I am need of leasehold conveyancing for an apartment in a relatively new development (five years old) in Corby. 95% of the appartments are already disposed of. Do I need carry out the conveyancing searches as part of conveyancing in Corby?
If you are acquiring a property with the assistance of a mortgage, your bank will insist on some (many) of the searches so you'll have no choice. If not, then Corby conveyancing searches are for you to decide upon. No doubt your conveyancer, will 'advise', perhaps in the strongest possible terms, that you should not go ahead without searches, but he or she is duty bound in this regard. One thing to bear in mind; if you are likely to sell the house one day, it may be of interest to your future buyer what the searches contain. Sometimes houses with no practical issues can still throw up adverse search results. But if you demand that your lawyer to proceed without searches then your lawyer will have to follow your instructions or ask you to appoint a different lawyer for your conveyancing in Corby.
Me and my partner are purchasing a apartment in Corby. It might be a silly question but how we can trust a conveyancer? On completion day we will need to send money into their account. What protection do we have from them run away with our money?
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.
The formalities of my purchase has taken place for my property in Corby. Conveyancing was a necessary evil but I would like to complain about the lender. How do I make a complaint?
Almost all banks and building societies have complaints procedures. Your first point of contact should be one of the lender’s branches or the Customer Services Department at head office. In most cases complaints to a lender are resolved effectively and efficiently. If you feel the matter is not resolved you can write to Financial Ombudsman Service, South Quay Plaza, 183 Marsh Wall, London E14 9SR who will take matters further.
I recently had an offer agreed on an apartment in Corby. My financial adviser suggested a lawyer. I paid an advanced payment of £175. A couple of days later, the property lawyer contacted me to say that they were not on the Principality 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 Principality 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.
Will our lawyer be raising enquiries about flooding during the conveyancing in Corby.
The risk of flooding is if increasing concern for solicitors dealing with homes in Corby. There are those who purchase a property in Corby, completely expectant that at some time, it may suffer from flooding. However, leaving to one side the physical damage, where a house is at risk of flooding, it may be difficult to obtain a mortgage, satisfactory insurance cover, or sell the premises. Steps can be carried out during the course of a property purchase to forewarn the purchaser.
Conveyancers are not qualified to give advice on flood risk, however there are a various searches that can be undertaken by the purchaser or on a buyer’s behalf which can give them a better understanding of the risks in Corby. The conventional set of completed inquiry forms supplied to a buyer’s solicitor (where the solicitors are adopting what is known as the Conveyancing Protocol) includes a usual inquiry of the seller to find out whether the premises has suffered from flooding. If the property has been flooded in past and is not disclosed by the seller, then a purchaser could commence a compensation claim as a result of such an misleading response. A buyer’s lawyers may also order an environmental search. This will disclose if there is any known flood risk. If so, additional inquiries should be conducted.
I have been recommended by a few property agents in Corby to get a quote from a solicitor using your seach tool. What’s the financial advantage for Estate Agents to promote your site ahead of alternative conveyancing organisations?
We don’t give any referral fee for directing people to this site. We thought it would be too underhand to pay a commission because a client could think, ‘Why is the agent getting a kickback? Why am I not getting any benefit too?’ We would prefer to grow our business on genuine recommendations.
In sourcing the web for the words on line conveyancing in Corby it brings up many solicitorsin the vicinity. With so much choice what is the best way to find the right conveyancing solicitor for the sale of my house?
The preferential way of choosing a suitable conveyancer is through a personal recommendation, so seek the guidance of friends and relatives who have bought a property in Corby or a respected estate agent or financial adviser. Fees for conveyancing in Corby vary, so it's advisable to request a minimum of four quotes from varying types of solicitors. Make sure that you clarify that the costs are assured not to to be inflated.
A conveyancing company dealt with my conveyancing in Corby four years past and was holding my registration certificates but has now closed – how do I retreive these?
Title deeds, as such, no longer exist as the majority of homes in Corby are recorded digitally at Land Registry. If you need to show evidence of proprietorship or are disposing of or refinancing your conveyancing practitioner should obtain up to date copies of the register from the Land Registry in any case.
If you feel there may be other documents or you have any other queries please e-mail your request with details of the transaction and documents you need to filerequest@clc-uk.org. The CLC will let you know what information they have and any additional information they may need before they are in a position to identify and send the documents to you. Following an intervention it may take some time for the CLC to access archived files and documents, but your request will be actioned as quickly as possible.