Can the conveyancing lawyers to be found on your site handle auction conveyancing in Old Coulsdon?
There are a number of auction practitioners we can connect you with those specialising in auction conveyancing. Old Coulsdon is just one of hundreds of areas of where our lawyers are based.
Finally the sale completed on my house in Old Coulsdon last March yet the purchaser is whats apping me to say his solicitor needs to hear from mine. What should my lawyer have done now that I have sold?
After completion of your disposal your lawyer should deliver the transfer deeds and all additional paperwork to the buyer’s solicitors. Where relevant, your conveyancer should also evidence that the mortgage has been discharged to the purchasers conveyancers. There is unlikely to be post completion requirements unique to conveyancing in Old Coulsdon.
Can you help - my lawyer says that chancel insurance is required on my purchase. What is the level of cover for Old Coulsdon conveyancing?
The right level of chancel indemnity insurance should be dictated by who who your lender is. It would differ for example between Birmingham Midshires and Skipton Building Society. Conveyancing practitioners as opposed to members of the public take out such insurances.
My partner and I are in the throws of looking at apartments in Old Coulsdon and I am now considering a potential offer. Is it advisable to have my solicitor on ‘stand by’? I intend to finance via a home loan with Nottingham.
It would be sensible to instigate your search sooner rather than later. Once you decide who you want to use and once your offer is accepted you can instruct them to work for you and pass their details on to the estate agent. As you are taking out a mortgage with Nottingham, ask your prospective lawyers if they are on the Nottingham conveyancing panel otherwise they can't do the mortgage legal work.
I have instructed a Old Coulsdon solicitor having made sure that they are on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel. Does my lawyer arrange the survey of the property?
Clydesdale will need an independent valuation of the property. Your lawyer will not arrange this. Usually Clydesdale will appoint their own surveyor to do this, and you will have to pay for it. Remember that this is a valuation for mortgage purposes and not a survey. Your solicitor will not organise the survey but they may be able to put you in touch with a local one that they recommend. RICS offers a find a surveyor service (just google it) where you can search for a qualified surveyor by your Old Coulsdon postcode. As you are getting a mortgage with Clydesdale, you could contact them to see if they have a list of approved surveyors in Old Coulsdon.
I used Wolstenholmes a few years ago for my conveyancing in Old Coulsdon. Now, I need the files however cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?
You should contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracking down 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 Old Coulsdon of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously hired, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
How can the Landlord & Tenant Act 1954 impact my business premises in Old Coulsdon and how can you help?
The particular law that you refer to gives a safeguard to business tenants, giving them the right to apply to court for a continuation of occupancy at the end of an expired lease. There are certain specified grounds where a landlord can refuse a lease renewal and the rules are complex. Fees are different for commercial conveyancing. Old Coulsdon is one of our many locations in which the firms we work with are located
What can I do where I am not happy with the solicitor who handled our conveyancing in Old Coulsdon?
Occasionally the level of service you receive is not as you expect, and is is a fact of life that every so often matters do not go as planned. That being said there is recourse where you were unhappy with your conveyancing in Old Coulsdon. This varies from trying to resolve matters directly with them, through to reporting a conveyancer to their governing body. If you remain aggrieved you may consider getting in touch with the Legal Ombudsman.