Can your site be used to find a Conveyancing solicitor in Southfields even if I’m not buying or selling a house, for example where I intend to buy a shop in Southfields with a mortgage from The Royal Bank of Scotland?
Our search tool is predominantly used to help choose residential conveyancing solicitors in Southfields but we have set out at the end of this page a selection of Southfields commercial conveyancing firms. You should speak with the company directly to see if they are also authorised to represent The Royal Bank of Scotland
We hope to to purchase with Coventry BS. I called into 3 or 4 local solicitors but am struggling to find a Southfields conveyancing firm on the Coventry BS approved list. Could you help?
You should make use of the search tool on this page. Please choose the building society and type Southfields or your preferred area and you will see a number of lawyer based in Southfields or by proximity to you.
Me and my partner are purchasing a flat in Southfields. I might seem paranoid but how we can trust a lawyer? On completion day we have to deposit funds into their account. What is the protection we have from them run away with our money?
Be assured that all money in a Solicitors client account is 100% safe, and even if your Solicitor ran off with it, the Law Society would reimburse you fully.
is it true that all Southfields solicitor firms on the Barclays conveyancing panel are overseen by the SRA?
As solicitors, in order to be on the Barclays conveyancing panel they would need to be governed by the SRA. Some lenders do list licenced conveyancers on their panel in which case such firms would be governed by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers.
After much negotiation I have agreed a price on a house in Southfields. My mortgage broker suggested a property lawyer. I paid an upfront payment of £175. A couple of days later, the property lawyer called me embarrassingly acknowledging that they were not on the Principality 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 Principality 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.
Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to my home are lost. The conveyancers who dealt with the conveyancing in Southfields 10 years ago are no longer around. Will I be able to sell the house?
Gone are the days when you need to have the physical deeds to prove you are the registered proprietor of land or property, as the Land Registry hold details of all registered land or property electronically.
I decided to have a survey completed on a property in Southfields ahead of instructing solicitors. I have been advised that there is a flying freehold overhang to the house. Our surveyor has said that some mortgage companies will refuse to issue a loan on such a home.
It varies from the lender to lender. Bank of Scotland has different requirements from Halifax. If you call us we can look into this further with the appropriate bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Southfields. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Southfields to see if the conveyancing will be more expensive.
I'm refinancing my existing house to a BTL mortgage with Britannia and intend to use the remaining equity as a deposit on another property. The area we are talking about is Southfields. Will your solicitors be able to act for the two mortgage companies and tie in the conveyances?
Do use our search tool on this site to ensure that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panels. Having checked that they are your lawyer should be able to connect the two conveyancing matters but you should have a chat with you solicitor and specify your expectations and requirements.