I am in a contract race with another prospective purchaser for a property in Chelsea. What can I do to quicken up the buying process?
Where you are under time constraints to sign contracts it is advisable to make sure that your conveyancer is familiar with the location as they will benefit local contacts and intelligence. It is even conceivable that they may have handled otherhouses in the same road. Therefore consider using a Chelsea conveyancing firm. Second, make sure that the conveyancing firm is on the lender panel. It is claimed that 18% of Chelsea conveyancing transactions are delayed or derailed after finding out that a buyer’s conveyancer was not on their banks panel. In many cases this discovery resulted in the transaction being held up by an average of three weeks. It is understood that this issue impacts approximately 100,000 home sales every year. Most Chelsea conveyancing firms can not act for certain lenders so do check at the outset.
Are the BSA planning on creating a search tool with a view to list law firms on the Darlington Building Society conveyancing panel for example in Chelsea?
We would not expect to be advised of any plans on the part of the BSA to develop such a search facility.
What can a local search tell me concerning the property we're purchasing in Chelsea?
Chelsea conveyancing often starts with the ordering local authority searches directly from your local Authority or via a personal search company such as PSG The local search is essential in every Chelsea conveyancing purchase; as long as you wish to avoid any unpleasant once you have moved into your property. The search will supply data on, amongst other things, details on planning applications applicable to the property (whether granted or refused), building control history, any enforcement action, restrictions on permitted development, nearby road schemes, contaminated land and radon gas; in all a total of 13 topic headings.
Due to the guidance of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a house in Chelsea in advance of retaining lawyers. I have been told that there is a flying freehold overhang to the house. The surveyor advised that some lenders may not grant a loan on such a house.
It depends who your proposed lender is. Santander has different instructions for example to Birmingham Midshires. Should you wish to telephone us we can check via the relevant mortgage company. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Chelsea. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Chelsea to see if the conveyancing costs will increase in light of this.
Are there any apps to assist me to search for a Chelsea law firm on the Chelsea Building Society conveyancing panel? I drive a motor bike and am willing to travel upto 20miles to meet the conveyancer.
Feel free to make use of the tool on this website. Please select a bank and your location and you will see a number of Chelsea conveyancing lawyers located nearest you. We have detailed some Chelsea conveyancing firms at the bottom of this page and you can contact them to check if they are on the Chelsea Building Society panel
As co-executor for the estate of my aunt I am disposing of a property in Monmouth but I am based in Chelsea. My lawyer (based 200 kilometers awayneeds me to sign a statutory declaration before completion. Can you recommend a conveyancing solicitor in Chelsea to attest this legal document for me?
strictly speaking you are unlikely to need to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally any notary public or qualified solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are located in Chelsea