Can the conveyancing lawyers listed on your site perform attended exchange conveyancing in Lyme Regis?
There are a few conveyancing experts who can conduct one day exchanges. Do call us to obtain a fee calculation and details as to dates.
I am helping my aunt sell her property in Lyme Regis. Will the solicitor arrange an energy assessment or should I organise this?
After the demise of HIPs, energy performance certificates became a mandatory part of selling a house. An energy assessment must be to hand prior to the property being placed on the market. This is not something that solicitors ordinarily arrange. If you are instructing a Lyme Regis conveyancing solicitor they might be willing to arrange energy performance certificates given their relationships with long established local accredited person
Is it correct that all Lyme Regis CQS (Conveyancing Quality Scheme) solicitors are on the Barclays conveyancing list of approved firms?
Some major banks and building societies now utilise CQS as the kick off point for Panel membership such as HSBC and Santander. The Law Society’s CQS membership however is no guarantee to lender panel acceptance. That being said,the Council of Mortgage Lenders have indicated that it is likely to become a pre-requisite for solicitor practices wishing to remain on their approved list of firms.
I have today made my last payment due on my mortgage with Virgin Money. I assume I don't need a Lyme Regis conveyancing practitioner on the Virgin Money panel to discharge the mortgage at the Land Registry. Please confirm.
If you have finished paying off your Virgin Money mortgage, they may send you evidence showing that you have paid it off. Alternatively they may notify the Land Registry directly. The Land Registry need to see this evidence before they will remove the Virgin Money mortgage from the register. Virgin Money, and any evidence they send you, will determine the action you need to take. In cases where no conveyancer is acting for you and you have paid off your mortgage:
- but are not moving to another property
- where Virgin Money has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
- Virgin Money has instructed the Land Registry to do so
Should commercial conveyancing searches reveal proposed roadworks that may affect a commercial site in Lyme Regis?
Its becoming the norm that commercial conveyancing solicitors in Lyme Regis will carry out a SiteSolutions Highways report as it dramatically cuts the time that conveyancers spend in looking into accurate data on highways that impact buildings and development assets in Lyme Regis. The report provides definitive data on the adoption status of roads, footpaths and verges, as well as the implication of traffic schemes and the rights of way surrounding a commercial development sites in Lyme Regis.
For each commercial conveyancing transaction in Lyme Regis it is crucial to investigate the adoption status of roads surrounding a site. Failure to identify developments where adoption procedures have not been dealt with adequately can cause delays to Lyme Regis commercial conveyancing transactions as well as pose a risk to future plans for the site. These searches are not ordered for residential conveyancing in Lyme Regis.
Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to our house can not be found. The solicitors who handled the conveyancing in Lyme Regis 5 years ago no longer exist. What are my next steps?
Gone are the days when you need to hold title deeds to prove you own the land or property, given that the Land Registry hold details of all registered land or property electronically.
Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold issue on a house I put an offer in two weeks back in what was supposed to be a quick, chain free conveyancing. Lyme Regis is the location of the property. What do you suggest?
Flying freeholds in Lyme Regis are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Lyme Regis you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds very carefully. Your mortgage company may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Lyme Regis may ascertain 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.
New build sellers have recommended to me a lawyer and I've received an estimate from them. It's nearly £300 less expensive than my own Lyme Regis lawyer. Should I use them?
Builders normally have panels of conveyancers who are quick and who know the seller’s documentation and lawyer. Plenty of developers offer an incentive to use a preferred solicitor for this reason, any increased charges can be avoided and a developer will not put forward a conveyancing factory and run the risk of having the conveyancing delayed when they want exchange within a tight time frame. A counter-argument for not opting for the recommended solicitor is that they may be reluctant to fight for your interests for fear of alienating the developer. Where you have concerns that this may be the situation you should stick with your local Lyme Regis property lawyer.