Why do I have to pay up front when it comes to conveyancing in Peacehaven?
If you are buying a property in Peacehaven your lawyer will ask you put them with funds to cover the search fees. This will be the total of the cost of the Local Authority Search. When the down payment is as part of the purchase price then this will be asked for shortly prior to contracts are exchanged. Any further balance that is needed should be transferred a couple of days prior to the completion date.
What is the optimum way to check that the solicitor handling my conveyancing in Peacehaven is on the mortgage lender’sapproved panel? I am looking to avoid the situation of having one lawyer for me and one for Platform Home Loans Ltd thus spending £187.00 plus VAT in additional legal bill.
Please do make use of the find a lender approved solicitor tool on this page. Please choose the lender and type ‘Peacehaven’ or your preferred area and you will discover a number of lawyer offices in Peacehaven or nearest you.
I have recentlydiscovered that Action Conveyancing have been shut down. They carried out my conveyancing in Peacehaven for a purchase of a freehold house 9 months ago. How can I check that my home is registered correctly in the name of the previous owner?
The quickest way to see if the property is in your name, you can carry out a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Peacehaven conveyancing specialists.
I'm remortgaging my existing home to a BTL loan with TSB and I will use the rest of the raised equity as a down payment on another house. The neighborhood we are looking at is Peacehaven. Will your lawyers be able to act for the two banks and tie in the conveyances?
Make use of our comparison tool on this page to check that the conveyancers are on the appropriate lender panels. Assuming that they are the solicitor will be able to tie up the two conveyancing matters but you should talk with you conveyancer and specify your expectations and requirements.
In my capacity as executor for the estate of my uncle I am selling a house in Neath but live in Peacehaven. My conveyancer (who is 300 kilometers from meneeds me to sign a statutory declaration prior to completion. Could you suggest a conveyancing lawyer in Peacehaven who can witness and place their company stamp on the document?
strictly speaking you should not need to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally any notary public or solicitor will do regardless of whether they are located in Peacehaven
At last I have had an offer on an maisonette in Peacehaven agreed to, the vendor does however have a connected purchase. The vendors have put an offer on a property, but it’s not yet tied up, and are looking at other properties booked. I have instructed a local conveyancing lawyer in Peacehaven. What should be my next step? At what stage should I apply for the mortgage with HSBC?
It is normal to have apprehensions where there is a chain as you are unlikely to want to incur costs prematurely (mortgage application is approx £1k, then survey, Peacehaven conveyancing search costs, etc). The first course of action is to ensure that your lawyer is on the HSBC conveyancing panel. Regarding the next phase this very much dictated by the specifics of your transaction, desire for this property and on the state of the market. In a rising market some purchasers will apply for the mortgage with HSBC and arrange for the survey and only if it comes back ok would they ask their conveyancing practitioner to press on with the conveyancing in Peacehaven.