We were about to instruct a conveyancing solicitor in Catterick Garrison listed by you but stumbled across alternative fee calculations via the web look cheaper – how come?
There are lots of solicitors advertising what appear to be the cheapest conveyancing in Catterick Garrison. Our advice is to think twice about how much you respect your own move to you are willing to take 'cheap' risks with regard to the quality of the legal work. Many of them accentuate a cheap quote to grab your attention but bury extra charges in the small print..
I had intended to instruct a conveyancing solicitor in Catterick Garrison for our house move. Our financial adviser informed us that our mortgage lenders Accord Mortgages Ltd won't deal with them. Surely this is unfair competition?
A mortgage company may require an approved solicitor act for it. Borrowers are expected to meet the cost of this. Try using our search facility to find a solicitor to carry conveyancing in Catterick Garrison on the Accord Mortgages Ltd approved list of solicitors.
We are purchasing a house in Catterick Garrison. It might be a silly question but how we can trust a lawyer? At some point we will need to send money into their account. What protection do we have from them run away with our monies?
Be assured that all money in a Solicitors client account is 100% safe, and even if your Solicitor ran off with it, the Law Society would reimburse you fully.
I am buying a property in Catterick Garrison. A rare aspect is that the roof has a solar panel. Yorkshire BS have issued a mortgage offer so presumably this is not a concern to them. Why is my solicitor raising questions about the panel?
Given that you are obtaining a mortgage with Yorkshire BS your lawyer must follow the formal instructions set out in Part two of UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook for Yorkshire BS. The CML Handbook includes minimum specifications for solar panel roof-space leases, and conveyancers are required to report to Yorkshire BS where a lease fails to satisfy these requirements. The requirements relate to the installation of panels on properties nationwide and is not isolated to Catterick Garrison.
I recently had an offer agreed on an apartment in Catterick Garrison. My mortgage broker suggested a property lawyer. I paid an advanced payment of £175. Soon after, the property lawyer called me sheepishly admitting that they were not on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?
You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the Clydesdale panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.
Do I need to take out insurance to address the risk of chancel repairs when purchasing a house in Catterick Garrison?
Unless a prior acquisition of the house completed after 12 October 2013 you may assume that conveyancing practitioners conducting conveyancing in Catterick Garrison to continue to suggest a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.
Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold issue on a house I put an offer in last month in what was supposed to be a quick, chain free conveyancing. Catterick Garrison is where the house is located. Can you shed any light on this issue?
Flying freeholds in Catterick Garrison are not the norm but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Catterick Garrison you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds very carefully. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Catterick Garrison may ascertain that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold property.
In my capacity as executor for the estate of my father I am selling a property in Swansea but live in Catterick Garrison. My conveyancer (approximately 200 miles from mehas requested that I sign a statutory declaration before the transaction finalising. Can you recommend a conveyancing solicitor in Catterick Garrison who can witness this legal document for me?
strictly speaking you are unlikely to be required to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally any notary public or qualified solicitor will do regardless of whether they are located in Catterick Garrison