Transfer of property letter

tonycascarino wrote: »

Hi. I am just curious to know as to how long it should take for a solicitor to write up a letter re the transfer of property. My uncle has asked a solicitor to do this 4 weeks ago and he still has not come out to him yet to obtain signatures for the transfer. Therefore, can anyone tell me please what is the general time frame. Thanks.

Anything from 6 days to 6 years, 6-8 weeks would not be unusual

What is the context? Has the property been sold? Is your uncle making a gift of it? Is this a settlement of a dispute?

Who is the property being transferred to? What solicitor is acting for that person?

Gift? Sale? Something in between? (As in, are there any expectations on the nephew as a result of this transfer?)

The nephew should be separately legally advised, if only to consider and guard against the possibility of a family row later on, allegations of undue influence, etc. The fact that parties to a property transaction are related to one another is usually a complicating factor, not a simplifying one.

I presume there is no third party with any interest in the land (e.g. a bank with a mortgage) or any claim over the land? Because if there was you would certainly have mentioned it in the original post. Anything like that would obviously complicate matters also.

In the OP you ask "how long it should take for a solicitor to write up a letter re the transfer of property". As others have pointed out, you can't transfer a property just by writing a letter, and the documents required, and other work that has to be done, do take time. But if your uncle has heard nothing at all from the solicitor since giving instructions six weeks ago - no request for further instructions or further information, no explanation of what steps have to be taken, no meeting, no letter about fees or about the costs of the transfer, just complete radio silence - then it's not too soon to contact the solicitor and say "Hey! What's happening?"