I have given 8 weeks notice to my current landlord and must be out of my rented flat in Bridgwater by the end of next month. Conveyancing on my purchase has just started. How realistic is it to complete in six weeks as don't want to have to find short term accommodation?
It is unwise to provide notice for your lease until exchange of contracts has taken place. If you have not previously done so, speak to your solicitor and urge them to they seek the assistance the other solicitors, try to get a realistic time scale from them that all parties will look to achieve
Can your site be used to recommend a Conveyancing solicitor in Bridgwater even if I’m not buying or disposing of a house, for instance where I wish to acquire an office in Bridgwater with a loan from Yorkshire Building Society?
Our search tool is mainly used to get a quote from domestic conveyancing solicitors in Bridgwater but we have listed towards the end of this page a selection of Bridgwater commercial conveyancing firms. You will need to enquire with the company directly to establish if they can also act for Yorkshire Building Society
What is the optimum way to discover of the solicitor handling my conveyancing in Bridgwater is on the mortgage lender’sapproved panel? I am looking to avoid the situation of having one lawyer for me and one for Santander thus paying £187.00 plus VAT in further legal fees.
Please do take advantage of the search tool on this site. Pick the mortgage company and type ‘Bridgwater’ or your preferred area and you will see numerous conveyancers based in Bridgwater or by proximity to you.
I am due to move property in March. Should my conveyancing solicitor communicate with the removal company on the completion day. As an aside, can you suggest a removal company in Bridgwater. Conveyancing lawyer was organised before I stumbled across this website.
On the day of completion you will need to collect the house keys from your estate agent but this should only take place once the previous owners conveyancers advise the agent that the monies to complete are in and the keys can be handed over. You will need to tell the removal men that they can start moving you in. As a matter of policy we do not recommend a particular removal company but can help you choose a residential property solicitor in Bridgwater or a lawyer with expertise in conveyancing in Bridgwater.
I have paid off my mortgage with Lloyds. I assume I don't need a Bridgwater lawyer on the Lloyds panel to discharge the mortgage at the Land Registry. Am I right?
If you have finished paying off your Lloyds 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 Lloyds mortgage from the register. Lloyds, 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 Lloyds has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
- Lloyds has instructed the Land Registry to do so
I am due to exchange contracts on my apartment. I had a double glazing fitted in February 2006, but did not receive a FENSA certificate or Building Regulation Certificate. My buyer's lender, Skipton are being pedantic. The Bridgwater solicitor who is on the Skipton conveyancing panel is saying indemnity insurance will be fine but Skipton are requiring a building regulation certificate. Why do Skipton have a conveyancing panel if they don't accept advice from them?
It is probably the case that Skipton have referred the matter to their valuer. The reason why Skipton may not want to accept indemnity insurance is because it does not give them any reassurance that the double glazing was correctly and safely installed. The indemnity insurance merely protects against enforcement action which is very unlikely anyway.
How does conveyancing in Bridgwater differ for new build properties?
Most buyers of new build residence in Bridgwater approach us having been asked by the housebuilder to exchange contracts and commit to the purchase even before the house is constructed. This is because new home sellers in Bridgwater typically purchase the land, plan the estate and want to get the plots sold off as they are building the properties. Buyers, therefore, will have to exchange contracts without actually seeing the house they are buying. To reduce the chances of losing the property, buyers should instruct property lawyers as soon as the property is reserved and mortgage applications should be submitted quickly. Due to the fact that it could be several months and even years between exchange of contracts and completion, the mortgage offer may need to be extended. It would be wise to use a lawyer who specialises in new build conveyancing especially if they are used to new build conveyancing in Bridgwater or who has acted in the same development.
We're novice buyers - had an offer accepted, yet the selling agent has warned us that the seller will only go ahead if we instruct the agent's preferred lawyers as they want a ‘quick sale’. My instinct tells me that we should use a high street conveyancer used to conveyancing in Bridgwater
We suspect that the owner is unaware of this ultimatum. Should the seller want ‘a quick sale', turning down a motivated buyer is going to damage their objectives. Try to communicate with the owners directly and make the point that (a)you are keen to buy (b)you are ready to go, with finances in place © you do not need to sell (d) you wish to move quickly (e)but you intend to appoint your own,trusted Bridgwater conveyancing solicitors - as opposed tothe ones that will earn the negotiator at the agency a commission or hit his conveyancing targets set by HQ.