The conveyancer who helped my previous purchase has sent a quote for £995 for no sale no fee conveyancing in Queensbury. I’m selling a modern property for £150,000. This sounds too much. Is it in excess of the average fee for conveyancing in Queensbury?
The charges are a bit high. If you shop around you may be able to get the conveyancing a bit cheaper by as much as a hundred pounds. On the other hand, you maylive to regret choosing an an unknown solicitor. Don't forget to enquire the conveyancer can represent your lender. Do make use of our search tool to select a Queensbury conveyancing firm on the lender’s member panel which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Queensbury.
Are the Queensbury conveyancing solicitors identified as being on the Santander conveyancing panel, together with their details provided by Santander?
Queensbury conveyancing firms themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the Santander conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from Santander directly.
Is it correct that all Queensbury CQS (Conveyancing Quality Scheme) solicitors are on the Kent Reliance conveyancing list of approved firms?
A selection of banks and building societies now use the accreditation scheme as the starting point for Panel approval such as HSBC and Santander. The Law Society’s CQS membership however is no guarantee to lender panel acceptance. Nevertheless,the Council of Mortgage Lenders have indicated that it is likely to become a pre-requisite for firms wishing to join their approved list of firms.
When it comes to lenders such as Co-operative, do Queensbury lawyers incur a fee to be on the list of approved solicitors?
We are unaware of any bank fees to be on their list of approved firms, although some do charge an administration fee to deal with the processing of the conveyancing panel submission.
Planning on purchasing a flat in Queensbury. I have received an online quote from a licenced conveyancer, which states: "There will be no charge for dealing with the Lender if you are obtaining a mortgage". I take this to mean that there will be no additional fee if the solicitor is on the Skipton conveyancing panel. I wanted to make sure it means there will be no additional fees for dealing with the mortgage.
They are simply saying that the cost for acting for the lender is included in the fee being quoted. It is worth you checking that the Queensbury lawyer is on the Skipton conveyancing panel.
Do I need to take out insurance to address the risk of chancel repairs when acquiring a property in Queensbury?
Unless a prior acquisition of the premises took place after 12 October 2013 you may expect solicitors carrying out conveyancing in Queensbury to continue to suggest a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.
Over the last few months I have been searching for a leasehold apartment up to £195,000 and identified one close by in Queensbury I like with open areas and railway links nearby, however it's only got 51 remaining years left on the lease. There is not much else in Queensbury suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error purchasing a lease with such few years left?
If you need a mortgage the shortness of the lease will likely be an issue. Reduce the offer by the expected lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the existing proprietor has owned the premises for a minimum of twenty four months you could ask them to commence the lease extension formalities and pass it to you. You can add 90 years to the current lease term with a zero ground rent applied. You should speak to your conveyancing lawyer concerning this.
Given that I am about to spend 450k on a house in Queensbury I wish to have a conversation with the lawyer concerning theconveyancing ahead of instructing the firm. Is this something that you can arrange?
This is something that we recommend - it is our preference to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you liaising with the conveyancer who will be conducting your conveyancing in Queensbury.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - each client is unique individual, not a file reference. The solicitors that we put you in touch with believe that the figure you are provided with for your conveyancing in Queensbury should be the amount on the final invoice that you end up paying.