What is the best way to find the right lawyer who will supply a high level service for our conveyancing in St Pancras?
Option 1 is to ask the people you trust who they experienced using in the past and if they were happy with the service.
Second, use a search tool on the internet for conveyancing in St Pancras. Call two or three from the list and ask them to send you their conveyancing costs illustrations and discuss your needs with the solicitor who will handle your legal process beforecommitting.
Option 3 is to make use of our search tool to assist you in finding the right solicitors taking into account your own expectations including area of the property,timings, complexity and who the proposed mortgage company is. Resist the temptation to opt for £100 conveyancing in St Pancras
My grandfather passed away last year and as sole heir and executor I was left the property in St Pancras. The house had a small mortgage left on it of around £4500. I want to transfer the title deeds into my name whilst I re-mortgage to Yorkshire BS, pay off the mortgage. Is this possible?
Where you intend to refinance then Yorkshire BS will insist on your using a conveyancer on the Yorkshire BS conveyancing panel. Here is link to the Land Registry online guidance around what to do when a property owner dies. This will help you to understand the registration process behind changing the details re the registered title. in your case it would appear that you are effectively purchasing the property from the estate. Your Yorkshire BS conveyancing panel solicitor pays the new mortgage money into the estate, the estate pays off the old mortgage, the charge is released and you become the owner and the Yorkshire BS mortgage is registered as a charge at the Land Registry.
I have been told that property searches are a common reason for delay in St Pancras house deals. Is there any truth in this?
The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) published determinations of a review by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not figure within the most frequent causes of hindrances in the conveyancing process. Searches are not likely to be the root cause of slowing down conveyancing in St Pancras.
I have recentlyfound out that Wolstenholmes have closed. They carried out my conveyancing in St Pancras for a purchase of a leasehold apartment 9 months ago. How can I establish that my home is registered correctly in the name of the previous owner?
The easiest way to check if the premises is in your name, you can make a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of St Pancras conveyancing specialists.
Over the last few months I have been searching for a ground for flat up to £305k and found one near me in St Pancras I like with a park and railway links in the vicinity, the downside is that it only has 61 years on the lease. There is not much else in St Pancras suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error buying a lease with such few years left?
If you require a home loan the remaining unexpired lease term may be an issue. Reduce the price by the anticipated lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the current proprietor has owned the property for a minimum of twenty four months you may ask them to commence the lease extension formalities and pass it to you. You can add 90 years to the existing lease term and have £0 ground rent by law. You should speak to your conveyancing solicitor regarding this matter.
We are 17 days into a residential purchase having been directed to a firm by the local agent to do our conveyancing in St Pancras. I am not happy. Could you you assist me in finding new lawyers?
A conveyancer would have to be very bad to suggest replacing them. Has the mortgage been sent? If so you must make them aware of the new lawyer and get the mortgage documents are re-issued. Your new conveyancer needs to be on the lenders panel to avoid escalating fees and complications. So that should be your first question of the new solicitors. The search tool can help you find a bank approved conveyancer for your conveyancing in St Pancras
