[BucksBugsy]

Originally Posted by BevS97

We moved 2 years ago, and I had to hound the solicitor to get things moving. I'm sure they didn't appreciate it and I won't have been popular but it was incredibly frustrating not to get any communication, or just keep getting sent back the same 'list' of issues with no progress on any of them.

We were told our house (built by Bellway) didn't have any planning permission. That seemed unlikely to me but the solicitor was adamant and advised we drop out of the sale at the 11th hour. I ended up ringing the council myself and of course there was planning permission (I'd have been impressed if Bellway had built a huge estate without any), it was filed under Plot x, rather than our street name, but it took the lady at the council minutes to sort out, if I'd followed the solicitors advice I'd have lost the house, and the whole chain would have collapsed.

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Although this must have been frustrating for you I found it an interesting read. Surely solicitors must have processes in place for new builds ? Or were they acting correctly by saying "this address doesn't exist"?

But I'm guessing you got it sorted which is the priority .