What tips do you have for sourcing leasehold conveyancing in Brockenhurst?
First ask connections who they would recommend.
Second, use a search tool on the web for conveyancing in Brockenhurst. Pick up the phone to two or three from the list and ask them to email you their conveyancing fee calculations and discuss your needs with the solicitor who will handle your legal process prior tocommitting.
Third is to make use of our search tool to help you find the right lawyers taking into account your individual requirements including location,deadlines, complications and who your intended mortgage company is. Do not be teased by low cost conveyancing in Brockenhurst
Would the conveyancing lawyers via your comparison service perform attended exchange conveyancing in Brockenhurst?
There are a few conveyancing specialists carrying out 24hr exchanges. Please call us to receive a conveyancing quote and details as to availability.
When it comes to lenders such as Bank of Ireland, do Brockenhurst solicitors incur a fee to be on the list of approved solicitors?
We are not aware of any lender fees to be on their list of approved firms, although some do charge an administration fee to deal with the processing of the conveyancing panel submission.
I can not fathom if my bank obliges me to make sure the lease term for the flat is extended prior to the completion date. I have called my Brockenhurst bank branch on a couple of occasions and was told it wasn't a problem and they will lend. My Brockenhurst conveyancing solicitor - who is on the bank conveyancing panel- called and was told they would not lend in accordance with their UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook minimum lease term requirements. I have no idea who is right.
Your conveyancing practitioner must comply with the Council of Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook Part 2 provisions for your lender. Unless your lawyer obtains specific confirmation in writing that the mortgage company will go ahead, your lawyer has no choice but to refrain from exchanging contract and committing you to the purchase. We would suggest that you ask the lender to contact your lawyer in writing confirming that they will accept the number of years left on the lease.
I recently had an offer agreed on a house in Brockenhurst. My mortgage broker suggested a property lawyer. I paid an upfront payment of £225. A few days later, the conveyancing practitioner contacted me to say that they were not on the Santander conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?
You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the Santander panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.
We are intent on selling our home in Brockenhurst and the buyers lawyers are claiming that there is a risk of it being built on contaminated land. Any local lawyer would know this is not the case. For the life of me I don't know why the purchasers used a nationwide conveyancing firm as opposed to a conveyancing solicitor in Brockenhurst. We have lived in Brockenhurst for 5 years we know of no issue. Should we contact our local Authority to obtain confirmation that the buyers are looking for.
It would appear that you have a conveyancing firm currently acting for you. What do they say? You need to check with your lawyer before you do anything. It is very possible that once the local authority has been informed of a potential issue it cannot be insured against (a bit like being diagnosed with a serious illness and then taking out life insurance to cover that same sickness)
My husband and I are FTB’s - agreed a price, but the property agent advised that the seller will only proceed if we instruct the agent's chosen solicitors as they need a ‘quick sale’. Our preferred option is to instruct a high street conveyancer accustomed to conveyancing in Brockenhurst
It is improbable the vendors are behind this. If they desire ‘a quick sale', alienating a genuine purchaser is likely to cause more damage than good. Bypass the agents and go straight to the owners and make sure they comprehend that (a)you are genuine purchasers (b)you are excited to move forward, with finances arranged © you are unencumbered (d) you intend to proceed fast (e)but you intend to instruct your own,trusted Brockenhurst conveyancing firm - as opposed tothe ones that will provide the estate agent a kickback or hit his conveyancing figures pre-set by corporate headquarters.
Are Brockenhurst conveyancing solicitors duty bound by the Law Society to issue transparent conveyancing costs?
Inbuilt into the Solicitors Code of Conduct are set rules and regulations as to how the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) allow solicitors to publicise their fees to clients.The Law Society have a practice note giving advice on how to publicise transparent charges to avoid breaching any such rule. Practice notes are not legal advice issued by the Law Society and is not intended as the only standard of good practice a conveyancing solicitor should adhere to. The Practice Note does, however, constitute the Law Society’s view of acceptable practice for publicising conveyancing charges, and accordingly it’s a recommended read for any solicitor or conveyancer in Brockenhurst or further afield.