I am in need of a property lawyer. Should I go for for a national conveyancer or a family Belgravia conveyancing solicitor?
Established third party relationships is an important consideration when appointing conveyancing solicitors. Belgravia law firms often have connections with financial advisers and agents, local authorities, surveyors and other conveyancing firms meaning you will move in shortest possible time. Hosting years of experience in the local area is an advantage.
I am acquiring a house mortgage free in Belgravia. I have resided for the previous dozen years in Belgravia. Conveyancing searches are exorbitant. As I know the area and road intimately must I have all the conveyancing searches?
Provided that you do not need a home loan, then all but one or two of the Belgravia conveyancing searches are non-obligatory. Your lawyer will ’encourage you, no-doubt strongly, that you should have searches done, but she has a professional duty to do this. One thing to consider; if you are going to sell the house one day, it may be of importance to your prospective purchaser what the searches determine. Sometimes premises with day to day issues can still reveal unpredicted search results. A good conveyancing solicitor in Belgravia should be able to give you some constructive advice in this regard.
We note that you have a search directory identifying firms on the Barclays conveyancing panel. Do companies pay you a referral fee if I instruct them for our own conveyancing in Belgravia?
We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the Barclays conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Belgravia.
I am intent on selling our property in Belgravia and the buyers lawyers are claiming that there is a risk of it being built on contaminated land. A local conveyancer would know that there is no such problem. For the life of me I don't know why the buyers used an online conveyancing practice rather than a conveyancing solicitor in Belgravia. Having lived in Belgravia for many years we know of no issue. Should we get in touch with our local Authority to seek confirmation that there is no issue.
It sounds as though you may have a conveyancing lawyer currently acting for you. Are they able to advise? You must enquire of 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 illness)
I am purchasing my first flat in Belgravia with a mortgage from Platform Home Loans Ltd. The builders refused to reduce the price so I negotiated 6k of additionals instead. The estate agent told me not reveal to my conveyancer about this extras as it may jeopardize my loan with the bank. Should I keep quiet?.
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 UK Finance website. UK Finance 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.
My husband and I are first time buyers - agreed a price, yet the selling agent advised that the owners will only go ahead if we instruct their recommended solicitors as they want an ‘expedited deal’. We would rather use a family solicitor with experience of conveyancing in Belgravia
It is improbable the owners are behind this. Should the vendor require ‘a quick sale', turning down a motivated buyer is is going to put the whole deal at risk. Try to communicate with the vendors directly and explain that (a)you are keen to buy (b)you are excited to move forward, with mortgage lined up © you have nothing to sell (d) you intend to proceed fast (e)however you are going to use your own,trusted Belgravia conveyancing solicitors - not the ones that will give the estate agent a introducer fee or hit his conveyancing figures pre-set by HQ.