p>\n

Jamie Summers<\/p>\n

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4 August 2014<\/p>\n

Dear Jamie,<\/p>\n

I am surprised by the tone of your email which I find offensive.\u00a0\u00a0 I have already explained my position by email.\u00a0 I have since met you and dealt with everything I was required to do expeditiously.\u00a0 I will forward separately the emails since our meeting regarding the signed Lease Extensions.<\/p>\n

I would appreciate an apology.<\/p>\n

Kind Regards.<\/p>\n

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