We are about to exchange contracts for a garden flat in Milton Keynes. We have hit a problem. Our mortgage offer with Bank of Scotland expires on 13/10/2025 but the owners are suggesting a completion date of 15/10/2025. Is it possible to prolong the mortgage offer?
The best person to deal with your issue is your lawyer who is in a position to assess whether they better off negotiating with the bank, owner’s solicitors, estate agents or possibly all three taking into account the circumstances your house move as of today.
I am buying a house and need a conveyancing solicitor in Milton Keynes who is on the National Westminster Bank solicitor. Could you point me in the right direction as regards a conveyancing firm?
Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for National Westminster Bank in certain locations such as Milton Keynes. We dont recommend any particular firm.
Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold issue on a property I have offered on two weeks back in what should have been a simple, no chain conveyancing. Milton Keynes is where the house is located. What do you suggest?
Flying freeholds in Milton Keynes are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Milton Keynes you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds diligently. Your bank may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Milton Keynes may determine 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.
How simple is it to change solicitor as I have to appoint one who is on the Platform Home Loans Ltd conveyancing panel. I instructed a high street conveyancing solicitor in Milton Keynes round the corner but the firm is not accepted by Platform Home Loans Ltd
We will our best to assist in finding you a conveyancing solicitor in Milton Keynes on the Platform Home Loans Ltd panel. Please note that the law firms that we list do not pay us commission if you instruct them and are regulated by the SRA who oversee all conveyancing solicitors in Milton Keynes. In utilising search facility on this site, you can contrast charges for conveyancing solicitors in Milton Keynes and throughout England and Wales.
In surfing the internet for the phrase on line conveyancing in Milton Keynes it brings up many solicitorsin the area. How do I determine which is the right solicitor for purchase transaction?
The preferential method of finding a suitable conveyancer is via trusted recommendation, so ask colleagues and relatives who have acquired a property in Milton Keynes or a reputable estate agent or mortgage broker. Fees for conveyancing in Milton Keynes differ, so it's a good idea to secure at least three quotes from varying types of conveyancers. Be sure to secure confirmation that the fees are fixed.
My partner is buying a basement flat in Milton Keynes. He was given a quote by the solicitor suggested by the selling agents and it came to £1385 . It was eight years ago since I sold and purchased a home and the bill was £just under five hundred pounds. Have fees really increased to that extent?
What does the conveyancing estimate include? Is it just for the legal fees, or what you will be paying in total (for instance Milton Keynes searches, land registry fees, etc)