The conveyancer who dealt with my previous purchase has given a fee calculation of £1700 for fixed fee conveyancing in Rufford. I am selling a Edwardian house for £300,000. Is this expensive? Is it above what I should be paying for conveyancing in Rufford?
The charges are a bit high. If you shop around you could shave off some of the cost by as much as a hundred pounds. That being said, you maylive to regret opting for an an unknown conveyancer. If is important to ensure the conveyancer can represent your lender. Do utilise our search tool to locate a Rufford conveyancing company on the lender’s approved list of lawyers which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Rufford.
Will my conveyancing lawyers need to check that the building insurance for my purchase of a house in Rufford. My lender is Nationwide Building Society
Nationwide Building Society have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 17/7/2024, the requirements read as follows :
I am downsizing from our home in Rufford and the buyers lawyers are claiming that there is a possibility that the property was constructed on contaminated land. Any high street Rufford lawyer would know this is not the case. For the life of me I don't know why the buyers are using an online conveyancing outfit as opposed to a conveyancing solicitor in Rufford. We have lived in Rufford for six years we know that this is a non issue. Should we get in touch with our local Authority to get clarification need.
It sounds as though you may have a conveyancing solicitor already. What do they say? You need to check with your lawyer before you do anything. It is very possible that once the local authority has been informed of a potential issue it cannot be insured against (a bit like being diagnosed with a serious illness and then taking out life insurance to cover that same sickness)
Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to my home are lost. The conveyancers who conducted the conveyancing in Rufford 5 years ago are no longer around. What are my next steps?
Gone are the days when you need to have the physical official documentation to evidence that you own the land or premises, given that the Land Registry hold details of all registered land or property electronically.
I'm purchasing a new build house in Rufford with the aid of help to buy. The builders would not move on the price so I negotiated five thousand pounds worth of additionals instead. The estate agent suggested that I not disclose to my lawyer about this extras as it would jeopardize my mortgage with Godiva Mortgages Ltd. Is this normal?.
All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the developer of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.
Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.
Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.
My husband and I are 18 days into a leasehold purchase having been directed to conveyancers by the local agent to do our conveyancing in Rufford. I am not happy. Could you you assist me in finding new conveyancers?
A lawyer would need to be really poor to suggest replacing them. Has the loan offer been issued? If so you will need to make them aware of the replacement lawyer and get the offer are re-issued. Your new solicitor ideally should be on the lenders approved list to avoid supplemental fees and frustration. That should be your starting point. The find a solicitor tool should assist you in finding a bank approved conveyancer for your conveyancing in Rufford