Completed the sale of my flat in County Durham last July but our buyer keeps Skype messaging every few hours to moan that her conveyancer is waiting to hear from mine. What should have happened following completion?
Following your house sale your lawyer should send the transfer documentation and all additional paperwork to the purchaser's solicitors. Depending on the transaction, your lawyer should also evidence that the mortgage has been redeemed to the buyers solicitors. There are no post completion procedures specific conveyancing in County Durham.
When it comes to mortgage companies such as Nationwide, do County Durham conveyancers have to pay a fee to be on the conveyancing panel?
We are not aware of any mortgage company fees to be on their panel, although some do charge an administration charge to deal with the processing of the conveyancing panel submission.
I'm in the throws of looking at apartments in County Durham and I am now considering a potential offer. Should I already have a solicitor appointed at this stage? I will be getting a home loan with TSB.
It would be advisable to start your search sooner rather than later. Once you decide who you want to use and once your offer is accepted you can instruct them to work for you and forward their contact information on to the selling agent. Given that you are obtaining a mortgage with TSB, make sure you remember to check that your lawyer is on the TSB conveyancing panel.
I have today made my last payment due on my mortgage with Yorkshire BS. I assume I don't need a County Durham conveyancing practitioner on the Yorkshire BS panel to discharge the mortgage at the Land Registry. Am I right?
If you have finished paying off your Yorkshire BS mortgage, they may send you evidence showing that you have paid it off. Alternatively they may notify the Land Registry directly. The Land Registry need to see this evidence before they will remove the Yorkshire BS mortgage from the register. Yorkshire BS, and any evidence they send you, will determine the action you need to take. In cases where no conveyancer is acting for you and you have paid off your mortgage:
- but are not moving to another property
- where Yorkshire BS has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
- Yorkshire BS has instructed the Land Registry to do so
I am buying a new build flat in County Durham. Conveyancing is daunting at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build legal work.
Set out below is a sample of a selection of leasehold new build questions that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in County Durham
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Please supply a car parking plan. Please confirm the Lease plans are surveyor prepared. Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company? Where there is an Undertaking being granted there is the risk of forfeiture of the Headlease subject to relief if one or more of the Underlessees are willing to accept the original Head Lessee’s obligations as otherwise relief will be denied to the Underlessees. The only alternatives are the Head Lessor agreeing not to forfeit the Headlease or the Head Lessee guaranteeing to the Underlessees that it will not be in breach of the Headlease.
My business partner and I are looking to take an assignment of a lease of an office on a shopping parade. Can you recommend lawyers offering competitive fees for commercial conveyancing in County Durham for under £2000?
We are happy to recommend firms who host a wealth of experience of commercial conveyancing in County Durham, including the disposal and acquisition of businesses as well as simply premises. If you are looking to acquire or dispose of a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail premises or a complete business we will find you the right solicitor. As for the costs this will depend on the structure and terms of the deal. Let us have your details or telephone us so that we may furnish you with a detailed commercial conveyancing quote.
Is it best to go with a County Durham conveyancing solicitor in close proximity to the house I am purchasing? I have an old university friend who can carry out the conveyancing but her office is 300kilometers drive away.
The primary upside of using a high street County Durham conveyancing firm is that you can drop in to sign documents, deliver your ID and pester them where appropriate. They will also have local insight which is a benefit. That being said nothing is more important than finding someone that will pull out all the stops for you. If other friends have instructed your friend and in the main were happy that should trump using an unknown County Durham conveyancing lawyer just because they are local.
I am thinking of using an online solicitor as opposed to a County Durham conveyancing practice. Should I ‘stay local’?
Advantages do exist in being able to pop in to a local County Durham conveyancing solicitor such as
- signing documents on short notice
- having face-to-face explanations of issues you don't understand
- the ability to raise concerns if things go pear-shaped
When checking fees, look carefully for hidden extras. The majority decent County Durham high street solicitors give an all-inclusive figure. Often online agents seem to offer discounted prices, yet have burried 'extras' in the small print.