My IFA has asked me for my Coulsdon law firm’s panel member for the Nationwide conveyancing panel. Can you suggest how I obtain this. I have contacted my local Coulsdon office but they don't know it.
Have you tried speaking to your Coulsdon property lawyer about this?. Most Coulsdon conveyancing practices will keep a file or database of lender panel information which would include, if applicable, their conveyancing panel details for each mortgage company.
Can the conveyancing solicitors to be found on your site conduct auction conveyancing in Coulsdon?
There are a few auction practitioners we can put you in touch with those specialising in auction conveyancing. Coulsdon is just one of hundreds of locations in which our lawyers have a presence.
It is a dozen years since I acquired my property in Coulsdon. Conveyancing lawyers have recently been appointed on the sale but I can't find my deeds. Is this a problem?
You need not be too concerned. First there is a chance that the deeds will be kept by your lender or they could still be with the solicitor who acted in the purchase. Secondly the chances are that the land will be registered at the land registry and you will be able to establish that you own the property by your conveyancing lawyers procuring current official copies of the land registers. Nearly all conveyancing in Coulsdon relates to registered property but in the unlikely event that your property is unregistered it is more problematic but is not insurmountable.
Should our conveyancer be making enquiries regarding flooding as part of the conveyancing in Coulsdon.
The risk of flooding is if increasing concern for lawyers dealing with homes in Coulsdon. Plenty of people will purchase a property in Coulsdon, fully 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, adequate building insurance, or dispose of the property. Steps can be carried out during the course of a property purchase to forewarn the purchaser.
Solicitors are not best placed to impart advice on flood risk, however there are a number of checks that may be undertaken by the buyer or by their solicitors which can give them a better appreciation of the risks in Coulsdon. The conventional set of completed inquiry forms sent to a buyer’s conveyancer (where the solicitors are adopting what is known as the Conveyancing Protocol) includes a standard question of the seller to find out whether the property has suffered from flooding. If the property has been flooded in past which is not notified by the vendor, then a purchaser may bring a legal claim for losses stemming from an misleading response. A buyer’s conveyancers will also commission an enviro report. This will reveal if there is a recorded flood risk. If so, additional inquiries will need to be made.
I used Stirling Law several years past for my conveyancing in Coulsdon. Now, I need my documents but cannot find the solicitor. 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 Coulsdon 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.
Is it best to instruct a Coulsdon conveyancing lawyer who is local to the property I am purchasing? An old friend can perform the legal work however his firm is located 400miles drive away.
The benefit of a high street Coulsdon conveyancing firm is that you can visit the firm to sign documents, present your identification documents and apply pressure on them if necessary. Having local Coulsdon know how is a benefit. That being said nothing is more important than finding someone that will do a good and efficient job. If you know people who instructed your friend and they were happy that should surpass using an unknown Coulsdon conveyancing solicitor just because they are Coulsdon based.