Do the conveyancing solicitors listed on your site handle attended exchange conveyancing in Shenstone?
We do have a number of conveyancing specialists who can conduct personalised exchanges. Please call us to get a fee calculation and details as to availability.
I am assisting my mother sell her property in Shenstone. Will the solicitor commission the energy performance certificate or it is for me to see to?
After the demise of Home Packs, energy assessments was maintained a compulsory element of selling a property. An EPC needs to be to hand before the property is placed on the market. This is not as aspect of the sale process that conveyancers ordinarily arrange. If you are instructing a Shenstone conveyancing lawyer they may be able to arrange energy assessments due to their relationships with long established Shenstone energy assessors
I am the single beneficiary of my late mum's estate and I have everything in my name now, including the house in Shenstone. The Shenstone property was put into my name in August. I plan to dispose of the property. I understand that there is a Mortgage Lenders 6 month 'rule', meaning my property ownership may be treated the same way as if I'd bought the property in August. Is the property unsalable for six months?
The Council of Mortgage Lenders’ handbook instructs conveyancers to: "report to us immediately if the owner or registered proprietor has been registered for less than six months." Technically you may be affected by that. Most lenders would take a sensible view as this clause is primarily there to capture subsales or the wholesaling and assigning of property.
We expect to receive a DIP from Nottingham this week so we know how much we could potentially offer as otherwise we are dependent on web based calculators (which aren't taking into account credit checks etc). Do Nottingham recommend any Shenstone solicitors on the Nottingham conveyancing panel, or is it better to find our own lawyer?
You will need to appoint Shenstone solicitors independently although you'll need to choose one on the Nottingham conveyancing panel. The solicitor represents both you and Nottingham through the process.
Should my solicitor be raising enquiries about flooding during the conveyancing in Shenstone.
The risk of flooding is if increasing concern for solicitors dealing with homes in Shenstone. Plenty of people will purchase a property in Shenstone, fully expectant that at some time, it may be flooded. However, leaving to one side the physical damage, where a property is at risk of flooding, it may be difficult to get a mortgage, satisfactory insurance cover, or sell the property. There are steps that can be taken during the course of a property purchase to forewarn the buyer.
Solicitors are not qualified to give advice on flood risk, however there are a number of checks that can be carried out by the buyer or on a buyer’s behalf which should figure out the risks in Shenstone. The standard property information forms sent to a buyer’s solicitor (where the solicitors are adopting what is known as the Conveyancing Protocol) incorporates a standard question of the seller to determine if the property has ever been flooded. In the event that the premises has been flooded in past and is not notified by the vendor, then a purchaser could commence a claim for damages stemming from an misleading reply. A purchaser’s conveyancers may also commission an environmental search. This will higlight whether there is a recorded flood risk. If so, further investigations will need to be made.
I used Stirling Law several years past for my conveyancing in Shenstone. I now require my papers 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 Shenstone of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously used, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
How simple is it to use the search facility to choose a conveyancing solicitor in Shenstone on the panel for my lender?
First pick a bank such as Birmingham Midshires, Chelsea Building Society or Alliance & Leicester then type in your preferred area for instance Shenstone. Conveyancing firms in Shenstone and nationally should be identified.
My husband and I are 14 days into a leasehold purchase having been directed to conveyancers by the local agent to do our conveyancing in Shenstone. I am not happy. Could you you assist me in finding new lawyers?
A solicitor would have to be very bad to suggest replacing them. Has the mortgage offer been issued? In the event that it has you will need to inform them of the new contact details and get the mortgage documents are re-sent. Your new conveyancer should be on the mortgage company panel to avoid added charges and delays. So that should be your first question of the new conveyancers. Our find a solicitor tool will help you find a lender approved conveyancer for your home move in Shenstone