Our mortgage company has suggested a law firm on their panel based in Ealing but I would rather instruct a conveyancing lawyer in Ealing or nearer to where I live. Can you help?
Far from all Ealing conveyancing practices are approved and listed on all lender’s conveyancing panel. Please make the most of our find an approved solicitor tool to locate a Ealing conveyancing solicitor on the on the bank panel.
We are purchasing a flat in Ealing. I might seem paranoid but how we can trust a lawyer? On completion day we have to deposit money into their account. What protection do we have from them run away with our monies?
Be assured that all money in a Solicitors client account is 100% safe, and even if your Solicitor ran off with it, the Law Society would reimburse you fully.
I'm at the point of looking at flats in Ealing and I am now considering a potential offer. Is it advisable to have a solicitor on ‘stand by’? I will be getting a home loan with Yorkshire BS.
You should start obtaining conveyancing estimates from solicitors ASAP. Once you decide who you want to use and once your offer is accepted you can instruct them to work for you and forward their details on to the selling agent. As you are getting a mortgage with Yorkshire BS, make sure you remember to check that your lawyer is on the Yorkshire BS conveyancing panel.
Completion of my remortgage has taken place for my property in Ealing. Conveyancing was of an acceptable standard but I feel I should register my dissatisfaction about the lender. How does one go about formally complaining?
Almost all lenders have complaints procedures. Your first point of contact should be one of the lender’s branches or the Customer Care Team at head office. We understand that complaints to a lender are resolved effectively and efficiently. If you feel the matter is not resolved you can write to Financial Ombudsman Service, South Quay Plaza, 183 Marsh Wall, London E14 9SR who will take matters further.
Will commercial conveyancing searches disclose proposed roadworks that may affect a commercial site in Ealing?
Its becoming the norm that commercial conveyancing solicitors in Ealing will perform a SiteSolutions Highways report as it dramatically cuts the time that conveyancers spend in sourcing accurate data on highways that impact buildings and development assets in Ealing. The report sets out definitive information on the adoption status of roads, footpaths and verges, as well as the implication of traffic schemes and the rights of way surrounding a commercial development sites in Ealing.
For every commercial conveyancing transaction in Ealing it is critical to investigate the adoption status of roads surrounding a site. The absence of identifying developments where adoption procedures have not been addressed adequately may cause delays to Ealing commercial conveyancing deals as well as pose a risk to future intentions for the site. These searches are not ordered for residential conveyancing in Ealing.
I used Action Conveyancing a few years ago for my conveyancing in Ealing. Now, I need my files but the law firm has closed. What do I do?
You should contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracing 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 Ealing 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.
I'm purchasing my first flat in Ealing benefiting from help to buy. The builders would not move on the price so I negotiated 6k of extras instead. The house builders rep advised me not to tell my conveyancer about this side-deal as it may impact my loan with Barclays . 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.
I am 17 days into a residential purchase having been recommend to solicitors by the estate agent to carry out the conveyancing in Ealing. We are not happy. Could you help me find new solicitors?
They would have to be very bad to suggest changing them. Has the mortgage been sent? If so you must inform them of the new solicitor and get the offer are issued to the new lawyers. Your new conveyancer needs to be on the banks panel to avoid escalating expenses and frustration. So that should be your first question of the new solicitors. Our search tool should help you find a bank approved conveyancer for your home move in Ealing