From: Freda 
Newsgroups: uk.d-i-y uk.finance
Subject: Re: House buying process
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2004 15:27:37 -0000

Richard Savage said
> Namely the private punter 
> ringing up every minute asking what's happening? have you done this that 
> or the other? when they have been told what she is waiting for, from 
> whom, the timescale and that they the will be informed when she has some 
> information.  Private clients seem not to understand that the more 
> unnecessary time she spends on the phone to them when she has no updates 
> means less time chasing for the updates.

While that may well be true from her perspective - what about the 
solicitor who is just waiting and waiting and waiting for some paperwork 
but doesn't bother to make a simple phone call to chase it until 
harassed by the client?

I have found this to be the case on several occasions - so it cuts both 
ways.

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