The King's Cross conveyancing lawyers that I recently instructed on my purchase in King's Cross have without warning closed. I only went with them because I had to have a firm on the Lloyds conveyancing panel and my family King's Cross lawyer was not. I gave my credit card details for them to take £195 for searches. What should be my next steps?
Assuming that you have an Estate Agent in the equation then let them know immediately so that they can let the sellers know that there may be a slight delay due to reasons beyond your control. Most sellers would be sympathetic and urge their lawyer to send a new set of papers to your new solicitors. You should appoint new lawyers that are on the Lloyds conveyancing panel and notify the lender. If you have paid over any money, it will hopefully be held by the SRA as money in an intervened firm's bank accounts is transferred to the SRA. Then, the SRA or the intervention agent looks at the intervened firm's accounts to work out who the money belongs to. To claim your money you will need to contact the SRA. If the SRA cannot return money you are owed from the firm's bank accounts, or if they can only return part of the money, you can apply to the Compensation Fund for a grant. Your new lawyers should be in a position to assist.
I am helping my sister sell her flat in King's Cross. Will the conveyancer order the EPC or it is for me to coordinate?
After the demise of Home Packs, energy assessments was retained a required part of selling a property. An energy performance certificate should be to hand before the property is advertised. This is not a task that conveyancers ordinarily arrange. If you are instructing a King's Cross conveyancing lawyer they might be willing to arrange energy performance certificates due to their contacts with long established local energy assessors
We are due to move house in February. Should my conveyancing solicitor call the removal company on the completion day. As an aside, can you put forward a removal company in King's Cross. Conveyancing lawyer was chosen prior to coming across your page.
On the day of completion you will need to collect the keys from your property agent however this can only happen when the previous owners lawyers inform the agent that the monies to complete are in and the keys can be given over. After that you will need to inform the removal company that they can start moving you in. We do not recommend a particular removal company but can help you locate a residential property solicitor in King's Cross or a solicitor with expertise in conveyancing in King's Cross.
Planning on purchasing a maisonette in King's Cross. I have received an online quote from a licenced conveyancer, which states: "There will be no charge for dealing with the Building Society if you are obtaining a mortgage". I take this to mean that there will be no additional fee if the solicitor is on the Yorkshire BS 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 King's Cross conveyancing practitioner is on the Yorkshire BS conveyancing panel.
I am planning on selling our house in King's Cross and according to the buyers it appears that there is a risk of it being built on contaminated land. A local conveyancer would know this is not the case. It does beg the question why the purchasers instructed a factory type conveyancing firm rather than a conveyancing solicitor in King's Cross. Having lived in King's Cross for 4 years we know of no issue. Do we contact our local Authority to get clarification that there is no issue.
It sounds as though you may have a conveyancing lawyer already. Are they able to advise? You should enquire of your lawyer before you do anything. It is very possible that once the local authority has been informed of a potential issue it cannot be insured against (a bit like being diagnosed with a serious illness and then taking out life insurance to cover that same illness)
Due to the advice of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a house in King's Cross prior to appointing lawyers. I have been informed that there is a flying freehold element to the house. My surveyor advised that some banks may not give a mortgage on this type of property.
It depends who your proposed lender is. HSBC has different requirements for example to Nationwide. Should you wish to call us we can check with the appropriate lender. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in King's Cross. Conveyancing will be smoother if you use a solicitor in King's Cross especially if they are acquainted with such properties in King's Cross.
How difficult is it to change solicitor as I have to choose a firm on the Platform Home Loans Ltd conveyancing list. I had appointed a high street conveyancing solicitor in King's Cross five minutes from me but she is not accepted by Platform Home Loans Ltd
It would be our pleasure to assist you select a conveyancing solicitor in King's Cross on the Platform Home Loans Ltd panel. Please note that the conveyancers that we list do not pay us fee if you instruct them and are registered with the Solicitors Regulation Authority who regulate all conveyancing solicitors in King's Cross. In making use of the find a conveyancing solicitor tool on this website, you can compare costs for conveyancing solicitors in King's Cross and throughout England and Wales.
We are about to buying a property in King's Cross. Could the lawyer have our purchase price a secret from the likes of Rightmove. Is this possible and how?
HMLR by statute are required to reveal price paid information on the official title for domestic properties nationwide including homes in King's Cross. The register of title is a public document, so HMLR would be breaking the law if they did not grant access to the register.
In essence you can make a request of the Land Registry to hide the price paid entry however the response would be a No.