My partner’s brother is a conveyancer. I suspect that I will receive friends and family rates for conveyancing, However if that does not come materialise, what level of figure should I be paying for conveyancing in Botany Bay?
You should contrast pricing. Make use of our search tool on this site. The prices seem to contrast greatly but service levels do differ between property lawyers as is true with most professions.
The Botany Bay conveyancing firm that just started acting on my purchase in Botany Bay have without warning closed. I chose them because I had to have a lawyer on the Barclays conveyancing panel and my previous Botany Bay lawyer was not. I sent them a cheque for £250 in advance. What do I do now?
If you have an estate agent involved then let them know immediately so that they advise the vendors that there may be a slight delay due to reasons beyond your control. Most sellers would be sympathetic and urge their lawyer to send a new set of papers to your new solicitors. You will need to appoint new lawyers that are on the Barclays conveyancing panel and notify the lender. If you have paid over any money, it will hopefully be held by the SRA as money in an intervened firm's bank accounts is transferred to the SRA. Then, the SRA or the intervention agent looks at the intervened firm's accounts to work out who the money belongs to. To claim your money you will need to contact the SRA. If the SRA cannot return money you are owed from the firm's bank accounts, or if they can only return part of the money, you can apply to the Compensation Fund for a grant. Your new lawyers may be able to assist.
When it comes to mortgage companies such as Skipton, do Botany Bay conveyancing practitioners incur an annual charge to be on the conveyancing panel?
We are unaware of any mortgage company fees to be on their list of approved firms, although some do charge an administration charge to deal with the processing of the conveyancing panel application.
My offer was accepted on an apartment in Botany Bay on 1/12/2025, valuation was booked 4 days later, all came back fine. Conveyancer instructed, so all that was missing was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Clydesdale and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel. Are Clydesdale entitled to hold back the Mortgage pending the lawyer being on the approved list?
A lender would not issue a mortgage until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Clydesdale to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
RBS have agreed my home loan in principle, my bid on a flat in Botany Bay has been accepted, what happens next?
Your estate agent will want to be informed of your solicitor's details (ensure that the solicitors are on the lender’s panel). Contact RBS or the broker and finish off any outstanding forms. RBS will instruct a valuer who will get in contact with the estate agent or owners to schedule an appointment. Once conducted (assuming no problems) it takes on average ten days for the mortgage offer to be issued. RBS will issue the offer to you and your conveyancers. The legal work will then take it’s course according the nature and complexity of the conveyancing in Botany Bay.
I am buying a house and the lawyer has raised the issue of Chancel Repair to which the property may be liable as it falls into the area of such a church. She has suggested insurance. Is this strictly necessary for conveyancing in Botany Bay
Unless a prior acquisition of the premises took place after 12 October 2013 you could expect lawyers handling conveyancing in Botany Bay to remain recommending a chancel search and or chancel repair liability insurance.
I have just started marketing my 2 bed flat in Botany Bay. Conveyancing lawyers have not yet been instructed, however I have recently received a quarterly maintenance charge invoice – Do I pay up?
The sensible thing to do is discharge the invoice as you normally would because all rents and maintenance invoices should be allotted as part of the financial calculations for completion monies, so you should recover the relevant percentage by the buyer for the period running from after the completion date to the subsequent invoice date. Most managing agents will not acknowledge the buyer until the service charges have been paid and are up to date, so it is important for both buyer and seller for the seller to show that they are up to date. Having a clear account will assist your cause and will leave you no worse off financially.
I have tried to negotiate informally with with my landlord for a lease extension without any joy. Can a leaseholder apply to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal? Can you recommend a Botany Bay conveyancing firm to represent me?
Where there is a absentee freeholder or where there is disagreement about what the lease extension should cost, under the relevant legislation you can apply to the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) to arrive at the premium.
An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement matter before the tribunal for a Botany Bay flat is 23 Beaconsfield Road in July 2013. The Tribunals decided that the amount payable was £31,203 for the freehold. This case affected 2 flats. The unexpired residue of the current lease was 70.31 years.
Me and my wife are purchasing a leasehold property in Botany Bay. Conveyancing quotes are averaging around £1800. Is that reasonable?
The average cost in 2014 for conveyancing in Botany Bay was £1,500 not including Stamp Duty and HMLR charges.