Are you able to vouch for a Platform Home Loans Ltd approved North London conveyancing practice who can have us moved in within two weeks? Would it be better to use a local North London practice or a factory type conveyancer?
We would be happy to suggest some excellent North London conveyancing firms. Another option is to visit the main road in North London. Approach two or three law practices and request to speak with a conveyancing solicitor for a fee estimate. Mention your expectations together with the reasons and get a commitment on speed. Select the one that genuine.
The North London conveyancing lawyers that I recently instructed on my house acquisition in North London have suddenly closed. They were on acting for me because I needed a solicitor on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel and my family North London lawyer was not. I wrote them a cheque for two hundred pounds in advance. What are my options?
If you have an estate agent involved then inform them straight away so that they can let the sellers know that there may be a slight delay due to reasons beyond your control. Hopefully they will 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 Kent Reliance 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 solicitors should be in a position to help.
I require fast conveyancing in North London as I am faced with a deadline to exchange contracts inside 2 weeks. A home loan is not required. Can I avoid the conveyancing searches to save fees and time?
As you are are a cash buyer you are at free not to have searches carried out although no conveyancer would recommend that you don't. Drawing on years of experience of conveyancing in North London the following are examples of issues that can be revealed and adversely impact future saleability: Enforcement Notices, Outstanding Charges, Outstanding Grants, Road Schemes,...
I am looking for a flat up to £245,000 and found one round the corner in North London I like with open areas and railway links nearby, however it only has 51 years unexpired on the lease. There is not much else in North London in this price bracket, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error buying a short lease?
Should you require a mortgage that many years will likely be a potential deal breaker. Discount the price by the amount the lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the existing owner has owned the premises for a minimum of 2 years you may request that they start the process of the extension and pass it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the existing lease term and have £0 ground rent by law. You should speak to your conveyancing solicitor concerning this matter.
We're first time buyers - had an offer accepted, but the agent told us that the seller will only issue a contract if we appoint their preferred solicitors as they need an ‘expedited deal’. My instinct tells me that we should use a high street conveyancer used to conveyancing in North London
It is improbable the owners are driving this. Should the seller desire ‘a quick sale', alienating a motivated purchaser is not the way to achieve this. Avoid the agents and go straight to the sellers and explain that (a)you are keen to buy (b)you are excited to move forward, with finances in place © you are unencumbered (d) you wish to move quickly (e)but you intend to appoint your own,trusted North London conveyancing solicitors - not the ones that will give their negotiator at the agency a kickback or meet his conveyancing targets demanded by senior management.
Is there a difference between surveying and conveyancing in North London?
Conveyancing - in North London or anywhere in England and Wales - is the legal term given to transferring legal title of property from one person to another. It involves the investigation of the title. Whether buying or selling, you should be aware of anything affecting the property such as proposals by government departments, illegal buildings, or outstanding rates. The conveyancer should conduct the appropriate searches and inquiries on the property. Surveying relates to the structure of a property itself. A surveyor will look at a house, flat and any outbuildings you’re buying and will help you discover the condition of the building and, if there are problems, give you leverage for reducing the price down or asking the vendor to fix the defects before you move in.