We are due to move home in September. Does my conveyancing solicitor communicate with the removal company on the day of completion. As an aside, can you recommend a removal company in Harlow. Conveyancing solicitor was chosen before I stumbled across your website.
On the afternoon of completion you will need to pick up the house keys from the property agent however this can only be done once the sellers lawyers inform the agent that the monies to complete are in and the keys can be handed over. You will need to tell the removal company that you are ready to move in. As a matter of policy we do not recommend a specific removal organisation but can help you find a residential property solicitor in Harlow or a solicitor that specialises in conveyancing in Harlow.
I have today made my last payment due on my mortgage with Nottingham. I assume I don't need a Harlow property lawyer on the Nottingham panel to remove the mortgage at the Land Registry. Am I right?
If you have finished paying off your Nottingham 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 Nottingham mortgage from the register. Nottingham, 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 Nottingham has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
- Nottingham has instructed the Land Registry to do so
My offer was accepted on a property in Harlow on 18/6/2024, valuation was booked 3 days later, received a clean bill of health. Conveyancer instructed, so the only thing outstanding was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Virgin Money and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Virgin Money conveyancing panel. Can the lender hold off the offer?
A lender would not issue an offer until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Virgin Money to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Virgin Money conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
I appreciate that there are debates on Chancel Insurance on online forums. Do I require this when buying a house in Harlow? or Apparently there is a law dating back centuries that means some owners of property living in a parish church boundary may be liable to contribute towards maintenance to the chancel within the church. Is this a legitimate concern for conveyancing in Harlow?
Unless a previous acquisition of the property took place after 12 October 2013 you could assume that conveyancing practitioners handling conveyancing in Harlow to continue to suggest a chancel search and or chancel repair liability policy.
I am looking for a ground for flat up to £235,500 and found one close by in Harlow I like with open areas and railway links in the vicinity, the downside is that it's only got 52 years unexpired on the lease. There is not much else in Harlow suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake acquiring a short lease?
Should you need a home loan the shortness of the lease may be problematic. Reduce the price by the expected lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the current owner has owned the property for a minimum of twenty four months you can ask them to start the process of the extension and then assign it to you. You can add 90 years to the current lease term with a zero ground rent applied. You should consult your conveyancing lawyer about this.
I was advised by a couple of local selling agents in Harlow to find a property lawyer using your seach tool. What’s the financial upside for Estate Agents to recommend your site over a competitor’s?
We refuse to give any referral fee for pointing buyers and sellers our way. We found it would be just too difficult a fee as members of the public would think, ‘Why is the agent getting a kickback? Why am I not getting any benefit too?’ We would prefer to grow our business on genuine recommendations.
As co-executor for the estate of my father I am disposing of a residence in Monmouth but reside in Harlow. My solicitor (approximately 200 miles awayneeds me to execute a stat dec before completion. Can you recommend a conveyancing lawyer in Harlow who can witness this legal document for me?
strictly speaking you are not likely to be required to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally any notary public or qualified solicitor will suffice regardless of whether they are based in Harlow
How much experience do your Harlow conveyancing solicitors have with Help To Buy, Shared Equity and similar schemes?
Harlow conveyancing lawyers help thousands of people move home every year and supported plenty of clients through the Help To Buy scheme. The chances are that whatever makes your case unique Harlow conveyancers have worked on recent similar matters.