After selling my house just under 2 years ago, I was recieved a letter stating that the statement of adjustments was incorrect and that I owe almost $1900 to the buyer. After trying to contact Ian starting October 19, leaving upwards of 6 messages, I finally got through to him Dec 9 by not leaving him a message but raising my concerns with another person in the office.
Even though Ian's office recieved this letter months ago from the buyer's lawyer, he neither contacted myself or the other lawyer. After dodging my calls and messages for over a month, I'm left on the hook with a $1900 bill because the amount he put in the adjustments was incorrect. Ian even admitted he doesn't know where he got the number he put into the adjustments came from. In Kingston property taxes occur in two seperate payments the one paid in Feburary and the one you recieved in June that adjusts for the increase of the current year. I don't understand how this was missed as I closed in March, and did not even have access to the tax bill that would of came out in June.
I am fully disappointed in how this is being dealt with, having hired a lawyer to look into the closing details and paperwork, and still get hit with a paper threatening to go to collections over a year and a half later.
Having a young family, and not knowing the ins and outs of buying and selling a home, we had faith in Ian to take care of us while selling our first home. I am absolutely horrified with having a lawyer avoid contact with myself and all parties involved for well over a month. He did not admit to his mistake, nor apologize for the error or not responding to the messages or emails. I was asked to call Kingston's property tax department to look into details, it took 2 minutes to do, I could have easily done this during closing if I was asked to. Money dealt at closing whether I recieved too much or owed has no effect on day to day life, but a bill almost 2 years later for $1900 and threatening going to collections does.