My family lawyer has quoted £1400 for fixed fee conveyancing in Alderley Edge. I am looking to sell a Edwardian detached home for £150,000. Is this too much? Is it in excess of what I should be paying for conveyancing in Alderley Edge?
The estimate does seem a tad steep. If you shop around you might shave off some of the cost by as much as a hundred pounds. That being said, you couldcome to regret choosing an an untested solicitor. If is important to be sure that the conveyancer can also act for your mortgage company. Do utilise our comparison tool to get a quote a Alderley Edge conveyancing company on the banks member panel which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Alderley Edge.
My bid for a property was accepted at auction in Alderley Edge. Conveyancing is required. What is next?
Given that you are now legally committed yourself to purchase you now have to instruct a conveyancing solicitor quickly as you are facing a fast approaching a fixed date to complete the property. Every auction property should have a bespoke legal set of papers. This will include evidence of title and search results. In the case of leasehold premises the legal pack should provide a copy of the lease, management information and a sellers leasehold information form and associated conveyancing paperwork pertinent to a leasehold property. You must pass this on to your appointed conveyancing solicitor at the earliest opportunity. Do make sure that your finances are in order to complete the transaction on the set completion date.
We had selected conveyancing lawyers located in Alderley Edge on the RBS solicitor panel. They have just billed me a separate fee for dealing with the RBS mortgage. Is this an additional conveyancing fee set by RBS?
Unfortunately, so long as it is in their Terms of Engagement or Quote then yes your solicitor is entitled to charge a fee for this. This fee is not dictated by RBS but by your Alderley Edge conveyancer. Numerous firms on the RBS panel will quote an ‘acting for lender’ fee and others do not.
I have today made my last payment due on my mortgage with Kent Reliance. I assume I don't need a Alderley Edge property lawyer on the Kent Reliance panel to discharge the mortgage at the Land Registry. Please confirm.
If you have finished paying off your Kent Reliance mortgage, they may send you evidence showing that you have paid it off. Alternatively they may notify the Land Registry directly. The Land Registry need to see this evidence before they will remove the Kent Reliance mortgage from the register. Kent Reliance, and any evidence they send you, will determine the action you need to take. In cases where no conveyancer is acting for you and you have paid off your mortgage:
- but are not moving to another property
- where Kent Reliance has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
- Kent Reliance has instructed the Land Registry to do so
Should commercial conveyancing searches reveal proposed roadworks that could impact a commercial property in Alderley Edge?
Its becoming the norm that commercial conveyancing solicitors in Alderley Edge will perform a SiteSolutions Highways report as it reduces the time that conveyancers spend in investigating accurate data on highways that impact buildings and development assets in Alderley Edge. The search result sets out definitive information on the adoption status of roads, footpaths and verges, as well as the implication of traffic schemes and the rights of way surrounding a commercial development sites in Alderley Edge.
For each commercial conveyancing transaction in Alderley Edge it is crucial to investigate the adoption status of roads surrounding a site. Failure to identify developments where adoption procedures have not been addressed adequately could result in delays to Alderley Edge commercial conveyancing deals as well as pose a risk to future plans for the site. These searches are not ordered for domestic conveyancing in Alderley Edge.
Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly identified during conveyancing in Alderley Edge?
Restrictive covenants can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the legal transfer of property in Alderley Edge. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’
I am purchasing my first flat in Alderley Edge with a loan from Skipton Building Society. The builders refused to reduce the amount so I negotiated 6k of additionals instead. The house builders rep told me not inform my solicitor about this side-deal as it could adversely affect my loan with the bank. Should I keep quiet?.
All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.
Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.
Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.
In my capacity as executor for the estate of my grandfather I am selling a house in Monmouth but live in Alderley Edge. My lawyer (who is 260 kilometers awayhas requested that I sign a statutory declaration prior to the transaction finalising. Can you recommend a conveyancing solicitor in Alderley Edge to attest this legal document for me?
strictly speaking you should not be required to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily any notary public or qualified solicitor will do regardless of whether they are based in Alderley Edge