I'm after some advice please. We put an offer in on a home back in January, the vendor accepted our offer based on the fact that we could complete within 4 weeks. Well, we were ready within 4 weeks but they weren't, nearly 5 months later and there are still ongoing problems with land registry (the land that comes with the house was actually registered to next door) and today we have now found out that the neighbour is contesting the boundary so we are unable to complete until the dispute is sorted - which could take months. We have now come to the end of our tether and are thinking of withdrawing from the purchase (never mind the fact our mortgage offer was only valid for 6 months and is about to run out). I know I will have to pay the mortgage company a £150 withdrawal fee but will I still have to pay them the £999 application fee that was going to be added to the mortgage? If so do I have any grounds to claim this back from the vendor as legally they weren't actually in a position to sell the property. Grateful for any advice. Thanks
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