When does exchange of contracts happen for sale conveyancing in Brockenhurst and am I required to be at the solicitors office?
If you are local to our conveyancing solicitors in Brockenhurst you are welcome to attend to sign the paperwork. That being said, the law practices we work with supply countrywide coverage for conveyancing and give as equally detailed and professional a job for you when dealing with you electronically. The signing of the contract is not the important part. Signing on the dotted line is just a prerequisite for the solicitor to exchange contracts when the time is right, which is ordinarily shortly after signing. The procedure is is usually a five minute process, although where a lengthy "chain" is involved, since the process requires the relevant party's solicitor (not necessarily a conveyancing solicitor in Brockenhurst)to be in the office at the appropriate time.
My uncle passed away last year and as sole heir and executor I was left the house in Brockenhurst. The house had a small mortgage remaining of approximately £4500. I want to transfer the title deeds into my name whilst I re-mortgage to Co-operative, pay off the mortgage. Is this possible?
If you plan to refinance then Co-operative will require that you use a conveyancer on the Co-operative conveyancing panel. Here is link to the Land Registry online guidance around what to do when a property owner dies. This will help you to understand the registration process behind changing the details re the registered title. in your case it would appear that you are effectively purchasing the property from the estate. Your Co-operative conveyancing panel solicitor pays the new mortgage money into the estate, the estate pays off the old mortgage, the charge is released and you become the owner and the Co-operative mortgage is registered as a charge at the Land Registry.
A friend recommended that where I am buying in Brockenhurst I should ask my conveyancer to execute a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?
A search of this type is occasionally quoted for as part of the standard Brockenhurst conveyancing searches. It is a large report of about 40 pages, listing and detailing important information about Brockenhurst around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the local Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime details, Brockenhurst Education with plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information regarding Brockenhurst.
Given that I am about to part with hundreds of thousands of pounds on a garden flat in Brockenhurst I would like to have a conversation with the solicitor regarding thehouse move prior to appointing the firm. Is this something that you can arrange?
This is something that we recommend - it is our preference to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you liaising with the solicitor due to be carrying out your property ownership legalities in Brockenhurst.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - every client is an important individual, not a matter number. The practices that we put you in touch with believe that the figure you are calculated and presented to you for residential conveyancing in Brockenhurst should be the figure that you end up paying.
My husband and I are four weeks into a residential purchase having been referred to a firm by the selling agent to do our conveyancing in Brockenhurst. We are not happy. Could you help me find new solicitors?
They would need to be very bad in order to consider changing them. Has the mortgage offer been issued? In the event that it has you must inform them of the new contact details and have the offer are re-sent. The solicitor ideally should be on the mortgage company approved list to avoid added fees and frustration. So that should be your starting point. Our search tool can help you find a bank approved conveyancer for your home move in Brockenhurst
What can I do where I am unhappy with the solicitor who did our conveyancing in Brockenhurst?
Occasionally the level of service you receive is not as you expect, and unfortunately every so often matters do not go as planned. Nevertheless there is recourse if you were not happy with your conveyancing in Brockenhurst. This varies from trying to resolve matters directly with them, through to reporting a property lawyer to their regulator. If you remain unhappy you may consider getting in touch with the Legal Ombudsman.