I have given 8 weeks notice to my current landlord and must vacate my let out apartment in Harold Hill by the end of next month. Conveyancing on my purchase is progressing. Can I complete in 5 weeks as don't want to have to move into temporary accommodation?
Generally one should not provide notice for your lease unless your lawyer suggests that you should. If you have not already done so, notify to your lawyer and urge them to they seek the assistance the sellers lawyers, try to get a realistic time scale from them that all parties will work towards
Do banks and building societies provide you with an approved list of Harold Hill conveyancing solicitors? How do you know who is on the RBS conveyancing panel?
Harold Hill conveyancing firms themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the RBS conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from RBS directly.
We are buying a detached bungalow in Harold Hill. We would like to convert the garage to an office at the house.Will legal investigations on the property include checks to see if these alterations are permitted?
Your solicitor will review the deeds as conveyancing in Harold Hill will on occasion identify restrictions in the title deeds which restrict categories of changes or necessitated the consent of another owner. Many works require local authority planning permissions and approval in accordance building regulations. Some locations are designated conservation areas and special planning restrictions apply which often prevent or affect extensions. You should check these issues with a surveyor prior to committing yourself to a purchase.
The formalities of my remortgage has taken place for my property in Harold Hill. Conveyancing was a necessary evil but I would like to complain about the lender. How do I make a complaint?
Most lenders have complaints procedures. Your first port of call should be one of the lender’s branches or the Customer Services Department at head office. Ordinarily complaints to a lender are resolved effectively and efficiently. If you feel the matter is not resolved you can write to Financial Ombudsman Service with full details of your complaint.
My offer was accepted on a property in Harold Hill on 5/6/2025, valuation was booked five days after, received a clean bill of health. Property lawyer instructed, so all that was missing was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Kent Reliance and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel. Are Kent Reliance entitled to hold back the Mortgage pending the lawyer being on the approved list?
Mortgage companies tend not to not issue an offer until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Kent Reliance to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
The deeds to my property can not be found. The conveyancers who dealt with the conveyancing in Harold Hill 10 years ago have long since closed. Will I be able to sell the house?
Nowadays there are duplicates made of almost everything, and your solicitor should know precisely where to locate all the appropriate documentation so you can buy or sell your property without any difficulty. If duplicates can’t be located, your solicitor can put in place insurance or indemnities against possible claims on the property.
Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold issue on a house I have offered on last month in what should have been a simple, no chain conveyancing. Harold Hill is the location of the property. Can you offer any guidance?
Flying freeholds in Harold Hill are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Harold Hill you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds very carefully. Your bank may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Harold Hill 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 true that a Harold Hill conveyancing company has court proceedings brought against them by clients for failing to conduct the appropriate conveyancing searches?
Our attention has not be brought to such a Harold Hill conveyancing matter but it has been reported that, clients acquiring a house in Cumbria successfully won a claim against their conveyancing practitioner as a consequence of development plans to construct a wind farm failing to be picked up in conveyancing searches.
Where you are buying in Harold Hill It is essential that your lawyer carry out all Harold Hill conveyancing searches needed making sure that you have accurate and current information before purchasing a property.