Are you able to vouch for a Birmingham Midshires accepted Cottenham conveyancing practice who can have us moved in within under 3 weeks? Am I best advised to go for a local Cottenham conveyancer or a national firm?
We would be happy to suggest some excellent Cottenham conveyancing firms. You can also walk up the main road in Cottenham. Visit some well established law practices and request to see a conveyancing solicitor for a quote. Mention your time frames together with the reasons and ask for a commitment on your deadline. Appoint the lawyer that you trust.
I am assisting my step-mother sell her property in Cottenham. Will the solicitor order an EPC or it is for me to see to?
After the demise of Home Information Packs, energy assessments was kept a mandatory component of moving house. An energy performance certificate must be to hand in advance of the property being marketed. It is not something that lawyers ordinarily organise. If you are instructing a Cottenham conveyancing practitioner they may be willing to arrange energy performance certificates due to their relationships with long established local energy assessors
I am buying a 3 bedroom semi in Cottenham. The intention is to carry out a loft conversion at the house.Will the conveyancing process include checks to determine if these works were previously refused?
Your property lawyer should check the registered title as conveyancing in Cottenham will on occasion reveal restrictions in the title deeds which restrict categories of works or need the consent of a 3rd party. Certain additions call for local authority planning permissions and approval in accordance building regulations. Some areas are designated conservation areas and special planning restrictions apply which often prevent or affect extensions. You should check these issues with a surveyor ahead of any purchase.
Does a directory service exist listing Lloyds panel conveyancers in Cottenham on the Council of Mortgage Lender’s Website?
No. There is no such facility on the Council of Mortgage Lenders or Building Society Association websites. Very few mortgage companies make their panel listings open the public over the internet. Where you are looking for a Cottenham solicitor on the Lloyds please use our tool.
We are selling our house in Cottenham and the buyers lawyers are claiming that there is a risk of it being constructed land that was not decontaminated. Any high street Cottenham conveyancer would know this is not the case. It does beg the question why the purchasers instructed a nationwide conveyancing outfit rather than a conveyancing solicitor in Cottenham. We have lived in Cottenham for six years we know that this is a non issue. Should we contact our local Authority to get confirmation that there is no issue.
It would appear that you have a conveyancing firm already. What do they say? You need to check with your lawyer before you do anything. It is very possible that once the local authority has been informed of a potential issue it cannot be insured against (a bit like being diagnosed with a serious illness and then taking out health insurance to cover that same sickness)
I used Stirling Law several years past for my conveyancing in Cottenham. Now, I need my files however the law firm has closed. What do I do?
You should call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracing 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 Cottenham of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously hired, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
How does the Landlord & Tenant Act 1954 impact my business property in Cottenham and how can you help?
The particular law that you refer to affords a safeguard to commercial lessees, granting the dueness to make a request to court for a continuation of occupancy when the lease reaches an end. There are limited grounds where a landlord can refrain from granting a lease renewal and the rules are involved. Fees are different for commercial conveyancing. Cottenham is one of our hundreds of areas of the UK in which the firms we work with are located
Myself and my fiance have just had an offer agreed on a house and had meeting on Wednesday with the Post Office for the mortgage. They warned me that when it comes to appointing a property lawyer that unless they are on their approved list of solicitors then we will incur a further fee of £250+. This is is due to the fact that they would then have to appoint a conveyancer to act for them as well as the one we select for ourselves and we will be on the hook for their fees. I have requested the Post Office to furnish me with a list so I can obtain quotes only from their approved conveyancers but was told that I need to check with each individual solicitor to see if they are on the panel. What would be the best way of going about this?
You should ask the Post Office what their criteria for panel membership is for a solicitor.Then ask the lawyer of your choice whether they meet the criteria and have they acted on loans for the Post Office previously. If the answer to those is yes, then just clarify this with the Post Office. Alternatively please make use of our search facility and we should be able to find you a conveyancer in Cottenham on the panel for the Post Office.