Do lawyers request an advanced payment for my conveyancing in Addington?
If you are buying a property in Addington your lawyer will request that you put them with monies to cover the search fees. Normally this is called for to cover the fees of the Local Authority Search. If any deposit is as part of the purchase price then this should be required immediately before contracts are exchanged. Any further balance that is due will be payable a few days ahead of the day of completion.
I have been told that property searches are the number one cause of hinderance in Addington house deals. Is this right?
The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) released conclusions of a review by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not figure amongst the common causes of hindrances in the conveyancing process. Searches are unlikely to feature in any slowing down conveyancing in Addington.
I purchased a renovated Edwardian house in Addington. Conveyancing solicitor represented me and Alliance & Leicester . I did a free Land Registry search last week and there are two entries: the first freehold, another for leasehold with the exact same address. If a house is not a freehold shouldn't I have been informed?
You should read the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register as there may be mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered owner of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Addington and other areas of the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they buy they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with buyers. You can also question the situation with your conveyancing solicitor who conducted the conveyancing.
Due to the encouragement of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a house in Addington in advance of appointing lawyers. I have been informed that there is a flying freehold aspect to the property. The surveyor advised that some mortgage companies may refuse to give a loan on such a property.
It varies from the lender to lender. Santander has different requirements from Halifax. Should you wish to call us we can check via the appropriate mortgage company. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Addington. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Addington to see if the conveyancing costs will increase in light of this.
Is it possible to swap solicitor as I need to retain a firm on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing list. I had appointed a local conveyancing solicitor in Addington five minutes from me but she is not approved by Leeds Building Society
We will our best to assist in finding you a conveyancing solicitor in Addington on the Leeds Building Society panel. Please note that the conveyancers that we on the directory do not pay us commission if you instruct them and are authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority who oversee all conveyancing solicitors in Addington. In making use of the find a conveyancing solicitor tool on this website, you can compare fees for conveyancing solicitors in Addington and throughout England and Wales.
Is it best to use a Addington conveyancing lawyer based in the vicinity that I am purchasing? I have an old university friend who can execute the legal work however her office is 300miles away.
The primary upside of using a high street Addington conveyancing firm is that you can drop in to sign documents, present your identification documents and pester them if necessary. Having local Addington know how is a benefit. That being said nothing is more important than finding someone that will pull out all the stops for you. If if people you trust used your friend and in the main were impressed that should trump using an unknown Addington conveyancing lawyer solely due to them being based in the area.