Can you recommend a Santander approved Bankside conveyancing solicitor that can complete within less than a month? Would it be better to use a high street Bankside solicitor or a web based comparison site?
We can recommend some very good Bankside conveyancing firms. Another option is to visit the high street in Bankside. Approach two or three firms and ask to speak with a conveyancing solicitor for a fee estimate. Mention your time frames together with your reasons and ask for an assurance on your deadline. Choose the one that you trust.
Finally the sale completed on my house in Bankside last January but our buyer keeps SMS messaging every few hours to moan that his solicitor is waiting to hear from myconveyancer. What are the post completion sale legalities now that I have sold?
After completion of your disposal your lawyer is duty bound to send the transfer deeds and all supplemental paperwork to the purchaser's conveyancer. Where relevant, your solicitor should also send confirmation that the mortgage has been redeemed to the purchasers lawyers. There are no post completion tasks specific conveyancing in Bankside.
I am buying a terraced house in Bankside. How practical is it for me to do the conveyancing?
Leaving aside the complexities and merits of DIY conveyancing in Bankside you will have to appoint a solicitor on your lender's conveyancing panel to look after their interests. Most people therefore find it easier to let the solicitor act for them and the lender. Furthermore there is minimal cost savings to be made in you doing conveyancing for yourself and another lawyer conducting the conveyancing for the lender. Please feel free to use the search tool to find a lawyer on your lender panel in Bankside.
I have a 4 bedroom Edwardian house in Bankside. Conveyancing practitioner represented me and Leeds Building Society. I did a free Land Registry search last week and I saw two entries: one for freehold, another for leasehold under the matching property. I thought I was buying a freehold how can I check?
You need to 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 owner of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Bankside and other locations in the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they sell they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with lenders. You can also question the position with the conveyancing solicitor who conducted the conveyancing.
I opted to have a survey completed on a house in Bankside before retaining conveyancers. I have been told that there is a flying freehold aspect to the property. My surveyor advised that some banks will refuse to give a loan on such a premises.
It depends who your proposed lender is. HSBC has different instructions for example to Halifax. If you call us we can check with the relevant bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Bankside. Conveyancing will be smoother if you use a solicitor in Bankside especially if they are accustomed to such properties in Bankside.
As co-executor for the will of my grandfather I am disposing of a property in Neath but I am based in Bankside. My conveyancer (who is 235 kilometers awayhas requested that I sign a stat dec ahead of the transaction finalising. Can you recommend a conveyancing lawyer in Bankside to attest and place their company stamp on the document?
strictly speaking you should not need to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily or notary public or qualified solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are Bankside based