My previous conveyancer has quoted £1350 for freehold conveyancing in Belford. I am hoping to downsize from a Victorian property for £250,000. Is this expensive? Is it above what I should be paying for conveyancing in Belford?
The charges are a bit high. If you shop around you might get the conveyancing a bit cheaper by perhaps £125. On the other hand, you maylive to regret choosing an a cheaper conveyancer. Remember to enquire that the firm can represent your lender. Do employ our search tool to locate a Belford conveyancing company on the lender’s approved list of lawyers which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Belford.
Can your site be used to recommend a Conveyancing solicitor in Belford even where I’m not purchasing or disposing of a house, for example where I wish to buy an office in Belford with a mortgage from Virgin Money?
Our comparison service is mainly there to get a quote from residential conveyancing solicitors in Belford but we have set out at the end of this page a selection of Belford commercial conveyancing firms. You will need to make contact with the company directly to check if they are also authorised to represent Virgin Money
Should our conveyancer be asking questions regarding flooding during the conveyancing in Belford.
The risk of flooding is if increasing concern for conveyancers specialising in conveyancing in Belford. There are those who purchase a house in Belford, fully aware that at some time, it may suffer from flooding. However, leaving to one side the physical damage, where a house is at risk of flooding, it may be difficult to get a mortgage, adequate insurance cover, or dispose of the premises. There are steps that can be taken as part of the conveyancing process to forewarn the purchaser.
Solicitors are not best placed to offer advice on flood risk, however there are a various searches that may be initiated by the purchaser or on a buyer’s behalf which can give them a better appreciation of the risks in Belford. The standard completed inquiry forms given to a buyer’s lawyer (where the Conveyancing Protocol is adopted) incorporates a standard question of the owner to discover if the property has ever been flooded. If flooding has previously occurred which is not disclosed by the seller, then a purchaser could issue a claim for damages as a result of such an inaccurate answer. The buyer’s lawyers may also conduct an enviro search. This will reveal whether there is any known flood risk. If so, further inquiries should be conducted.
I used Stirling Law a few years ago for my conveyancing in Belford. Now, I need the documents but cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?
You should contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate 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 Belford 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.
How easy is it to switch firm as I need to find one who is on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel. I was using a local conveyancing solicitor in Belford round the corner but she is not accepted by Clydesdale
It would be our pleasure to assist you find a conveyancing solicitor in Belford on the Clydesdale panel. Please note that the law firms that we work with do not pay us fee if you instruct them and are under regulation of the Solicitors Regulation Authority who oversee all conveyancing solicitors in Belford. In making use of search facility on this page, you can compare costs for conveyancing solicitors in Belford and throughout England and Wales.
I own a leasehold house in Belford. Conveyancing and Alliance & Leicester mortgage went though with no issue. I have received a letter from someone claiming to own the reversionary interest in the property. It included a demand for arrears of ground rent dating back to 1994. The conveyancing solicitor in Belford who acted for me is not around. Any advice?
The first thing you should do is contact the Land Registry to make sure that the individual claiming to own the freehold is indeed the registered owner of the freehold reversion. You do not need to instruct a Belford conveyancing lawyer to do this as you can do this on the Land Registry website for £3. Rest assured that in any event, even if this is the legitimate freeholder, under the Limitation Act 1980 no more than 6 years of rent can be collected.
I inherited a leasehold flat in Belford, conveyancing having been completed March 1997. Can you work out an approximate cost of a lease extension? Comparable flats in Belford with over 90 years remaining are worth £201,000. The ground rent is £45 invoiced annually. The lease runs out on 21st October 2089
You have 64 years unexpired we estimate the premium for your lease extension to span between £14,300 and £16,400 as well as costs.
The figure that we have given is a general guide to costs for renewing a lease, but we are not able to supply a more accurate figure in the absence of comprehensive due diligence. You should not use the figures in a Notice of Claim or as an informal offer. There may be other concerns that need to be considered and you obviously want to be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Neither should you take any other action placing reliance on this information before seeking the advice of a professional.