My financial adviser has requested my Maldon law firm’s panel member for the Lloyds conveyancing panel. Can you suggest how I find this out. I have called my local Maldon branch but they have not got back to me yet.
You are best placed to get this information from your Maldon conveyancer . Most Maldon conveyancing firms will retain a file or database of lender panel information which would include, if applicable, their conveyancing panel details for each mortgage company.
Our Maldon conveyancer has uncovered a difference when comparing the information in the home valuation survey and what is in the conveyancing documents. My solicitor has advised that he must check that the lender is happy with this discrepancy and is content to go ahead. Is my conveyancer’s approach correct?
Your lawyer must comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook conditions which do require that your lawyer disclose any incorrect assumptions in the lender’s valuation report and the legal papers. Should you refuse to allow your lawyer to make the appropriate notification then your lawyer will have no choice but to discontinue acting for you.
Can your site be used to locate a Conveyancing solicitor in Maldon even where I’m not buying or disposing of a house, for instance where I want to buy an office in Maldon with a mortgage from The Mortgage Works?
Our search tool is predominantly there to help choose domestic conveyancing solicitors in Maldon but we have set out towards the end of this page a selection of Maldon commercial conveyancing firms. You should make contact with the firm directly to see if they can also act for The Mortgage Works
I used Stirling Law several years past for my conveyancing in Maldon. Now, I need my documents however cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?
Do 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 Maldon 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.
Taking into account that I will soon part with hundreds of thousands of pounds on a garden flat in Maldon I would like to have a conversation with the solicitor concerning thehome move ahead of appointing the firm. Can this be arranged?
We could not agree more - it is our preference to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you liaising with the lawyer who will be doing your property ownership legalities in Maldon.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - each client is unique individual, not a matter reference. The solicitors that we put you in touch with believe that the fees you are calculated and presented to you for residential conveyancing in Maldon should be the figure that you are charged.
I happen to be an executor of my recently deceased parent's Will, with a bungalow in Maldon which is to be sold. The bungalow has never been registered at HMLR and I'm advised that many EAs will insist that it is done before they'll move forward. What's the procedure for this?
In the circumstances you refer to it seems advisable to seek to register in the names of the personal representative(s) as named in the probate and in their capacity as PRs. The Land Registry’s online guidance explains how to register for the first time and what is required re the deeds and forms. You would need to include and certified copy of the probate as well and complete the form FR1 to refer to the PRs as the applicant.