Finally the sale completed on my house in St Margarets last May but the buyer keeps texting every few hours complaining that her lawyer needs to hear from mylawyer. What are the post completion sale formalities following completion?
Post completion of your house sale your solicitor is obliged to deliver the transfer documentation and all supplemental paperwork to the buyer’s conveyancer. If applicable, your lawyer should also send confirmation that the legal charge in favour of the lender has been discharged to the buyers lawyers. There is unlikely to be post completion requirements just for conveyancing in St Margarets.
We are due to move home in February. Should my conveyancing solicitor update the removal company on the completion day. Incidentally, can you suggest a removal company in St Margarets. Conveyancing solicitor was organised before I stumbled across this site.
On the day of completion you can collect the keys from the selling agent but this can only happen after the vendors solicitors advise the agent that they have the completion monies and the keys can be released. Subsequently you should advise the removal company that they can start moving you in. As a matter of policy we do not suggest a specific removal organisation but can help you choose a residential property solicitor in St Margarets or a lawyer that specialises in conveyancing in St Margarets.
I'm in the throws of looking at houses in St Margarets and I am now considering a potential offer. Is it advisable to have my solicitor on ‘stand by’? I will be getting a home loan with Co-operative.
You should start requesting conveyancing estimates from solicitors ASAP. After you have chosen your lawyer and once your offer is accepted you can instruct them to work for you and forward their details on to the EA. Given that you are getting a mortgage with Co-operative, make sure you remember to check that your lawyer is on the Co-operative conveyancing panel.
Completion of my purchase has taken place for my property in St Margarets. Conveyancing was a necessary evil but I would like to complain about the lender. Who do I contact should I wish to lodge a complaint?
Most lenders have complaints procedures. Your first port of call should be one of the lender’s branches or the Customer Care Department at head office. We understand that complaints to a lender are sorted out effectively and efficiently. However if you are not satisfied that the matter is not resolved you can write to Financial Ombudsman Service with full details of your complaint.
I am purchasing a property and the conveyancer has identified Chancel Repair to which the house could be obligated to contribute to given it’s proximity to the area of such a church. She has mentioned insurance. Is this strictly appropriate for conveyancing in St Margarets
Unless a previous purchase of the premises completed after 12 October 2013 you could take it that lawyers carrying out conveyancing in St Margarets to remain recommending a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.
I have a 4 bedroom Victorian property in St Margarets. Conveyancing solicitor acted for me and Birmingham Midshires. I did a free Land Registry search last week and I saw a couple of entries: the first freehold, the second leasehold with the matching address. If a house is not a freehold shouldn't I have been informed?
You should read 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 St Margarets and other locations in the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they remortgage they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with mortgage companies. You can also enquire as to the situation with your conveyancing solicitor who carried out the work.
As co-executor for the will of my father I am disposing of a residence in Swansea but reside in St Margarets. My solicitor (based 200 kilometers awayhas requested that I sign a statutory declaration ahead of the transaction finalising. Can you recommend a conveyancing solicitor in St Margarets to attest this legal document for me?
strictly speaking you are unlikely to be required to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily any notary public or solicitor will suffice regardless of whether they are based in St Margarets
Having used your search tool I can't find the lawyer I was hoping to instruct as being on the bank conveyancing panel. My lawyer has said that they are on the lender approved panel. How can I be sure given that they are not listed on your directory?
Not all firms are yet listed on our lender panel search tool which is still relatively new. Law firms are listing on a daily basis and it is probably the case that your lawyer is on the lender conveyancing lawyer and you should probably take them at their word. Please do feel free to suggest that they completing their listing on our site as it would only cost them £1 a month to list themselves as being on the lender solicitor panel.