Our family solicitor has given a fee estimate £1200 for no completion no fee conveyancing in Shanklin. I’m selling a Victorian property for £250,000. Is this expensive? Is it above the average fee for conveyancing in Shanklin?
The charges are a bit high. If you are content to spend time contrasting quotes you could shave off some of the cost by as much as a hundred pounds. That being said, you maycome to rue opting for an an untested solicitor. Don't forget to check that the firm can also act for your mortgage company. You can use our search tool to locate a Shanklin conveyancing company on the banks conveyancing panel which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Shanklin.
We are about to exchange contracts for a leasehold flat in Shanklin. We encountered a snag. Our mortgage offer with Platform Home Loans Ltd expires on 30/1/2025 but the vendors are insisting on a completion date of 3/2/2025. Is it possible to extend the mortgage expiry date?
The person best placed to address this question is your solicitors who should calculate whether he or she is better off negotiating with the lender, vendor’s lawyers, selling agents or conceivably all parties given the circumstances your house move to date.
My brother-in-law has suggested I instruct a conveyancing solicitor in Shanklin. I I am struggling to find out whether they are on the HSBC Bank approved list of lawyers. Could you or the lender confirm if they are on the panel?
The first thing you should do is call the conveyancer and ask them whether they can act for the bank. Alternatively you can call HSBC Bank who may be able to confirm.
After months of negotiation I have agreed a price on a house in Shanklin. My financial adviser suggested a property lawyer. I paid an upfront payment of £175. A few days later, the property lawyer called me to say that they were not on the Santander conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?
You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the Santander panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.
I am due to exchange contracts on my apartment. I had a double glazing fitted in March 2010, but did not receive a FENSA certificate or Building Regulation Certificate. My buyer's mortgage company, UBS are being a right pain. The Shanklin solicitor who is on the UBS conveyancing panel is saying indemnity insurance will be fine but UBS are insisting on a building regulation certificate. Why do UBS have a conveyancing panel if they don't accept advice from them?
It is probably the case that UBS have referred the matter to their valuer. The reason why UBS may not want to accept indemnity insurance is because it does not give them any reassurance that the double glazing was correctly and safely installed. The indemnity insurance merely protects against enforcement action which is very unlikely anyway.
Planning on purchasing a apartment in Shanklin. I have received an online quote from a licenced conveyancer, which states: "There will be no charge for dealing with the Building Society 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 Shanklin property lawyer is on the Skipton conveyancing panel.
I used Arc property Solicitors several years ago for my conveyancing in Shanklin. Now, I need the documents however cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?
You should contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracking down 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 Shanklin 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 am purchasing a garden apartment in Shanklin. Conveyancing solicitor has been waiting for, from the vendor, building insurance documents. Earlier today I was informed that the vendor needs to forward the insurance paperwork for the flat above also. Why does my solicitor need to review the insurance for the flat above? Is it strictly necessary? We have been in hold for the last month…
It is not unheard of in leasehold conveyancing in Shanklin to discover Conveyancing in Shanklin in a minority of cases reveals that the lease obliges the tenant's to insure their individual flats rather than the freeholder insuring the whole premises - which is clearly better. You should contact your solicitor but it would seem that your conveyancing practitioner is attempting to verify that the complete building is insured. Insuring your residence is no help when it comes to rebuilding after a fire if the other flat cannot be rebuilt as a result of lack of insurance cover.