This is on behalf of my wife. Trying to buy a flat for her ageing mother so she can be closer to us both. Mother took the sale price out of her savings, thus losing interest, in August 2020 expecting quick sale. No chain etc. Nearly 12 months on and the seller's conveyancing, DC Law, is STILL faffing around. Allegedly the DC Law solicitor in charge of this went into hospital and no one at DC Law apparently took over this sale nor I presume any other sale of property that the solicitor was handling!!!! My MiL has lost nearly £4k revenue from her savings due to this. My wife is stressed to hell, my MiL is stressed and worried about dying before she gets into the flat and this is primarily due to the DC Law solicitors. Nearly 12 months to purchase a no chain, cash buyer etc is ridiculous.