What is the best way to find the right lawyer who will give a quality service for our conveyancing in West London?
First ask connections who they experienced using in the past and if they were happy with the service.
Option 2 is to use a search tool on the internet for conveyancing in West London. Call two or three listed and invite them to forward you their conveyancing quote and have a conversation with the lawyer who will conduct your legal process beforecommitting.
Third is to make use of our search tool to assist you in finding the right solicitors for you based on your unique requirements including area of the property,timings, complexity and who your intended lender is. Avoid the trap of appointing low cost conveyancing in West London
Last month we had a mortgage agreed in principle with Nottingham. West London conveyancing practitioners have been chosen. What is the average time that one could expect to receive a mortgage offer from Nottingham?
There is no definitive answer here. Have Nottingham completed the valuation? Have you informed Nottingham as to your lawyers' details and checked that your lawyers are on the Nottingham conveyancing panel? Sometimes it can take as long as six weeks for a mortgage offer to be issued.
The formalities of my purchase has taken place for my property in West London. Conveyancing was satisfactory but I would like to complain about the lender. How do I make a complaint?
All banks and building societies have complaints procedures. Your first port of call should be one of the lender’s branches or the Customer Care Department at head office. In most cases complaints to a lender are resolved very quickly. However if you are not satisfied that the matter is not resolved you can write to Financial Ombudsman Service, South Quay Plaza, 183 Marsh Wall, London E14 9SR with full details of your complaint.
After weeks of negotiation I have agreed a price on a house in West London. My mortgage broker pressured me to appoint their conveyancing practitioner. I paid an upfront payment of £150. Shortly after, the property lawyer contacted me sheepishly admitting that they were not on the Leeds Building Society 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 Leeds Building Society 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.
I'm buying a new build house in West London benefiting from help to buy. The developers refused to move on the price so I negotiated five thousand pounds worth of extras instead. The estate agent told me not reveal to my solicitor about the extras as it will impact my mortgage with Clydesdale. Do I keep my lawyer in the dark?.
All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.
Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.
Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.
I'm refinancing my existing house to a BTL mortgage with Accord Mortgages Ltd and intend to use the remaining equity as a down payment on another house. The location we are talking about is West London. Will your solicitors be able to act for the two mortgage companies and link together the two deals?
Make use of our comparison tool on this page to check that the conveyancers are approved by both lenders. On the basis that they are the conveyancer will be able to simultaneously deal with the two transactions but you should have a chat with you solicitor and make clear your expectations and requirements.
I need to find a conveyancing solicitor for some conveyancing in West London. I've chance upon a web site which seems to have the ideal answer If it is possible to get all formalities done via web that would be ideal. Do I need to be wary? What are the potential pitfalls?
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?
I have checked 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 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.