Please could you suggest a Norwich and Peterborough Building Society allowed Chelsea conveyancing firm who can have us moved in within two weeks? Am I best advised to unstruct a high street Chelsea solicitor or a nationwide comparison site?
We can recommend some very good Chelsea conveyancing firms. Another option is to visit the high street in Chelsea. Visit two or three firms and request to speak with a conveyancing solicitor for a costs illustration. Explain your requirements together with the reasons and get an assurance on your deadline. Choose the lawyer that appears most efficient.
We note that you have a search directory listing firms on the TSB conveyancing panel. Do firms pay you a referral fee if I appoint them for our own conveyancing in Chelsea?
We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the TSB conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Chelsea.
Do I choose a Licenced Conveyancer or Solicitor for conveyancing in Chelsea?
There are many registered licenced Conveyancers in Chelsea and Solicitor firms in Chelsea who provide Conveyancing services We would stress that both are supervised by regulatory bodies with both specialising in the legal work in transferring property. They may both also handle associated property related work such as remortgage conveyancing, lease extensions and transfer of equity conveyancing.
Have just purchased a repossessed house at auction in Chelsea. Conveyancing is needed. What is next?
Having exchanged you must instruct a conveyancing solicitor quickly as you now have a tight a drop dead date to complete the purchase. All auction property will ordinarily have an associated legal pack. This should include evidence of title and search results. If you have purchased leasehold property the auction papers may provide a copy of the lease, management information and a sellers leasehold information form and other conveyancing paperwork pertinent to leasehold premises. You must give this to your appointed conveyancing solicitor at the earliest opportunity. You also need to ensure that your finances are in place to complete the transaction on the set completion date.
I recently had an offer accepted on a house in Chelsea. My mortgage broker pressured me to appoint their conveyancer. I paid an upfront payment of £150. A couple of days later, the lawyer contacted me embarrassingly acknowledging that they were not on the Leeds Building Society 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 Leeds Building Society 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.
My wife and I purchased a semi-detached Georgian property in Chelsea. Conveyancing solicitor acted for me and TSB. I did a free Land Registry search last week and I saw a couple of entries: one for freehold, the second leasehold under the matching property. Is it worth asking TSB to clarify?
You need to assess the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register for mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered proprietor of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Chelsea and other locations in the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they sell they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with lenders. You can also check the situation with your conveyancing solicitor who conducted the conveyancing.
I was pointed in your direction by a few selling agents in Chelsea to locate a property lawyer using your seach tool. Is there a financial incentive for Estate Agents to recommend your site over a competitor’s?
We don’t offer any referral fee for pointing buyers and sellers our way. We found it would be just too difficult a fee because home movers will think, ‘Why is the agent getting a kickback? Why am I not receiving any benefit too?’ We would prefer to grow our business on genuine recommendations.
My husband and I are novice buyers - agreed a price, yet the selling agent advised that the seller will only move forward if we appoint the agent's preferred lawyers as they are insisting on an ‘expedited deal’. Our preferred option is to instruct a family conveyancer used to conveyancing in Chelsea
It is highly unlikely the vendors are behind this. Should the seller require ‘a quick sale', taking such a hostile approach to a genuine buyer is likely to cause more damage than good. Speak to the vendors direct and explain that (a)you are serious purchasers (b)you are excited to move forward, with mortgage lined up © you do not need to sell (d) you intend to proceed fast (e)but you will continue to appoint your preferred Chelsea conveyancing firm - rather thanthe ones that will provide their negotiator at the agency a introducer fee or achieve conveyancing targets pre-set by corporate headquarters.