We see that you have a post code search directory listing solicitors on the Santander conveyancing panel. Do firms pay you a referral fee if I appoint them for our own conveyancing in Burnham Market?
We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the Santander conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Burnham Market.
This question may be naive but I am wet behind the ears as FTB of a garden flat in Burnham Market. Do I receive the keys to the house on completion from my lawyer? If this is the case, I will use a High Street conveyancing solicitor in Burnham Market?
On the day of completion you do not need to attend the conveyancers office in Burnham Market. Your solicitors will transfer the completion advance to the vendor’s lawyers, and shortly after the monies have arrived, you should be able to collect the keys from the property Agents and start moving into the property. This tends to happen early afternoon.
We previously appointed conveyancing lawyers locally in Burnham Market on the Co-operative solicitor approved list. They are now charging me a separate fee for the legal aspects of the Co-operative mortgage. Is this an additional conveyancing fee set by Co-operative?
As unfair as it may seem, as long as it’s in their Terms and Conditions or estimate then yes your conveyancer is entitled to levy a fee for this. This charge is not dictated by Co-operative but by your Burnham Market conveyancer. Plenty of firms on the Co-operative panel will charge an ‘acting for lender’ fee and others do not.
Lloyds have agreed my home loan in principle, my bid on a house in Burnham Market has been accepted, what are the next steps?
Your property agent will wish to be informed of your solicitor's details (ensure that the solicitors are on the bank’s panel). Call up Lloyds or the broker and finalise any relevant documentation. Lloyds will sellect a valuer who will get in touch with the estate agent or owners to schedule an appointment. Once conducted (assuming no problems) it takes approximately a fortnight for the mortgage offer to be issued. Lloyds will send the offer to you and your lawyers. The legal work will then take it’s course according the nature and complexity of the conveyancing in Burnham Market.
I used Wolstenholmes a few years past for my conveyancing in Burnham Market. Now, I need my documents however the law firm is no longer operating. What do I do?
You should contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracking down 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 Burnham Market 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.
Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold element on a property I have offered on last month in what should have been a simple, chain free conveyancing. Burnham Market is where the house is located. Can you shed any light on this issue?
Flying freeholds in Burnham Market are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Burnham Market you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds thoroughly. Your mortgage company may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Burnham Market may decide that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold property.
My wife and I purchased a leasehold house in Burnham Market. Conveyancing and Clydesdale mortgage organised. I have received a letter from someone saying they have taken over the reversionary interest in the property. Attached was a ground rent demand for rent dating back to 1996. The conveyancing solicitor in Burnham Market who previously acted has now retired. Any advice?
First contact HMLR to make sure that this person is in fact the registered owner of the freehold reversion. There is no need to instruct a Burnham Market conveyancing solicitor 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 rightful freeholder, under the Limitation Act 1980 no more than 6 years of rent can be collected.
I own a ground floor flat in Burnham Market, conveyancing formalities finalised 7 years ago. Can you give me give me an indication of the likely cost of a lease extension? Corresponding flats in Burnham Market with a long lease are worth £206,000. The average or mid-range amount of ground rent is £45 charged once a year. The lease comes to an end on 21st October 2091
With only 66 years remaining on your lease we estimate the price of your lease extension to span between £11,400 and £13,200 as well as professional fees.
The suggested premium range that we have given is a general guide to costs for renewing a lease, but we are not able to advice on the actual costs without more comprehensive investigations. You should not use this information in a Notice of Claim or as an informal offer. There may be additional issues that need to be taken into account and clearly you want to be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. You should not move forward placing reliance on this information before getting professional advice.
I am looking for Burnham Market online conveyancing estimates. Can I be assured that all the Burnham Market firms that are identified on your site are on the lender conveyancing panel?
The solicitor and licensed conveyancing practices on our directory have assured us via an online form that they are on the lender panel and agreed to advise us to take down their listing in the event of removal off of the mortgage company panel. To date we have not been informed by either a lender or a member of the public that the data about a specific Burnham Market firm being on the lender conveyancing panel is not accurate.