We were about to instruct a conveyancing solicitor in Wimbledon recommended by you but stumbled across some other estimates via the web appear less expensive – why is this?
There are many firms of conveyancers marketing at first sight what seems to be cut price. You should give due consideration about how important this transaction is to you that want to take 'cheap' risks with regard to the standard of the legal work. Some embed extras well inside the terms and conditions. The law firms that we list for conveyancing in Wimbledon will notbehave this way.
My husband and I are refinancing our apartment in Wimbledon with Kent Reliance. We have a son approaching twenty who lives at home. Our solicitor has asked us to disclose anyone over the age of 17 other than ourselves who lives in the flat. Our lawyer has now e-mailed a document for our son to sign, giving up any rights in the event that the apartment is repossessed. I have a couple of questions (1) Is this form unique to the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel as he never had to sign this form when we purchased 4 years ago (2) In signing this form is our son in any way compromising his right to inherit the property?
On the face of it your lawyer has done nothing wrong as it is established procedure for any occupier who is aged 17 or over to sign the necessary Consent Form, which is purely to state that any rights he has in the property are postponed and secondary to Kent Reliance. This is solely used to protect Kent Reliance if the property were re-possessed so that in such circumstances, your son would be legally obliged to leave. It does not impact your son’s right to inherit the apartment. Please note that if your son were to inherit and the mortgage in favour of Kent Reliance had not been discharged, he would be liable to take over the loan or pay it off, but other than that, there is nothing stopping him from keeping the property in accordance with your will or the rules of intestacy.
I am downsizing from our house in Wimbledon and according to the buyers it appears that there is a possibility that the property was constructed land that was not decontaminated. Any high street Wimbledon conveyancer would know this is not the case. For the life of me I don't know why the purchasers instructed a web based conveyancing outfit rather than a conveyancing solicitor in Wimbledon. Having lived in Wimbledon for three years we know of no issue. Is it a good idea to get in touch with our local Authority to obtain confirmation need.
It sounds as though you may have a conveyancing firm already. What do they say? You need to check with your lawyer before you do anything. It is very possible that once the local authority has been informed of a potential issue it cannot be insured against (a bit like being diagnosed with a serious illness and then taking out health insurance to cover that same ailment)
It has been three months following my purchase conveyancing in Wimbledon concluded. I have checked the Land Registry website which shows that I paid £200,000 when infact I paid £180,000. Why the discrepancy?
The price paid figure is taken from the application to register the purchase. It is the figure included in the Transfer (the legal deed which transfers the premises from one person to the other) and referred to as the 'consideration' or purchase price. You can report an error in the price paid figure using the LR online form. In most cases errors result from typos so at first glance the figure. Do report it so they can double check and advise.
I decided to have a survey done on a property in Wimbledon prior to appointing lawyers. I have been told that there is a flying freehold overhang to the house. Our surveyor has said that some mortgage companies may not issue a mortgage on this type of home.
It varies from the lender to lender. Santander has different instructions for example to Birmingham Midshires. Should you wish to telephone us we can check with the relevant lender. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Wimbledon. Conveyancing will be smoother if you use a solicitor in Wimbledon especially if they regularly deal with such properties in Wimbledon.
I am looking into buying my first house which is in Wimbledon and I am already nervous. I couldn't find anything specific about Wimbledon. Conveyancing will be needed in due course but do you know about the Wimbledon area? or perhaps some other tips you can share?
Rather than looking online forget looking online you should go and have a look at Wimbledon. In the meantime here are some basic statistics that we found