I have just been advised by my mortgage broker that my West Kirby solicitor is not on the bank Solicitor panel. What can I do to be certain if this is indeed the case?
You need to contact your West Kirby conveyancer. You lawyer should advise you what has happened. If they are not on the panel they may be able to suggest a West Kirby conveyancing firm that is on the conveyancing panel for your mortgage company.
Do the conveyancing lawyers identified via your search tool handle right to buy conveyancing in West Kirby?
We work with a number of conveyancing experts who can handle right to buy conveyancing You should contact the solicitors listed to obtain a conveyancing quote.
We are looking to buy a flat and require a conveyancing solicitor in West Kirby who is on the Barclays conveyancing panel. Could you point me in the right direction as regards a conveyancing firm?
Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Barclays . We don't recommend any particular firms conducting conveyancing in West Kirby.
I am helping my step-mother sell her property in West Kirby. Will the conveyancing solicitor order the energy performance certificate or do I organise this?
After the demise of Home Packs, energy performance certificates was kept a required element of moving house. An EPC should be commissioned before the property is put on the market. It is not as aspect of the sale process that conveyancers normally organise. If you are using a West Kirby conveyancing solicitor they might be willing to arrange EPC’s due to their contacts with reputable West Kirby assessors
I'm in the process of looking at houses in West Kirby and I am about to put in an offer. Should I already have a conveyancer appointed at this stage? I am planning to take a home loan with Yorkshire BS.
It would be advisable to instigate your search sooner rather than later. After you have chosen your lawyer and once your offer is accepted you can instruct them to work for you and forward their contact information on to the estate agent. Given that you are obtaining a mortgage with Yorkshire BS, ask your prospective lawyers if they are on the Yorkshire BS conveyancing panel otherwise they can't do the mortgage legal work.
After shopping around on the internet I have found a West Kirby solicitor having checked that they are on the Lloyds conveyancing panel. Does my lawyer arrange the survey of the property?
Lloyds will need an independent valuation of the property. Your lawyer will not arrange this. Usually Lloyds will appoint their own surveyor to do this, and you will have to pay for it. Remember that this is a valuation for mortgage purposes and not a survey. Your lawyer will not organise the survey but they may be able to put you in touch with a local one that they recommend. RICS offers a find a surveyor service (just google it) where you can search for a qualified surveyor by your West Kirby postcode. As you are getting a mortgage with Lloyds, you could contact them to see if they have a list of approved surveyors in West Kirby.
Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to my home are lost. The conveyancers who conducted the conveyancing in West Kirby 10 years ago are no longer around. What are my next steps?
Assuming you have a registered title the details of your proprietorship will be held by the Land Registry under a Title Number. It is easy to conduct a search at the Land Registry, locate your property and obtain up to date copies of the Registered Entries for less than a fiver. If the title is Leasehold then the Land Registry will in most cases retain a certified duplicate of the Registered Lease and again, a copy can be obtained for a small fee.
Having used your search tool I can't find the lawyer I was hoping to instruct as being on the lender conveyancing panel. My lawyer has said that they are on the mortgage company 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 mortgage company 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.