As someone unfamiliar with conveyancing in Edenbridge what is your top tip you can impart concerning the legal transfer of property in Edenbridge
You may not hear this from too many lawyers but conveyancing in Edenbridge and elsewhere in England and Wales is often a confrontational process. Put another way, when it comes to conveyancing there is plenty of opportunity for friction between you and others involved in the legal transfer of property. For example, the seller, selling agent and even potentially a lender. Selecting a lawyer for your conveyancing in Edenbridge should not be taken lightly as your conveyancer is your adviser, and is the SOLE person in the process whose responsibility is to act in your best interests and to keep you safe.
We are witnessing a definite ongoing adversarial element to conveyancing- someone has to be blamed for the process taking so long. You must always trust your solicitor above all other parties in the home moving process.
I used Stirling Law a few years ago for my conveyancing in Edenbridge. I now require my papers however cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?
You should call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate 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 Edenbridge of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously retained, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold element on a property I put an offer in two weeks back in what should have been a simple, no chain conveyancing. Edenbridge is the location of the property. Is there any advice you can give?
Flying freeholds in Edenbridge are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Edenbridge you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds diligently. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Edenbridge 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 premises.
Is it possible to swap firm as I have to instruct one who is on the TSB conveyancing panel. I was using a family conveyancing solicitor in Edenbridge five minutes from me but she is not accepted by TSB
It would be our pleasure to assist you select a conveyancing solicitor in Edenbridge on the TSB panel. Please note that the law firms that we work with do not pay us a referral fee if you instruct them and are regulated by the SRA who oversee all conveyancing solicitors in Edenbridge. Using the find a conveyancing solicitor tool on this site, you can compare and instruct different solicitors and conveyancers both nationally and in Edenbridge.
I am one month into a freehold purchase having been referred to solicitors by the estate agent to carry out the conveyancing in Edenbridge. I am am extremely dissatisfied with the quality of service. Can you help me find new lawyers?
A solicitor would need to be very bad in order to consider replacing them. Has the mortgage offer been sent? In the event that it has you need to make them aware of the replacement conveyancer and have the loan are issued to the new lawyers. The conveyancer should be on the mortgage company panel to avoid escalating charges and complications. So that should be your first question of the new solicitors. Our find a solicitor tool can help you find a lender approved conveyancer for your home move in Edenbridge
My husband and I are purchasing a 2 bedroom flat in Edenbridge. When we first instructed conveyancing practitioner, they assured us that they were on all major UK mortgage company panels. Our mortgage broker called yesterday to say that they are not on the Co-operative approved list. Should that be true, what should we do? Should we just choose a new conveyancing practitioner that is on their approved list or should we pay for dual representation, with Co-operative selecting their own preferred conveyancer.
If you are acquiring a property needing a mortgage it is conventional for the buyer’s lawyers to also act for the purchaser's lender. In order to act for a bank or building society a solicitor has to be on that lender's list of approved lawyers. An application has to be made by the conveyancing practitioner to the lender to become a member of the lender's panel and there are increasingly strict criteria which the conveyancer has to fulfill. Some mortgage companies now require their panel members to be part of the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme. Your property lawyer should call Co-operative to find out if they can apply for membership of their conveyancing panel, but if that is not viable they will instruct their own solicitors to act. You are not legally obliged to appoint a law firm on Co-operative's conveyancing panel as you are at liberty to use your preferred Edenbridge lawyers, in which case it will likely add costs, and it may delay matters as you are adding another conveyancer into the mix.