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first time sell house - got bullied by lawyer :(, need advice
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TSshakiraa
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 Sep 12 2016, 04:44 PM, updated 10y ago
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Hi all - Need some advice from property experts in this forum. I recently just sold my 1st house but got bullied by my lawyer, keep delaying payment. This is my mistake for choosing buyer side lawyer because of cheaper charges on lawyer fee, i will avoid this mistake next time. I would like to seek advice from u guys what i can do from my side to delay back or dragging the handover, i'm very pissed off now! 
below are some chronology of the event
June 28th - Agree on purchase & receive 1% downpayment
July 15th - Buyer got loan approved and pass balance to lawyer, signed S&P
July 19th - I went to lawyer office & sign S&P for only 7% of remaining deposit (3% on hold by this lawyer so called need to clear tax exemption). After received the cheque, lawyer called and say she will cancel this cheque as i need to settle my maintenance fee until Nov!!!, feel got cheated to sign the S&P)
August 17th - after much follow up, finally i got my 7% deposit (nearly one month after i sign S&P)
August 26th - receive clearance letter from LHDN that no tax, called lawyer to chase for my remaining 3% deposit. She told me she's in Johor attending court case and all sort of excuses. Until now still keep delaying.
This lawyer is so fishy, im sure they are using the money for some other purpose.
what else can i do from my side?
thanks all! really need advice here.
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TSshakiraa
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Sep 12 2016, 09:14 PM
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QUOTE(779364 @ Sep 12 2016, 04:48 PM) Whos paying for the lawyer fee? Seller right so most likely she is keeping it as collateral in case u fail to pay her for the house lawyer fees. hi - i already paid the lawyer the sellerr side of lawyer fee at about RM900. it's cheap because im using the buyer side lawyer. and because it's cheap then i have problem now. lesson learned - use own lawyer |
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TSshakiraa
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Sep 13 2016, 10:47 AM
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QUOTE(779364 @ Sep 12 2016, 09:45 PM) if i remember correctly, there is a no law that gives the lawyer rights to hold any monies owed to the owner once everything is paid (maintainance fee, house cukai tanah, quick rent, assessment). Threaten her that you would bring this to the Bar council for disciplinary action if she fail to respond within 1 week. Make sure you have paid whatever owed on your side as the seller thanks so much for the info. it's really a pain to deal with this kind of lawyer, every response is excuses to delay the payment what can i do from my side to give delay back to them? really need to teach them a lesson. |
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TSshakiraa
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Sep 14 2016, 01:32 PM
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QUOTE(TOMEI-R @ Sep 13 2016, 05:30 PM) Costs would be more than whats owing. ya, not a very good idea. can i purposely delay the hand over?  |
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