I was advised recently by my estate agent that my Bridgend property lawyer is not on the mortgage company Conveyancing panel. How can I be certain whether this is indeed the case?
The sensible course of action for you to take is to call your Bridgend lawyer directly. You lawyer should advise you what has happened. Where they are not on the panel they may recommend you to a Bridgend conveyancing firm that is on the approved list of lawyers for your bank.
We see that you have a post code search directory listing solicitors on the Aldermore conveyancing panel. Do companies pay you a referral fee if I instruct them for our own conveyancing in Bridgend?
We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the Aldermore conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Bridgend.
I used Arc property Solicitors several years ago for my conveyancing in Bridgend. Now, I need my documents however the law firm is no longer operating. What do I do?
You should call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Bridgend of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously instructed, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
Just had an offer accepted on a new build apartment in Bridgend. Conveyancing is a frightening process at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build legal work.
Here are examples of a selection of leasehold new build questions that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Bridgend
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Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose? If there are lifts in the building, please confirm that the owners of flats on the ground and basement floors will not be required to contribute towards the cost of maintenance and renewal. Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier? Forfeiture - bankruptcy or liquidation must not apply under this provision. Where service of notices and proceedings can be at the property demised please confirm that this can be amended to include simultaneous services at the Lessees’ solicitors’ offices where the Lessee from time to time is not resident in the UK - such solicitors may be varied by notice in writing to the Landlord from time to time but otherwise will be as previously specified.
I have been pointed in your direction by a number of estate agents in Bridgend to choose a conveyancer on your site. What’s the financial inducement for Estate Agents to promote your site rather than a competitor’s?
We refuse to give any commission for pointing buyers and sellers in our direction. We found it would be just too difficult to pay a commission as members of the public would think, ‘How come the agent getting a kickback? Why aren’t I getting any benefit too?’ So we decided to step away from that.
We're first time buyers - had an offer accepted, but the selling agent has warned us that the owners will only move forward if we appoint their recommended conveyancers as they want a ‘quick sale’. Our preferred option is to instruct a local conveyancer used to conveyancing in Bridgend
We suspect that the owner is unaware of this demand. If they want ‘a quick sale', taking such a hostile approach to a genuine purchaser is is going to put the whole deal at risk. Bypass the agents and go straight to the owners and explain that (a)you are genuine buyers (b)you are ready to progress, with finances in place © you are unencumbered (d) you wish to move quickly (e)but you are going to use your preferred Bridgend conveyancing lawyers - not the ones that will give their estate agent a introducer fee or hit his conveyancing targets demanded by head office.