Having sold my house in Stowmarket last October but my buyer keeps calling daily to say his lawyer is waiting to hear from mine. What should have happened now that I have sold?
Post completion of your sale your lawyer is committed to send the transfer deeds and all of the paperwork to the purchaser's lawyers. Where appropriate, your solicitor must also send confirmation that the home loan has been repaid to the buyers solicitors. There are no post completion formalities specific conveyancing in Stowmarket.
Can you clarify what the consequences are if my lawyer’s firm is removed from the Kent Reliance Solicitor panel ahead of completing my conveyancing in Stowmarket?
The first thing to point out is that, this is a very rare occurrence. In most cases even where a law firm is removed off of a panel the lender would allow the completion to go ahead as the lender would appreciate the difficulties that they would place you in if you have to instruct a new solicitor days before completion. In a worst case scenario where the lender insists that you instruct a new firm then it is possible for a very good lawyer to expedite the conveyancing albeit that you may pay a significant premium for this. The analogous situation is where a buyer instructs a lawyer, exchanges contracts and the law firm is shut down by a regulator such as the SRA. Again, in this situation you can find lawyers who can troubleshoot their way to bring the conveyancing to a satisfactory conclusion - albeit at a cost.
Various online forums that I have come across warn that are a common cause of obstruction in Stowmarket house deals. Is this right?
The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) released conclusions of a review by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not feature amongst the most frequent causes of hindrances in the conveyancing process. Searches are not likely to be the root cause of holding up conveyancing in Stowmarket.
I used Wolstenholmes several years ago for my conveyancing in Stowmarket. I now require my file but the law firm is no longer operating. What do I do?
Do call 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 Stowmarket of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously hired, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
I need to retain a conveyancing solicitor for residential conveyancing in Stowmarket. I happened to discover a web site which appears to be the perfect solution If it is possible to get all the legals done via phone that would be preferable. Should I be wary? What should out be looking out for?
As usual with these online conveyancers you need to read ALL the small print - did you notice the extra charge for dealing with the mortgage?
Frank (my husband) and I may need to let out our Stowmarket ground floor flat temporarily due to a career opportunity. We instructed a Stowmarket conveyancing firm in 2003 but they have since shut and we did not have the foresight to seek any advice as to whether the lease allows us to sublet. How do we find out?
Even though your previous Stowmarket conveyancing lawyer is no longer available you can review your lease to see if it allows you to sublet the property. The accepted inference is that if the lease is silent, subletting is permitted. There may be a precondition that you need to seek consent via your landlord or other appropriate person prior to subletting. This means you not allowed to sublet in the absence of prior permission. Such consent must not not be unreasonably turned down. If the lease prohibits you from letting out the property you will need to ask your landlord for their consent.
Leasehold Conveyancing in Stowmarket - A selection of Queries Prior to Purchasing
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Can you inform me if there are any major works in the planning that will increase the maintenance costs? Generally speaking the outlay for major works are not included within maintenance charges, albeit that there some managing agents in Stowmarket obliged leasehold owners to pay into a sinking fund created for the specific intention of establishing a fund for larger repairs or maintenance. This information is useful as a) areas can cause problems for the building as the common areas may start to deteriorate where services are not paid for b) if the leasehold owners have a dispute with the managing agents you will wish to have all the details