I was recommended to a lawyer who has quoted £1200 for no sale no fee conveyancing in Pagham. I am selling a Georgian detached home for £300,000. Are these estimated fees excessive? Is it above the norm for conveyancing in Pagham?
The estimate does seem a tad steep. If you shop around you may be able to shave off some of the expense by say a hundred pounds. On the other hand, you mightlive to rue choosing an a cheaper conveyancer. If is important to ensure that the firm can also act for your bank. You can make use of our search tool to find a Pagham conveyancing firm on the lender’s member panel which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Pagham.
We are a couple about to exchange contracts for a freehold house in Pagham. We encountered a problem. The loan offer with Santander expires on 29/9/2025 but the owners are insisting on a completion date of 1/10/2025. Is it possible to extend the loan offer?
The best person to deal with your question is your conveyancer who should assess if he or she is better off negotiating with the lender, seller’s conveyancers, selling agents or indeed all three based on the circumstances your transaction as of today.
Me and my partner are purchasing a property in Pagham. It might be a silly question but how we can trust a lawyer? At some point we will need to send money into their account. What protection do we have from them run away with our money?
Be assured that all money in a Solicitors client account is 100% safe, and even if your Solicitor ran off with it, the Law Society would reimburse you fully.
A friend informed me that in purchasing a property in Pagham there could be various restrictions preventing external changes to a property. Is this right?
We are aware of a number of properties in Pagham which have some sort of restriction or requirement of consent to perform external variations. Part of the conveyancing in Pagham should determine what restrictions are applicable and advising you as part of a ROT that should be sent to you.
I have paid off my mortgage with Santander. I assume I don't need a Pagham conveyancing practitioner on the Santander panel to remove the mortgage at the Land Registry. Am I right?
If you have finished paying off your Santander 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 Santander mortgage from the register. Santander, 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 Santander has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
- Santander has instructed the Land Registry to do so
What can a local search reveal regarding the property my wife and I purchasing in Pagham?
Pagham conveyancing often starts with the submitting local authority searches directly from your local Authority or through a personal search company such as Searches UK The local search is essential in every Pagham conveyancing purchase; as long as you don’t want any unpleasant once you have moved into your property. The search should provide data on, amongst other things, details on planning applications applicable to the property (whether granted or refused), building control history, any enforcement action, restrictions on permitted development, nearby road schemes, contaminated land and radon gas; in all a total of 13 subject sections.
I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold issue on a house I put an offer in two weeks back in what should have been a simple, chain free conveyancing. Pagham is the location of the property. What do you suggest?
Flying freeholds in Pagham are not the norm but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Pagham you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds diligently. Your mortgage company may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Pagham 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.
In surfing the internet for the words on line conveyancing in Pagham it brings up numerous conveyancerslocally. With so much choice what is the best way to find the right solicitor for my move?
The ideal way of finding a suitable conveyancer is via trusted recommendation, so seek the guidance of colleagues and relatives who have bought a property in Pagham or the local estate agent or mortgage broker. Fees for conveyancing in Pagham differ, so it's sensible to request a minimum of four costs illustrations from different companies. Make sure that you know that the fees are fixed.