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Top 5 reasons to let us assist you find a high street conveyancing solicitor in Chathill

  • 1 The firms identified on our web pages have a mix of conveyancing lawyers, legal executives and support staff handling thousands of conveyancing matters annually.
  • 2 Property lawyer conveyancing firms have valuable personal links with Chathill selling agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 3 Chathill lawyer are the key to a successful Chathill conveyancing experience, keeping the process under control. They are on your side throughout, offering dedicated advice for the duration of your move
  • 4 Cut price packages from online conveyancers might be tempting. However, these organisations are often located many miles away with little understanding of the factors that impact property transactions in Chathill
  • 5 Chathill conveyancers will acquainted with the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and property agents

Examples of recent conveyancing in Chathill since July 2024*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Chathill

Much to our surprise we have been notified by our financial adviser that my Chathill property lawyer is not on the lender Conveyancing panel. How can I check?

Your first step should be to contact your Chathill lawyer directly. It is reasonable to expect your lawyer to inform you what has happened. If they are not on the panel they may recommend you to a Chathill conveyancing firm that is on the conveyancing panel for your mortgage company.

I sincerely hope you can help me. My Chathill solicitor is advising me that he has toconduct Chathill conveyancing searches stemming from the fact thatthe firm are on the Nat Westconveyancing panel. Is this really necessary?

You have limited options available to you. As you are obtaining a mortgage with a bank your property lawyer has to comply with their conditions as set out in their version of the CML Conveyancing Handbook. Your lawyer would have previously signed the Terms and Conditions of your bank’s conveyancing panel appointment which obliges them to follow the Council of Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook provisions . Even if you were a cash buyer you would be ill advised not to carry out Chathill conveyancing searches.

Finally the sale completed on my house in Chathill last February yet the purchaser is texting me to moan that his lawyer is waiting to hear from mine. What are the post completion sale legalities now that I have sold?

After completion of your house sale your conveyancer should deliver the transfer documentation and all supplemental paperwork to the purchaser's solicitors. Where relevant, your lawyer must also send confirmation that the home loan has been repaid to the buyers conveyancers. There are no post completion requirements specific conveyancing in Chathill.

We are selling our house in Chathill and the buyers lawyers are claiming that there is a possibility that the property was built on contaminated land. A high street Chathill conveyancer would know this is not the case. For the life of me I don't know why the buyers used a web based conveyancing firm rather than a conveyancing solicitor in Chathill. Having lived in Chathill for 5 years we know that this is a non issue. Do we contact our local Authority to seek clarification that there is no issue.

It would appear that you have a conveyancing firm already. What do they say? You need to enquire of 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 health insurance to cover that same ailment)

The deeds to our house can not be found. The lawyers who did the conveyancing in Chathill 4 years ago no longer exist. What are my next steps?

In today’s world there are duplicates made of almost everything, and your lawyer should be aware exactly where to locate all the relevant documentation so you can buy or sell your house without any difficulty. Where copies are not available, your conveyancer can put in place insurance or indemnities against possible claims on the premises.

I'm buying a new build house in Chathill with a mortgage from Birmingham Midshires. The sellers refused to budge the amount so I negotiated £7000 of extras instead. The estate agent told me not inform my solicitor about the extras as it would put at risk my loan with Birmingham Midshires. Should I keep quiet?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.

Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.

Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.

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What to expect from a Licensed Conveyancer for conveyancing in Chathill?

Licensed Conveyancers support the transfer of the legal title of a property from one person to another and cover conveyancing countrywide as well as Chathill. If instructing a Licensed Conveyancer regulated by the CLC, you are entitled to:
  • Be supplied with an honest and lawful conveyancing.
  • Enjoy the benefit of a high standard of legal services.
  • Have your conveyancing dealt with using care, skill and legal know-how.
  • Enjoy the benefit of a high standard of service due to your conveyancer’s arrangements, resources, procedures, skills and commitment.
  • Enjoy the benefit of a service which is accessible and responsive to your specific requirements.
  • You should not consider yourself discriminated against, victimised or harassed.
  • To receive the level you could expect, however, if you do your lawyer accepts responsibility for this and provides you with any appropriate redress.
  • Ensure your specific needs taken into account should a complaint be necessary.
  • Enjoy the benefit of a speedy, objective and comprehensive service where making a complaint about your conveyancing in Chathill about your conveyancing in Chathill.

Transfer of Equity conveyancing in Chathill usually includes the following:

  • Obtaining instructions from the appropriate parties
  • Investigating the title to the property
  • Acting on behalf of the mortgage company (if applicable)
  • Agreeing the terms of the transaction
  • Preparing the Transfer or approving draft Transfer
  • Agreeing adjustments to the draft Transfer
  • Corresponding with parties concerning the Transfer
  • Agreeing and preparing for completion
  • Receiving and releasing monies to the appropriate parties
  • Preparing and submitting to HM Revenue and Customs the correct stamp duty forms and payment
  • Registering the new ownership and the mortgage (where appropriate) at the Land Registry.

Chathill commercial property solicitors draw on a full range of commercial expertise offering advice on a variety of issues across all aspects of commercial property law

    Development, including options, overage agreements, JCT building contracts General advice on title or other property issues Negotiating, completing and terminating commercial leases Industrial and warehouse premises Subletting, licences and sharing occupation Property finance for investment and development loans for lenders and borrowers

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*Source acknowledgement: House price data produced by Land Registry as well data supplied by Lexsure Ltd.

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