AssumingI was to purchase a freehold propertyin Basildon mortgage fee and dispense with a survey and no conveyancing searches how much would I expect to have to pay for conveyancing in Basildon?
Any savings you would achieve will be limited to the costs for searches. A solicitor still got to do everything else - money laundering, communicating with the sellers lawyer, stamp duty return, register the title etc. You might save a bit for them not needing to register a charge however it won't be a lot.
We're in Basildon, First timers purchasing with a mortgage (lender is Leeds Building Society , and our solicitor is on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel). How long should the conveyancing process take?
The fact that your lawyer is on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel is a help. It would almost certainly delay matters if they were not. However, no lawyer should guarantee a timeframe for your conveyancing, due to third parties outside of your control such as delays caused by lenders,conveyancing search providers or by the other side’s solicitors. The time taken is often determined by the number of parties in a chain.
I am buying a property and the lawyer has identified Chancel Repair to which the house may be obligated to pay given it’s proximity to the area of such a church. He has recommended insurance. Is this strictly appropriate for conveyancing in Basildon
Unless a prior acquisition of the property took place post 12 October 2013 you could take it that conveyancing practitioners carrying out conveyancing in Basildon to remain recommending a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.
I am looking to sell my property. My former solicitors has retired. I would be grateful for any recommendation of a conveyancing firm. I happen to live in Basildon if that makes a difference.
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As co-executor for the will of my father I am selling a residence in Neath but I am based in Basildon. My solicitor (based 235 kilometers from merequires that I sign a stat dec before the transaction finalising. Can you recommend a conveyancing solicitor in Basildon who can witness this legal document for me?
Technically speaking you are unlikely to need to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally or notary public or solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are Basildon based
A conveyancing company handled my conveyancing in Basildon 5 years ago and was holding my deeds but has now closed – What can I do to retreive these?
Deeds, as such, no longer exist as most homes in Basildon are recorded digitally at Land Registry. If you need to establish evidence of proprietorship or are selling or re-mortgaging your solicitor will need to obtain up to date copies of the register from the Land Registry in any case.
If you feel there may be other documents or you have any other queries please e-mail your request with details of the transaction and documents you need to filerequest@clc-uk.org. The CLC will let you know what information they have and any additional information they may need before they are in a position to identify and send the documents to you. Following an intervention it may take some time for the CLC to access archived files and documents, but your request will be actioned with reasonable haste.