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Thanks for the advice.
There are 2 flats-the missing clause is in my lease. It's related to insurance-my buyer says we should share the cost of the building insurance according to the lease whereas myself and upstairs have always done it seperately (and upstairs have already refused to share the cost with my buyer as they can't be bothered with the hassle, hence us needing to contact the absent landlords).That's what started this all off. We pay the landlords nothing but a peppercorn rent, and even that hasn't been collected by either of them.
My concern is that the landlord who wanted �1000 plus costs (The other landlord freely signed his part over to me) would drag his feet in sorting this as obviously he'd rather I buy it off him. Also, if the one who signed his share over gets wind that the others are charging for their half, he may do the same.
I took a drop of the asking price, threw in my washing machine and paved the patio at a cost of �500 because my buyer said she wanted a quick sale by beginning of Feb at the latest. Now I think that they are dragging their feet (the solicitor for my buyer is her friend so seems extra picky).
I'll email my solicitor and ask him to consider all ways of making this move quickly and at least getting an exchange of contracts signed so I have some peace of mind. The costs I was quoted for my sale/purchase were standard and it did say that there may be variations if complications arise, but no one has told me what these costs are. God, I'm gonna go bankrupt selling this flat!!!
If we do a Deed of Rectification, do we have to get upstairs involved? They move slowly too and I dont want even more people involved in all of this!