We just had an offer accepted to purchase with Coventry BS. We have called around locally but am unable to find a Harlesden conveyancing firm on the Coventry BS panel. Could you assist?
You should make use of the search tool on this web page. Please choose the lender and type Harlesden or your location and you will be presented with a number of lawyer based in Harlesden or near you.
My partner and I are at the point of looking at apartments in Harlesden and I am about to put in an offer. Is it premature to have a solicitor in place? I intend to finance via a mortgage with Bank of Ireland.
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 estate agent. As you are obtaining a mortgage with Bank of Ireland, make sure you remember to check that your lawyer is on the Bank of Ireland conveyancing panel.
I have paid off my mortgage with Co-operative. I assume I don't need a Harlesden conveyancer on the Co-operative panel to discharge the mortgage at the Land Registry. Am I right?
If you have finished paying off your Co-operative mortgage, they may send you evidence showing that you have paid it off. Alternatively they may notify the Land Registry directly. The Land Registry need to see this evidence before they will remove the Co-operative mortgage from the register. Co-operative, and any evidence they send you, will determine the action you need to take. In cases where no conveyancer is acting for you and you have paid off your mortgage:
- but are not moving to another property
- where Co-operative has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
- Co-operative has instructed the Land Registry to do so
I was told two weeks ago that my mortgage has been agreed to by Lloyds. Is it usual for Lloyds to only issue the offer once my solicitor in Harlesden is approved on their conveyancing panel? Lloyds have asked my solicitor to see a copy of their PI Insurance.
Mortgage companies tend not to not issue a mortgage until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Lloyds to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Lloyds conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
Is it necessary to pay for insurance to cover chancel repairs when purchasing a house in Harlesden?
Unless a previous acquisition of the house completed post 12 October 2013 you may take it that conveyancing practitioners carrying out conveyancing in Harlesden to continue to recommend a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.
How does conveyancing in Harlesden differ for newly converted properties?
Most buyers of new build property in Harlesden come to us having been asked by the housebuilder to sign contracts and commit to the purchase even before the residence is built. This is because builders in Harlesden usually acquire the land, plan the estate and want to get the plots sold off as they are building the properties. Buyers, therefore, will have to exchange contracts without actually seeing the house they are buying. To reduce the chances of losing the property, buyers should instruct conveyancers as soon as the property is reserved and mortgage applications should be submitted quickly. Due to the fact that it could be several months and even years between exchange of contracts and completion, the mortgage offer may need to be extended. It would be wise to use a lawyer who specialises in new build conveyancing especially if they are accustomed to new build conveyancing in Harlesden or who has acted in the same development.
I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold element on a property I put an offer in a fortnight ago in what was supposed to be a quick, no chain conveyancing. Harlesden is the location of the property. Is there any advice you can impart?
Flying freeholds in Harlesden are not the norm but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Harlesden you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds diligently. Your bank may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Harlesden may determine 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 residence.
My solicitors in Harlesden have advised me that they can not locate my conveyancing file. At the time of my purchase I took out a mortgage with the mortgage company. Is it case that being on the bank conveyancing panel they need to have retained the file for a prescribed period?
It very much depends from lender to lender but many of the Terms and Conditions of Conveyancing Panel Appointment require the file to be held for a period of 6 years. That being said we have not seen a copy of the bank Conveyancing Panel Terms. It might be worth you contacting the lender directly.
