As someone not used to the Highbridge conveyancing process what’s the number one tip you can impart concerning the house moving process in Highbridge
You may not hear this from too many lawyers but conveyancing in Highbridge or throughout Somerset is an adversarial experience. Put another way, when it comes to conveyancing there is lots of opportunity for confrontation between you and other parties involved in the legal transfer of property. For example, the vendor, property agent and even potentially the mortgage company. Selecting a solicitor for your conveyancing in Highbridge is a critical decision as your conveyancer is your adviser, and is the SOLE person in the legal process whose interest is to act in your legal interests and to protect you.
Every so often a potential adversary will attempt to sway you that you should follow their advice. For instance, the property agent may claim to be helping by suggesting your solicitor is slow. Or your financial adviser may tell you to do take action that is contrary to your conveyancers guidance. You should always trust your lawyer above all other parties when it comes to the legal transfer of property.
My uncle informed me that in buying a property in Highbridge there could be various restrictions prohibiting external changes to a property. Is this right?
There are anumerous of properties in Highbridge which have some sort of restriction or requirement of consent to carry out external changes. Part of the conveyancing in Highbridge should determine what restrictions are applicable and advising you as part of a ROT that should be sent to you.
My wife and I buying a 3 bedroom semi in Highbridge. Our aim is to an extension at the rear at the house.Will legal work on the property include investigations to determine if these works are prohibited?
Your conveyancer will check the registered title as conveyancing in Highbridge will on occasion reveal restrictions in the title deeds which prevent categories of changes or require the permission of a 3rd party. Many extensions require local authority planning consent and approval in compliance with building regulations. Some areas are designated conservation areas and special planning restrictions apply which frequently prevent or impact extensions. You should check these things with a surveyor ahead of any purchase.
Intending to buy a maisonette in Highbridge. I have received an online quote from a licenced conveyancer, which states: "There will be no charge for dealing with the Lender if you are obtaining a mortgage". I take this to mean that there will be no additional fee if the solicitor is on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel. I wanted to make sure it means there will be no additional fees for dealing with the mortgage.
They are simply saying that the cost for acting for the lender is included in the fee being quoted. It is worth you checking that the Highbridge property lawyer is on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel.
I used Action Conveyancing a few years past for my conveyancing in Highbridge. I now require my file however the law firm is no longer operating. What do I do?
You should contact 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 Highbridge 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.
I have been on the look out for a ground for flat up to £235,500 and found one near me in Highbridge I like with open areas and railway links in the vicinity, however it's only got 51 remaining years left on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Highbridge suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error buying a lease with such few years left?
Should you require a home loan the shortness of the lease will be a potential deal breaker. Discount the price by the expected lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the existing proprietor has owned the property for a minimum of twenty four months you may ask them to commence the lease extension formalities and pass it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the current lease with a zero ground rent applied. You should speak to your conveyancing lawyer about this.
My husband and I are FTB’s - agreed a price, but the estate agent has warned us that the seller will only go ahead if we use the agent's recommended lawyers as they are insisting on a ‘quick sale’. My instinct tells me that we should use a family conveyancer accustomed to conveyancing in Highbridge
It is improbable the vendors are behind this. If they desire ‘a quick sale', alienating a genuine purchaser is likely to cause more damage than good. Speak to the vendors direct and make the point that (a)you are keen to buy (b)you are excited to move forward, with finances arranged © you are unencumbered (d) you wish to move quickly (e)however you will continue to instruct your preferred Highbridge conveyancing solicitors - not the ones that will earn their negotiator at the agency a introducer fee or hit his conveyancing thresholds set by corporate headquarters.
Been on the hunt for a conveyancing practitioner for leasehold sale conveyancing in Highbridge. We are selling, simple no mortgage to discharge, no hurry, currently vacant. Received an estimate from a conveyancing practitioner for a thousand pounds including VAT which is a little expensive considering its so straightforward. Can I pay less for conveyancing in Highbridge?
As it’s a sale only, 475 + VAT is likely to be about the cheapest for sale conveyancing in Highbridge.