Can your site be used to locate a Conveyancing solicitor in Chatham even where I’m not purchasing or disposing of a house, for instance if I wish to acquire a shop in Chatham with a loan from Yorkshire Building Society?
Our comparison service is primarily there to get a quote from residential conveyancing solicitors in Chatham but we have listed towards the end of this page a selection of Chatham commercial conveyancing firms. You will need to make contact with the firm directly to check if they are also authorised to represent Yorkshire Building Society
My brother-in-law has suggested I instruct a conveyancing solicitor in Chatham. I I would like to check whether they are accepted on the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society conveyancing panel. Could you or the lender confirm if they are on the panel?
You should phone your lawyer and enquire if they are on the lender panel. Otherwise you should call Norwich and Peterborough Building Society who may be able to assist.
I am purchasing my first flat in Chatham benefiting from help to buy. The developers would not move on the amount so I negotiated £7000 of extras instead. The estate agent told me not disclose to my solicitor about this side-deal as it may put at risk my loan with Barclays Direct. Is this normal?.
All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.
Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.
Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.
I decided to have a survey done on a house in Chatham before instructing conveyancers. I have been told that there is a flying freehold aspect to the property. The surveyor has said that some mortgage companies tend refuse to give a mortgage on this type of property.
It depends who your proposed lender is. Bank of Scotland has different instructions for example to Halifax. If you contact us we can check with the appropriate mortgage company. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Chatham. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Chatham to see if the conveyancing will be more expensive.
In my capacity as executor for the will of my grandfather I am selling a residence in Newport but live in Chatham. My solicitor (who is 300 kilometers from meneeds me to sign a stat dec ahead of completion. Can you recommend a conveyancing lawyer in Chatham who can attest 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 based in Chatham
My fiance and I yesterday discovered that one of the directors of the conveyancing practice handling the purchase conveyancing in Chatham is an aunty of the vendor. Is this allowed?
As long as no conflict arises this should be fine. Where you are requiring mortgage finance then the lender may have a say as many mortgage companies have specific requirements concerning this. For example for Clydesdale Bank as of 10/11/2024, the requirements read as follows :