Our Abertridwr solicitor has uncovered a difference between the assumptions in the home valuation survey and what is revealed within the title deeds. My solicitor says that he is duty bound to check that the bank is OK with this discrepancy and is still content to lend. Is my lawyer’s course or action legitimate?
Your conveyancing practitioner must comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook specifications which do require that your lawyer disclose any incorrect assumptions in the lender’s valuation report and the legal papers. Should you refuse to allow your lawyer to make the appropriate notification then your lawyer will have no choice but to discontinue acting for you.
We see that you have a search directory listing solicitors on the Santander conveyancing panel. Do firms pay you a commission if I instruct them for our own conveyancing in Abertridwr?
We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the Santander conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Abertridwr.
I am assisting my sister sell her house in Abertridwr. Will the conveyancer order an energy assessment or it is for me to coordinate?
Following the abolition of Home Packs, energy performance certificates was retained a compulsory part of moving house. An EPC must be commissioned in advance of the property being put on the market. It is not something that solicitors normally organise. If you are using a Abertridwr conveyancing lawyer they might be willing to arrange energy performance certificates due to their contacts with reputable Abertridwr accredited person
We were going to get a DIP from Barclays this week so we can work out what to offer on a property we like as otherwise we only have online calculators to go by (which aren't taking into account credit checks etc). Do Barclays recommend any Abertridwr solicitors on the Barclays conveyancing panel, or is it better to find our own lawyer?
You will need to appoint Abertridwr solicitors independently although you'll need to choose one on the Barclays conveyancing panel. The solicitor represents both you and Barclays through the process.
After months of negotiation I have agreed a price on an apartment in Abertridwr. My financial adviser suggested a lawyer. I paid an upfront payment of £150. Shortly after, the conveyancer called me embarrassingly acknowledging that they were not on the Lloyds 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 Lloyds 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.
Me and my brother have a renovated Edwardian property in Abertridwr. Conveyancing solicitor represented me and The Mortgage Works. I did a free Land Registry search last week and there are two entries: the first freehold, the second leasehold under the matching address. I'd like to know for sure, how can I find out??
You should read the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register for mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered proprietor of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Abertridwr and other locations in the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they buy they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with buyers. You can also check the situation with the conveyancing solicitor who completed the work.
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I am expecting to complete on the purchase a property in Abertridwr but as a consequence of wreckage from the recent storms I have agreed reparation from the seller of £3k by way of a reduction in the price. I had intended this to be addressed as part of the conveyancing process however the lender will not permit this. Why were they notified?
Any conveyancing practitioner that is on the lender conveyancing panel is obliged to inform the mortgage company of any changes to the purchase figure. In the event that you did not allow your conveyancing practitioner to disclose the price change to your bank then they would have to disinstructing themselves from acting for you and the lender.