Having been recommended your company we were about to use a conveyancing solicitor in Selsdon listed using your search tool but stumbled across alternative estimates on the internet appear cheaper – how come?
You can find numerous solicitors advertising supposedly £99 conveyancing, but additionalfees end up with the final fee totally different to the one you expected. Solicitors ought to ensure costs listed in terms of business should be equitable invoiced The conveyancers that we put forward for conveyancing in Selsdon genuinely set out all legal fees for a residential conveyancing matter.
Our grandson is purchasing a new build apartment in Selsdon with a home loan from Nottingham. His solicitor has said that there is a delay in completing the ‘Disclosure of Incentive Form’. What is this document - I have never come across this before?
The form is intended to provide information to the main parties engaged in the transaction. Therefore, it will be provided to your son’s lawyer who should be on the Nottingham conveyancing panel as a standard part of the process, and to the surveyor when requested. The developer will be required to start the process by downloading the form and completing it. The form will therefore need to be available for the valuer at the time of his or her site visit. The form should be sent to the Nottingham conveyancing panel solicitor as early as possible, in order to avoid any last minute delays, and no later than at exchange of contracts.
Can you explain why leasehold purchase conveyancing in Selsdon costs more?
In summary, leasehold conveyancing in Selsdon and elsewhere usually requires more due diligence compared to freehold transactions. This includes lease investigation, corresponding with the landlord about serving required notices, procuring up-to-date service charge and management information, securing the freeholder’s consents and reviewing management accounts. The obligations on both the landlord and the tenant in the lease need to be studied by the buyer’s conveyancing team and read from beginning to end – regardless of the fact the lease has passed through many different property solicitors hands since it was first granted.
Is there a search tool that I can use to check that the solicitor conducting my conveyancing in Selsdon is on the bank’sconveyancing panel? I am looking to avoid the situation of having one lawyer for me and one for Accord Mortgages Ltd thus spending £192.00 in further legal fees.
You should make use of the find a conveyancing panel solicitor tool on this page. Pick the lender and type ‘Selsdon’ or your preferred area and you will discover numerous solicitors located in Selsdon or by proximity to you.
My partner and I are downsizing from our property in Selsdon and according to the buyers it appears that there is a possibility that the property was constructed land that was not decontaminated. A local conveyancer would know that there is no such problem. For the life of me I don't know why the buyers used a factory type conveyancing outfit as opposed to a conveyancing solicitor in Selsdon. Having lived in Selsdon for six years we know that this is a non issue. Do we get in touch with our local Authority to obtain clarification that there is no issue.
It sounds as though you may have a conveyancing firm currently acting for you. What do they say? You should enquire of 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 ailment)
My wife and I purchased a renovated Victorian property in Selsdon. Conveyancing lawyer represented me and Platform Home Loans Ltd. I did a free Land Registry search last week and I saw two entries: one for freehold, another for leasehold with the matching property. Is it worth asking Platform Home Loans Ltd to clarify?
You need to review the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register as there may be mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered proprietor of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Selsdon and other areas of the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they buy they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with purchasers. You can also enquire as to the position with the conveyancing lawyer who conducted the work.