“In August 2008 I had mortgage advice from Connells of St. ......”
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Sep 29,2009
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'hillbilly'
Sep 29,2009
Services: Sales (as a Buyer)
Would you recommend?: No
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In August 2008 I had mortgage advice from Connells of St. Neots (CAMBS). However no record of this was available. I then viewed a reposessed property on sale with them and November I placed an offer on this property which was accepted, after again seeing one of their Financial Advisors. I provided wage slips and bank statements as requested which ended up being lost on two occasions but was informed these were later found in their offices. (after complaining about this they simply blamed the mortgage company.)
The survey carried out by them claimed the property had a garage and parking space which only became apparent to me when I recieved my mortgage offer. My solicitor was unable to confirm with the surveyor if there was a garage or not as Connells claimed he was uncontactable as he didn't have a mobile (yeah right) which delayed the process by several days.
ALMOST THREE MONTHS HAD NOW PASSED and because of the time scale I was also told that Connells had to again publish an announcement in the papers but was assured that it would not be published in the local papers but papers some distance away yet guess what it was in the local papers. Then on the week I was finally due to exchange contracts I recieved a call from Connells to advise me that a higher offer was to be accepted and that unless I up my offer I would "loose everything I had already spent" (solicitors fees, survey fee, HIPS etc).
I made three increases two of which were declined but the third accepted (
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