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  • conveyancers charge for aborted purchase

    Not sure this is the right place but here goes.
    I am currently in dispute with conveyancers about their final charge after an aborted purchase before exchange of contract. Their charge read “Say £500” plus VAT. I took exception to the ‘say’ and queried what I thought was a high amount as their estimate for the purchase given at commencement was £425 plus expenses. They asked for payments ‘on account’ at the beginning and again as work were proceeding, £200 in total and assumed this was meeting their ongoing charges.
    There has been several letters back and forth where I have stated that I find the charge unreasonable and ‘in dispute’. I picked up on an admission in one of their letters which stated “.......dealt with a lot of work which would normally be dealt with after exchange of contracts”. This convinced me that I was being charged for unnecessary work as the purchase was aborted before the exchange stage. They are now threatening to hand the matter to debt collectors, which is very worrying as being a pensioner with a clear credit record to date. This charge is not a definitive amount unlike say a loan or goods
    Any advice would be helpful, can they hand this to debt collectors even though it is in dispute? Should I make a further part- payment or just pay what they are asking and put it down to experience?
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    Re: conveyancers charge for aborted purchase

    Mods- thread exists here too: Threatened with debt collectors - Legal Beagles Consumer Forum Could this one perhaps be deleted so that all answers go on the one thread, much easier then for Semiret to get their answer.

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