We bought a building plot eventually! We were cash buyers but as Abbotts had marketed the plot without investigating the right of easement(access rights) we were not able to buy the plot until this was sorted out. This was because it was on a private road. The plot only had 6 months left on the planning consent. It took the vendors solicitors took 5 months to sort out leaving us 4 weeks in November in the bad weather time to get the foundations in to comply with planning consent. The plot was basically on the market in an unsaleable position legally speaking as we could have purchased it with no right of access to the plot. Abbotts sent me an email A WEEK after the purchase a standard email about keys!!!!!!!!!!!!! TO A BUILDING PLOT!!!!!!!! I REPLIED BUT HAD NO REPLY We had contact when we first contacted abbotts to buy the plot and no more till the email welcoming us to our new home!! a week after the purchase and to arrange to pick up the keys!!! They need to train staff to look at what they are selling and not just take a picture and stick it in a window. They should have been able to advise the vendor of the position so he could have sorted out the problem sooner rather than after getting a buyer then having to wait 5 months for a straight forward cash buy plot