Having sold my house in Hingham last March but our buyer keeps calling daily to moan that her solicitor is waiting to hear from mylawyer. What should have happened now that I have sold?
Following your sale your conveyancer is obliged to forward the transfer deeds and all of the paperwork to the purchaser's conveyancer. Where relevant, your conveyancer should also send confirmation that the legal charge in favour of the lender has been discharged to the purchasers solicitors. There are no post completion steps unique to conveyancing in Hingham.
Can I be sure that the Hingham conveyancing solicitor on the Coventry BS panel is any good?
When it comes to conveyancing in Hingham obtaining recommendations is a good start. Before you go ahead, check if they offer a no sale no fee offer. Also, you often get what you pay for - a firm which quotes more, will often provide a better service than one which is cheap as chips. We would always advocate that you speak with the lawyer conducting your conveyancing.
I recently had an offer agreed on a house in Hingham. My financial adviser recommended their conveyancers. I paid an advanced payment of £200. Soon after, the conveyancer called me embarrassingly acknowledging that they were not on the HSBC conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?
You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the HSBC panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.
I have finally had an offer on an apartment in Hingham accepted, the owners do nevertheless have a connected purchase. The owners have offered on a property, however it’s not yet tied up, and are looking at other apartments in the pipeline. I have instructed a high street conveyancing solicitor in Hingham. What do I do now? When do I get the mortgage application with HSBC going?
It is usual to have apprehensions where there is a chain as you are unlikely to want to be too out of pocket too early (mortgage application is approx £1k, then survey, Hingham conveyancing search charges, etc). First, you must ensure that your lawyer is on the HSBC approved list. Regarding the subsequent stages this very much dictated by the circumstances of your transaction, attraction to the property and on the state of the market. In a rising market many home buyers would apply for the mortgage with HSBC and pay for the valuation and only if it comes back ok would they ask their conveyancing practitioner to press on with the conveyancing in Hingham.
A colleague suggested that if I am buying in Hingham I should ask my conveyancer to carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?
This is a search is usually quoted for as part of the standard Hingham conveyancing searches. It is a large report of more than thirty pages, listing and detailing significant information about Hingham around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Hingham Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime statistics, Local Education with plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information about Hingham.
How can the Landlord & Tenant Act 1954 impact my business property in Hingham and how can you help?
The particular law that you refer to gives security of tenure to commercial tenants, giving them the right to make a request to court for a continuation of occupancy at the end of an expired lease. There are certain specified grounds that a landlord can refuse a lease renewal and the rules are complicated. We are happy to direct you to commercial conveyancing practices who use the act to your advantage and handle your commercial conveyancing in Hingham
I have been sourcing a conveyancing solicitor in Hingham for my remortgage. Can I see a firm’s complaints history with the legal regulator?
Members of the public can see documented Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) decisions resulting from investigations started on or after Jan 2008. Visit Check a solicitor's record. For information about the period before 1 January 2008, or to check a solicitors record, phone 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 any week day save for Tuesday when lines open at 9.30am. International callers, dial +44 (0)121 329 6800. The SRA may recorded telephone calls for training purposes.
We are in the process of a leasehold sale of a flat in Hingham. Conveyancing lawyers are doing their job but we are being charged an extortionate amount by the managing agents. To date we have forked out £275 for a leasehold management pack and then another £134.40 for additional queries supplied by the purchaser's conveyancing practitioner.
Neither you or your property lawyer will have any sway over the extent of the bill for this information however the average costs for the information for Hingham leasehold property is £355. When it comes to Hingham conveyancing deals it is standard for the vendor to pay for these costs. The landlord or their agents are not duty bound to address such questions although many will agree to do so - albeit often at high prices disproportionate to the work involved. Unfortunately there is no statute that requires set fees for administrative tasks. Nor is there any legal time limit by which they are obliged to provide answers.