Vendor died after exchange of contract .....

[BrilloPad]

Break in? Probably it's fully furnished and has food going spare.

Its usual to ask a friend to break the front door. Then move in anyway! :-)

Seriously, I bet the neighbours knew the house was going to be sold so will be expecting new neighbours anyway. They will also know about the death. They probably don't know the legal implications so will not care.

What is the attitude of the owner's next of kin?

[d000hg]

and then be evicted as a squatter ?

That would take ages, by which time you'd be the owner

[ELBBUBKUNPS]

I'm going to proceed with the sale, emergency probate has been applied for and Im being told it should be granted today. The place is empty apperently some liciense can be issued to allow me to temp live there till completion. Ive lost complete confidence in my solicitors now though as Ive now seen the email the seller sent mine and its dated 2 Mondays ago, so my solicitor knew but either didnt pick it up or just didnt tell me I suspect its the first. My own solicitor not even calling me back considering I could be potentially homeless tomorrow they just dont care.

Ive got a plan B sorted storage and local premier in at 65 a night, though it appears all my seller has to pay is interest on my deposit for the period of the delay which comes in at 85 a day and this isnt a cheap property.

[MicrosoftBob]

Can't you get some civil servant involved and have them deemed to be alive for the purposes of the house sale

[vetran]

Can't you get some civil servant ATOS involved and have them deemed to be alive for the purposes of the house sale

FTFY

[ELBBUBKUNPS]

In the end they got emergency probate but I did end up with my stuff in storage in a hotel for 9 days completed on Wednesday this week. To say it was a nightmare was an understatement more so because we had no idea when the emergency probate would be granted, everyday for the 9 we were being told today, then it didnt happen.

I won't be moving again after this, it wasnt the end of the world but an experience I don't want again, girlfriend in tears, junior not know what the hell going on, me feeling like sh*t and I have let them down.

[SueEllen]

It was out of your control so how could you let them down?

[vetran]

In the end they got emergency probate but I did end up with my stuff in storage in a hotel for 9 days completed on Wednesday this week. To say it was a nightmare was an understatement more so because we had no idea when the emergency probate would be granted, everyday for the 9 we were being told today, then it didnt happen.

I won't be moving again after this, it wasnt the end of the world but an experience I don't want again, girlfriend in tears, junior not know what the hell going on, me feeling like sh*t and I have let them down.

Glad its sorted, as SueEllen said you did nothing wrong.

lets hope the house is everything you want.

[BrilloPad]

It was out of your control so how could you let them down?

He killed the vendor.

HTH

[ELBBUBKUNPS]

Yeah was out of my control, logically I should not have felt I had let them down but I did .... I learnt alot about probate in a very short period of time