Advice on buying probate property
Hi all, looking for some advice / similar experiences as I’m starting to get a bit impatient with the process.
I had an offer accepted on a house on 17th December, but it’s a probate sale so we’re waiting on the Grant of Probate before we can exchange.
From what I’ve been told, probate was applied for around late January/early Feb, so we’re now about 8–9 weeks in. There is also only 1 executor.
I had an update 18th of March from the sellers solicitor who said all documentation has been received by the Probate Registry and they were told to wait 4 weeks before chasing again (we’re nearly at the end of that window), I also spoke to the estate agent around this time who mentioned it was “waiting to be signed off” and he thought it would be granted within the next few weeks.
My solicitor has been chasing and says everything else is ready to go from our side — we’re basically just waiting on probate now.
Does this sound like a normal timeline?
Based on your experience, how much longer might we realistically be waiting?
Did anyone else get told “wait 4 weeks before chasing” and how soon after did it come through?
Would really appreciate any insight — feels like we’re close but hard to tell!