long story as short as possible:
bought a property off the plans in jan 04. signed contracts etc.
approx jan 05 - letter from new solicitor company - 'your solicitor has retired, we are now your solicitor..' - no problem - new solicitor is a really sound guy.
old solicitor never spoke about the vulgar money.
never heard again from new solicitor. rang new solicitor approx Nov 05 - just for an update. he got worried when i'd no idea of price - sent me a 'sec 68' - said 1900. so far so good.
closed property jan 06 - a week before close - solicitor sent me a final invoice - just over 2K - a few euro over the earlier estimate - no problem - gave him his fees as well as all the other money (i didn't borrow it all - i came up with a few quid to reduce the mortgage)
deal closed. living in property less than five days.
phone call from solicitor - 'i registered your property as a leasehold - it should have been a free hold - my mistake etc - i charged you 91 euro for land reg. fees - it should have been c. 400 - you have to give me 400 quid' - i'm paraphrasing - but thats the kernel of it.
he wants the money now. i've budgeted without factoring this in. i intend to give him the money - as i said, he is a decent bloke. but - how quick do i need to give him this money? could i stall it for a couple of weeks? - i dont have this money really. the deal is closed and i'm in the property so i have the upper hand? i dont want to give him the run around, or have to pay interest - put i dont want to go without food either because something he made a cock up off (the original contract always said free hold - 'farm free agreement' - he had over a year to familiarise himself with my file. should i be worried about getting the money to him pronto?
very long post - apologies. any advice?
bought a property off the plans in jan 04. signed contracts etc.
approx jan 05 - letter from new solicitor company - 'your solicitor has retired, we are now your solicitor..' - no problem - new solicitor is a really sound guy.
old solicitor never spoke about the vulgar money.
never heard again from new solicitor. rang new solicitor approx Nov 05 - just for an update. he got worried when i'd no idea of price - sent me a 'sec 68' - said 1900. so far so good.
closed property jan 06 - a week before close - solicitor sent me a final invoice - just over 2K - a few euro over the earlier estimate - no problem - gave him his fees as well as all the other money (i didn't borrow it all - i came up with a few quid to reduce the mortgage)
deal closed. living in property less than five days.
phone call from solicitor - 'i registered your property as a leasehold - it should have been a free hold - my mistake etc - i charged you 91 euro for land reg. fees - it should have been c. 400 - you have to give me 400 quid' - i'm paraphrasing - but thats the kernel of it.
he wants the money now. i've budgeted without factoring this in. i intend to give him the money - as i said, he is a decent bloke. but - how quick do i need to give him this money? could i stall it for a couple of weeks? - i dont have this money really. the deal is closed and i'm in the property so i have the upper hand? i dont want to give him the run around, or have to pay interest - put i dont want to go without food either because something he made a cock up off (the original contract always said free hold - 'farm free agreement' - he had over a year to familiarise himself with my file. should i be worried about getting the money to him pronto?
very long post - apologies. any advice?