Recently contacted my conveyancing lawyer in Brimsdown who acted for me 18 months ago asking for a conveyancing costs illustration based on an identical type of home move (a leasehold premises and a freehold premises) of almost identical values with a loan from HSBC Bank. It looks as though am now being quoted twice the amount. Am I right to be tempted to shop around for an alternative conveyancer?
The costs illustration is slightly on the high side. If you are willing to invest time contrasting quotes you could reduce the fees marginally by perhaps £100 plus VAT. That being said, if you were satisfied with the legal work the firm offered you mightcome to rue choosing an an untested lawyer. If is important to enquire that the firm can also act for HSBC Bank. Do make use of our search tool to locate a Brimsdown conveyancing firm on the HSBC Bank approved list of lawyers, which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Brimsdown.
It is is a decade since I acquired my house in Brimsdown. Conveyancing solicitors have recently been appointed on the sale but I am unable to track down my deeds. Is this a major issue?
Don’t worry too much. First there is a possibility that the deeds will be with your lender or they could stored with the solicitor who handled your purchase. Secondly in most cases the title will be registered at the land registry and you will be able to establish that you own the property by your conveyancing lawyers acquiring current official copies of the land registers. Nearly all conveyancing in Brimsdown relates to registered property but in the rare situation where your property is not registered it is more of a problem but is not insurmountable.
What is the optimum way to discover of the solicitor carrying out my conveyancing in Brimsdown is on the mortgage lender’sapproved panel? I am looking to avoid the situation of having one lawyer for me and one for Virgin Money thus spending £175.00 in another set of legal costs.
Feel free to make use of the find a lender approved solicitor tool on this web page. Please choose the lender and type ‘Brimsdown’ or your preferred area and you will be presented with numerous solicitors offices in Brimsdown or near you.
Should my solicitor be raising enquiries concerning flooding as part of the conveyancing in Brimsdown.
Flooding is a growing risk for conveyancers specialising in conveyancing in Brimsdown. Plenty of people will purchase a house in Brimsdown, completely aware that at some time, it may suffer from flooding. However, leaving to one side the physical destruction, if a house is at risk of flooding, it may be difficult to get a mortgage, satisfactory insurance cover, or sell the premises. Steps can be carried out as part of the conveyancing process to forewarn the buyer.
Lawyers are not qualified to give advice on flood risk, but there are a various checks that can be undertaken by the purchaser or on a buyer’s behalf which will give them a better understanding of the risks in Brimsdown. The conventional set of completed inquiry forms sent to a purchaser’s solicitor (where the Conveyancing Protocol is adopted) includes a usual question of the seller to determine if the premises has suffered from flooding. If flooding has previously occurred and is not notified by the vendor, then a purchaser could issue a compensation claim resulting from an misleading reply. The purchaser’s solicitors should also carry out an enviro report. This will reveal if there is any known flood risk. If so, additional investigations should be initiated.
In my capacity as executor for the estate of my grandfather I am selling a house in Monmouth but live in Brimsdown. My conveyancer (approximately 235 kilometers from meneeds me to sign a statutory declaration prior to completion. Can you recommend a conveyancing practitioner in Brimsdown who can witness and place their company stamp on the document?
Technically speaking you should not be required to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally any notary public or solicitor will do regardless of whether they are based in Brimsdown
We expect to complete the sale of our £325,000 flat in Brimsdown in six days. The management company has quoted £384 for Landlord’s certificate, insurance certificate and 3 years service charge statements. Is it legal for a freeholder to charge exorbitant fees for a flat conveyance in Brimsdown?
Brimsdown conveyancing on leasehold flats normally involves fees being raised by landlords agents :
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Completing pre-contract enquiries
Where consent is required before sale in Brimsdown
Copies of the building insurance and schedule
Deeds of covenant upon sale
Registering of the assignment of the change of lessee after a sale
We have reached the end of our tether in trying to reach an agreement for a lease extension in Brimsdown. Can this matter be resolved via the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal?
Absolutely. We are happy to put you in touch with a Brimsdown conveyancing firm who can help.
An example of a Vesting Order and Purchase of freehold case for a Brimsdown flat is Ground Floor Flat 4A Baronet Road in February 2010. Following a vesting order by Edmonton County Court on 23rd December 2008 (case number 8ED064) the Tribunal decided that the price that the Applicant for the freehold interest should pay is £8,689.00 This case affected 2 flats. The unexpired term as at the valuation date was 80.01 years.