My previous lawyer has given a fee calculation of just over a thousand pound for freehold conveyancing in Higham Ferrers. I’m selling a Georgian detached home for £250,000. Are these conveyancing fees excessive? Is it above what I should be paying for conveyancing in Higham Ferrers?
The estimate does seem marginally steep. Where you are willing to expend time contrasting quotes you may be able to get the conveyancing a bit cheaper by say a hundred pounds. That being said, you couldcome to regret opting for an an unknown conveyancer. If is important to be sure that the solicitor can also act for your bank. Do make use of our comparison tool to find a Higham Ferrers conveyancing practice on the banks approved list of lawyers which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Higham Ferrers.
We were just about to exchange contracts for a leasehold flat in Higham Ferrers. We encountered a snag. The mortgage offer with National Westminster Bank runs out on 10/7/2024 but the owners are insisting on a completion date of 12/7/2024. Is it possible to extend the loan expiry date?
The person best placed to address this question is your lawyer who will hopefully determine whether he or she is corresponding with the mortgage broker, owner’s solicitors, selling agents or possibly all three taking into account what has happend in your conveyancing as of today.
We are planning to acquire a house and need a conveyancing solicitor in Higham Ferrers who is on the Barclays approved panel. Could you point me in the right direction as regards a conveyancing firm?
Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Barclays . We don't recommend any particular firms conducting conveyancing in Higham Ferrers.
I used Wolstenholmes several years past for my conveyancing in Higham Ferrers. Now, I need the files however cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?
Do call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracing your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Higham Ferrers of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously hired, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold issue on a property I put an offer in a fortnight ago in what was supposed to be a simple, chain free conveyancing. Higham Ferrers is where the house is located. Can you offer any opinion?
Flying freeholds in Higham Ferrers are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Higham Ferrers you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds diligently. Your bank may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Higham Ferrers may decide that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold premises.
I have been sourcing a conveyancing lawyer in Higham Ferrers for my house move. Is there any facility to review a solicitor's record with the legal regulator?
Anyone can find presented Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) determinations resulting from inquisitions from 2008 onwards. Visit Check a solicitor's record. To find records Pre 2008, or to check a firm's history, telephone 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 any week day save for Tuesday when lines open at 9.30am. For non-uk callers, dial +44 (0)121 329 6800. The SRA may recorded call for training reasons.