I am purchasing a house mortgage free in Sandy. I have resided for the last dozen years in Sandy. Conveyancing searches are exorbitant. As I have knowledge of the area and road intimately must I have all the conveyancing searches?
Provided that you do not need a home loan, then almost all of the Sandy conveyancing searches are optional. Your conveyancer will ’encourage you, no-doubt strongly, that you should have searches done, but he has a professional duty to do this. One thing to bear in mind; if you are going to dispose of the house in the future, it may be of interest to your prospective buyer what the searches contain. There are plenty of instances where houses with functional issues can still show up unexpected search results. A competent conveyancing solicitor in Sandy will be able to give you some helpful guidance here.
My wife and I are close to exchanging contracts on the sale of our house in Sandy and according to the buyers it appears that there is a possibility that the property was built land that was not decontaminated. A local conveyancer would know this is not the case. For the life of me I don't know why the buyers instructed an online conveyancing firm rather than a conveyancing solicitor in Sandy. We have lived in Sandy for three years we know that this is a non issue. Is it a good idea to contact our local Authority to obtain clarification that there is no issue.
It would appear that you have a conveyancing lawyer already. What do they say? You should 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 health insurance to cover that same sickness)
I used Action Conveyancing several years past for my conveyancing in Sandy. I now require my file but cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?
You should contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate 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 Sandy of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously retained, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
I was pointed in your direction by numerous estate agents in Sandy to get a quote from a conveyancer on your site. Is there a financial inducement for Estate Agents to offer your lawyers over alternative conveyancing organisations?
We don’t offer any referral fee for directing people to this site. We found it would be just too difficult a fee because members of the public would think, ‘Why is the agent getting a kickback? Why am I not receiving any benefit too?’ So we decided to step away from that.
My husband and I are first time buyers - had an offer accepted, yet the agent informed us that the vendor will only issue a contract if we appoint the agent's chosen lawyers as they want a ‘quick sale’. My instinct tells me that we should use a family conveyancer used to conveyancing in Sandy
It is unlikely the vendors are driving this. Should the owner desire ‘a quick sale', taking such a hostile approach to a genuine buyer is is going to put the whole deal at risk. Speak to the owners direct and make the point that (a)you are keen to buy (b)you are ready to go, with mortgage lined up © you have nothing to sell (d) you intend to proceed fast (e)but you are going to use your preferred Sandy conveyancing firm - rather thanthose that will earn the estate agent a introducer fee or achieve conveyancing thresholds pre-set by senior management.
Can you shed any light on the scope of conveyancing handled by Sandy conveyancing organisations?
The majority of Sandy conveyancing solicitors will offer a broad spectrum of legal advice to residential and rural land proprietors, vendors, buyers, landlords and leaseholders such as:
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Private sale conveyancing in Sandy or throughout the rest of the country
House purchase conveyancing in Sandy and throughout England and Wales
Tenancy and licence agreements Resolving boundary disputes between neighbours Shariah Compliant Islamic Conveyancing Advising in respect of rights of drainage, services, and access (Easements)