I am getting a mortgage with Halifax. I hope to employ the services of a Licensed Conveyancer in Westcombe Park. Does the Halifax Conveyancing panel include conveyancers regulated by the CLC?
The Halifax conveyancing panel is, like many other lenders, represented by the Council or Mortgage Lenders or Building Society Association, open to Licensed Conveyancers regulated by the CLC.
Would the conveyancing solicitors Indexed on your site conduct auction conveyancing in Westcombe Park?
We know of a number of niche practitioners we can connect you with those specialising in auction conveyancing. Westcombe Park is one of the many areas of in which our lawyers have a presence.
Will lawyers ask for an advanced payment for my conveyancing in Westcombe Park?
Where you are retaining lawyers for conveyancing in Westcombe Park your solicitor will request that you place them with funds to cover the the cost of the conveyancing searches. Normally this is asked for to cover the fees of the conveyancing searches. If any deposit is as part of the purchase price then this should be required immediately before contracts are exchanged. Any further balance that is due should be transferred a couple of days ahead of the day of completion.
What is the optimum way to discover of the solicitor carrying out my conveyancing in Westcombe Park is on the mortgage lender’sapproved panel? I am looking to avoid the situation of having one lawyer for me and one for Alliance & Leicester thus paying £187.00 plus VAT in further conveyancing fees.
Feel free to make use of the find a lender approved solicitor tool on this web page. Pick the mortgage company and type ‘Westcombe Park’ or your location and you will discover a number of lawyer offices in Westcombe Park or by proximity to you.
My wife and I buying a 4 bedroom semi-detached house in Westcombe Park. The intention is to carry out an extension to the side at the house.Will the conveyancing process involve investigations to see if these alterations were previously refused?
Your property lawyer will review the deeds as conveyancing in Westcombe Park will on occasion identify restrictions in the title deeds which prevent certain works or necessitated the permission of a 3rd party. Certain additions need local authority planning consent and approval under the building regulations. Certain locations are designated conservation areas and special planning restrictions apply which often prevent or affect extensions. It would be prudent to check these things with a surveyor before you commit yourself to a purchase.
The formalities of my remortgage has taken place for my property in Westcombe Park. Conveyancing was satisfactory but I feel I should register my dissatisfaction about the lender. How do I make a complaint?
Almost all lenders have complaints procedures. Your first point of contact should be one of the lender’s branches or the Customer Care Department at head office. In most cases complaints to a lender are sorted out very quickly. If you feel the matter is not resolved you can write to Financial Ombudsman Service who will take matters further.
After months of negotiation I have agreed a price on an apartment in Westcombe Park. My financial adviser suggested a conveyancer. I paid an upfront payment of £150. Soon after, the conveyancing practitioner contacted me sheepishly admitting that they were not on the Co-operative 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 Co-operative 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 am in need of some leasehold conveyancing in Westcombe Park. Before diving in I want to be sure as to the unexpired term of the lease.
Assuming the lease is registered - and 99.9% are in Westcombe Park - then the leasehold title will always include the basic details of the lease, namely the date; the term; and the original parties. From a conveyancing perspective such details then enable any prospective buyer and lender to confirm that any lease they are looking at is the one relevant to that title. For any other purpose, such as confirming how long the term was granted for and calculating what is left, then the register should be sufficient on it's own.
After months of dialogue we cannot agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Westcombe Park. Does the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal have jurisdiction to calculate the appropriate figures?
Most certainly. We can put you in touch with a Westcombe Park conveyancing firm who can help.
An example of a Lease Extension matter before the tribunal for a Westcombe Park property is 73 Walerand Road in August 2012. the result of the findings of the Tribunal led to a premium to be paid for the extended lease in respect of Flat 73 in the sum of £10,040. The premium applicable in respect of Flat 85 was £5,710. This case affected 2 flats. The remaining number of years on the lease was 72 years.