My wife and I swapping mortgage lender for our penthouse in Blakeney with Aldermore. We have a son 19 who lives with us. Our solicitor requested us to identify any adults other than ourselves who lives in the flat. The solicitor has now sent a form for our son to sign, waiving any legal rights in the event that the apartment is forfeited by the lender. I have a couple of questions (1) Is this form unique to the Aldermore conveyancing panel as he never had to sign this form when we bought 5 years ago (2) In signing this form is our son in any way compromising his right to inherit the property?
First, rest assured that your Aldermore conveyancing panel solicitor is doing the right thing as it is established procedure for any occupier who is aged 17 or over to sign the necessary Consent Form, which is purely to state that any rights he has in the property are postponed and secondary to Aldermore. This is solely used to protect Aldermore if the property were re-possessed so that in such circumstances, your son would be legally obliged to leave. It does not impact your son’s right to inherit the apartment. Please note that if your son were to inherit and the mortgage in favour of Aldermore had not been discharged, he would be liable to take over the loan or pay it off, but other than that, there is nothing stopping him from keeping the property in accordance with your will or the rules of intestacy.
Is there a search tool that I can utilise to find out if the solicitor handling my conveyancing in Blakeney is on the mortgage lender’sapproved panel? I am looking to avoid the situation of having one lawyer for me and one for Leeds Building Society thus spending £192.00 in additional conveyancing costs.
Feel free to take advantage of the find a lender approved solicitor tool on this web page. Please choose the lender and type ‘Blakeney’ or your location and you will discover a number of lawyer offices in Blakeney or near you.
I used Stirling Law several years ago for my conveyancing in Blakeney. I now require my papers but the law firm is no longer operating. What do I do?
Do call 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 Blakeney of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously retained, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
Just had an offer accepted on a new build flat in Blakeney. Conveyancing is necessary evil at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build legal work.
Here is a sample of a few leasehold new build enquiries that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Blakeney
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Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier? The Vendor must covenant to keep unsold units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore. The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme. Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company?
Taking into account that I will soon spend hundreds of thousands of pounds on a terraced house in Blakeney I would like to have a conversation with the solicitor concerning thehouse move prior to appointing the firm. Can this be arranged?
Absolutely - we would be delighted to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you liaising with the conveyancer who will be doing your conveyancing in Blakeney.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - every client is an important person, not a file reference. The practices that we put you in touch with believe that the figure you are calculated and presented to you for your conveyancing in Blakeney should be the amount on the final invoice that you are charged.
Do I stop my mortgage payments with Santander once a completion date for my sale in Blakeney has been agreed?
You would be well advised to continue paying any mortgage payments to Santander until the mortgage is paid off on completion as part of your Blakeney conveyancing.