Bank Statement?

[zakster]

Hi
We are in the process of making a F&F offer it's a last resort as we can't cope with another 2+ years of our IVA in our current situation,it's seriously affecting our health and mental state. A relative who has seen us struggle and slip down hill is willing to help us out. It's a very generous offer they have made. We have given our IP a signed letter from them saying they will fund the F&F offer but my IP is now asking for there Bank Statement to prove they can make good the offer. There is absolutely no way that this kind, old fashioned person[in a nice way]would ever agree to send them bank statements.
Is this normal when they have had a singed letter from them? There are some other issues as well but we just want to take one thing at a time. For us personally taking out the IVA was a big mistake. We did it in the main because we were concerned about the house but ironically it's the house that is the mill stone for us,serious maint. problems etc.no equity in the house it needs a considerable amount of money speding on it to make it even comfortable. We have also seen a very different side to our IP from when we was considering and then in the process of sorting out our IVA. Any help on the Bank statement question would be most welcome.Many thanks in advance.

[Michael Peoples]

This seems excessive so perhaps your relative could send them the money in advance provided they receive an undertaking that the money will be returned in the event of rejection of the offer. I can fully understand why you do not want to ask and the IP could be a little more helpful.

[zakster]

Thanks for the reply Michael.
To sum-up you have hit the nail on the head 'my IP could be a little more helpful'
Every time we try and get this ball rolling we get hit with other request.
Trying to get information is like getting blood out of a stone. Before we was hit with this request they were trying to make part of our F&F offer package to include a PPI investigation even though we signed a statement saying we are 100% CERTAIN we are not due any PPI and have not claimed any whilst in our IVA.it's getting us even more down. I really dont think they understand the stress they are causing or they do and are just being greedy.