I am hoping to receive a mortgage with Santander. I hope to use a Licensed Conveyancer in Haslington. Does the Santander Solicitor panel exclude conveyancers regulated by the CLC?
The Santander conveyancing panel is, like many other lenders, associated to the Council or Mortgage Lenders or Building Society Association, open to Licensed Conveyancers regulated by the CLC.
I am buying a house without a mortgage in Haslington. I have been living for the last 15 years in Haslington. Conveyancing searches are exorbitant. Given that I have knowledge of the road and vicinity very well must I have all the conveyancing searches?
If you not getting a mortgage, then almost all of the Haslington conveyancing searches are non-obligatory. Your lawyer will ’encourage you, perhaps strongly, that you should have searches done, but she is duty bound to take that path of encouragement . One thing to consider; if you are intend to dispose of the house in the future, it will likely be be of importance to your prospective purchaser what the searches reveal. There are plenty of instances where premises with apparent issues can still throw up unpredicted search results. A competent conveyancing solicitor in Haslington will be able to give you some sensible guidance concerning this.
Can your site be used to find a Conveyancing solicitor in Haslington even if I’m not buying or selling a house, for instance if I intend to acquire an office in Haslington with a loan from Platform Home Loans Ltd?
The service is mainly there to get a quote from residential conveyancing solicitors in Haslington but we have set out at the bottom of this page a few Haslington commercial conveyancing firms. You will need to make contact with the firm directly to check if they are also authorised to represent Platform Home Loans Ltd
I am considering applying for a Lloyds mortgage for purchase of a new build (under development) in Haslington with 65 per cent LTV. Is it compulsory to choose a solicitor on the conveyancing panel for Lloyds ?
In theory, you could use a solicitor that is not on the Lloyds conveyancing panel, but Lloyds would require one of their panel solicitors to be instructed to act in their interests, and you'd have to pay for this - so most people instruct a panel solicitor. It's also easier, as otherwise you'd have to deal with two solicitors for the same transaction.
I used Wolstenholmes a few years ago for my conveyancing in Haslington. I now require my papers however the law firm is no longer operating. 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 Haslington of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously instructed, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
My uncle has recommend that I instruct his lawyers for conveyancing in Haslington. Do I follow his advice?
There are no two ways about it it’s preferable to choose a conveyancing lawyer is to have recommendations from friends or family who have experience in using the conveyancer you're contemplating using.