Finally the sale completed on my house in Clayton-le-Moors last February but the buyer keeps SMS messaging daily to moan that his lawyer is waiting to hear from mine. What should have happened now that I have sold?
Post completion of your house sale your solicitor is obliged to forward the transfer documentation and all supplemental paperwork to the purchaser's lawyers. Depending on the transaction, your solicitor should also evidence that the mortgage has been discharged to the buyers conveyancers. There are no post completion procedures just for conveyancing in Clayton-le-Moors.
The Clayton-le-Moors conveyancing lawyers that just started acting on my house acquisition in Clayton-le-Moors have suddenly closed. I only went with them because I had to have a firm on the Nottingham conveyancing panel and my family Clayton-le-Moors lawyer was not. I wrote them a cheque for £250 in advance. What do I do now?
If you have an estate agent involved then inform them immediately so that they can let the sellers know that there may be a slight delay due to reasons beyond your control. Most sellers would be sympathetic and urge their lawyer to send a new set of papers to your new solicitors. You will need to appoint new lawyers that are on the Nottingham conveyancing panel and notify the lender. If you have paid over any money, it will hopefully be held by the SRA as money in an intervened firm's bank accounts is transferred to the SRA. Then, the SRA or the intervention agent looks at the intervened firm's accounts to work out who the money belongs to. To claim your money you will need to contact the SRA. If the SRA cannot return money you are owed from the firm's bank accounts, or if they can only return part of the money, you can apply to the Compensation Fund for a grant. Your new lawyers may be able to help.
I require quick conveyancing in Clayton-le-Moors as I am faced with pressure to complete in less than one month. Thankfully I do not need a mortgage. Can I escape the need for conveyancing searches to save money and time?
If.Given you are not taking a mortgage you have the choice not to have searches conducted although no law firm would recommend that you don't. Drawing on our experience of conveyancing in Clayton-le-Moors the following are examples of issues that can appear and therefore affect future mortgageability: Refused Planning Applications, Overdue Fees, Outstanding Grants, Unadopted Roads,...
I used Action Conveyancing a few years ago for my conveyancing in Clayton-le-Moors. I now require my papers however the law firm has closed. What do I do?
Do contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate 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 Clayton-le-Moors 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 Clayton-le-Moors differ for newly converted properties?
Most buyers of new build residence in Clayton-le-Moors approach us having been asked by the developer to exchange contracts and commit to the purchase even before the premises is constructed. This is because builders in Clayton-le-Moors tend to acquire the land, 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 conveyancing solicitors 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 accustomed to new build conveyancing in Clayton-le-Moors or who has acted in the same development.
I am an executor of my recently deceased parent's Will, with a bungalow in Clayton-le-Moors which is to be marketed. The bungalow has never been registered at HMLR and I'm told that some EAs will insist that it is completed before they will proceed. What's the procedure for this?
In the circumstances that you have set out it seems prudent to apply to register in the names of the personal representative(s) as named in the probate and in their capacity as PRs. The Land Registry’s online guidance explains how to register for the first time and what is required re the deeds and forms. You would need to include and certified copy of the probate as well and complete the form FR1 to refer to the PRs as the applicant.