My fiance’s dad is a solicitor. I hope that I'll be able to get friends and family fee for conveyancing, but if not, what level of costs should I be expecting for conveyancing in Thetford?
It’s wise to look for two or three conveyancing estimates. Make use of our search tool on this site. The prices do contrast greatly but the service one can expect are distinct between solicitors as is the case with the vast majority of professional services.
Completed the sale of my flat in Thetford last April but the buyer keeps Skype messaging me to moan that their conveyancer is waiting to hear from mine. What are the post completion sale formalities now that I have sold?
Following your sale your solicitor is obliged to deliver the transfer deeds and all of the paperwork to the purchaser's lawyers. Depending on the transaction, your conveyancer should also evidence that the home loan has been paid off to the buyers lawyers. There is unlikely to be post completion procedures peculiar conveyancing in Thetford.
A friend advised me that where I am buying in Thetford I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?
This is a search is occasionally included in the estimate for your Thetford conveyancing searches. It is not a small document of about 40 pages, listing and setting out important information about Thetford around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the local Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime details, Thetford Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data about Thetford.
It has been five months following my purchase conveyancing in Thetford completed. I have checked the Land Registry site which shows that I paid £175,000 when infact I paid £180,000. Why the discrepancy?
The price paid figure is taken from the application to register the purchase. It is the figure included in the Transfer (the legal deed which transfers the premises from one person to the other) and referred to as the 'consideration' or purchase price. You can report an error in the price paid figure using the LR online form. In most cases errors result from typos so at first glance the figure. Do report it so they can double check and advise.
Am I best advised to use a Thetford conveyancing lawyer based in the vicinity that I am hoping to buy? An old friend can conduct the conveyancing but her office is over three hundred kilometers away.
The benefit of a local Thetford conveyancing practice is that you can attend the office to sign documents, hand in your identification documents and pester them where appropriate. Having local Thetford know how is a bonus. However nothing is more important than finding someone that will pull out all the stops for you. If other friends have instructed your friend and on the whole were impressed that must outweigh using an unknown Thetford conveyancing solicitor solely due to them being Thetford based.
I require the services of a mortgage company panel solicitor in Thetford. Can you assist?
Unfortunately it’s not apparent why you need a Thetford panel solicitor but in any event, if you can not find one on our search tool you will need to speak directly to the mortgage company to find out which solicitors in Thetford are on their panel . If you do find such a firm in Thetford not listed please direct them to our site to list. After all the cost is only one £1 a month