Do the conveyancing solicitors identified via your ’find a lawyer’ tool carry out right to buy conveyancing in Castle Vale?
We have identified a variety of conveyancing practitioners who can conduct right to buy conveyancing You should contact the conveyancers listed in order to get a costs calculation.
I used Action Conveyancing several years ago for my conveyancing in Castle Vale. I now require my file however the law firm has closed. What do I do?
You should contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracing 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 Castle Vale of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously used, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
How does conveyancing in Castle Vale differ for new build properties?
Most buyers of new build property in Castle Vale contact us having been asked by the builder to sign contracts and commit to the purchase even before the residence is built. This is because new home sellers in Castle Vale tend to acquire the site, plan the estate and want to get the plots sold off as they are building the properties. Buyers, therefore, will have to exchange contracts without actually seeing the house they are buying. To reduce the chances of losing the property, buyers should instruct property lawyers as soon as the property is reserved and mortgage applications should be submitted quickly. Due to the fact that it could be several months and even years between exchange of contracts and completion, the mortgage offer may need to be extended. It would be wise to use a lawyer who specialises in new build conveyancing especially if they are used to new build conveyancing in Castle Vale or who has acted in the same development.
Due to the advice of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a house in Castle Vale in advance of appointing lawyers. I have been informed that there is a flying freehold element to the house. Our surveyor advised that some lenders may refuse to give a loan on such a home.
It depends who your proposed lender is. Santander has different requirements for example to Halifax. If you contact us we can check via 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 Castle Vale. Conveyancing will be smoother if you use a solicitor in Castle Vale especially if they are accustomed to such properties in Castle Vale.
Given that I will soon part with 450k on a terraced house in Castle Vale I would like to have a conversation with the conveyancer concerning thetransaction in advance of appointing the firm. Can this be arranged?
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 conveyancer who will be carrying out your property ownership legalities in Castle Vale.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - each client is an important individual, not a matter number. The solicitors that we put you in touch with believe that the figure you are calculated and presented to you for residential conveyancing in Castle Vale should be the figure that you end up paying.
Me and my partner have recently had an offer accepted on a house and had meeting on Tuesday with the Post Office for the mortgage. They warned us that when it comes to appointing a conveyancing practitioner that unless they are on their approved list of lawyers then we will be subject to an an additional charge of about two hundred pounds. This is is due to the fact that they will then have to select a conveyancer to act on their behalf as well as the one we choose to act on our behalf and we will be on the hook for their invoice. I have asked the Post Office to send me with a list so I can request estimates only from their approved solicitors but was told that I need to check with each individual solicitor to see if they are on the panel. Is there a list online?
You can enquire of the Post Office what their panel criteria is for a solicitor.Then ask the conveyancer of your choice whether they meet the criteria and have they acted on loans for the Post Office before. Where the answer to those is yes, then just clarify this with the Post Office. Another option is to utilise our search tool and we should be able to identify a solicitor in Castle Vale on the panel for the Post Office.