How up to date is your search tool for Cumberland conveyancing solicitors on the Santander conveyancing panel? Do Santander send you an updated list?
Cumberland conveyancing firms themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the Santander conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from Santander directly.
We're in Cumberland, FTBs buying with a mortgage (lender is UBS , and our solicitor is on the UBS conveyancing panel). How long should the conveyancing process take?
The fact that your lawyer is on the UBS conveyancing panel is a help. It would almost certainly delay matters if they were not. However, no lawyer should guarantee a timeframe for your conveyancing, due to third parties outside of your control such as delays caused by lenders,conveyancing search providers or by the other side’s solicitors. The time taken is often determined by the number of parties in a chain.
How does conveyancing in Cumberland differ for new build properties?
Most buyers of new build or newly converted property in Cumberland contact us having been asked by the developer to exchange contracts and commit to the purchase even before the premises is finished. This is because builders in Cumberland tend to acquire the site, 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 used to new build conveyancing in Cumberland or who has acted in the same development.
How can the Landlord & Tenant Act 1954 affect my business offices in Cumberland and how can your lawyers assist?
The particular law that you refer to gives protection to business lessees, giving them the a statutory right to make a request to court for a renewal tenancy and remain in occupation at the end of the lease term. There are certain specified grounds that a landlord can refuse a lease renewal and the rules are complicated. Fees are different for commercial conveyancing. Cumberland is one of the hundreds of areas of the UK in which the firms we work with have offices
I am thinking of appointing a conveyancing practitioner in Cumberland for my purchase. Can I review a firm’s complaints history with the profession’s regulator?
Anyone may search for published Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) decisions stemming from inquisitions from 2008 onwards. Visit Check a solicitor's record. To find details about the period before 1 January 2008, or to check a solicitors history, phone 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and 09.30 - 18.00 Tuesday. For callers outside the UK, dial +44 (0)121 329 6800. The SRA sometimes monitor call for training requirements.
We are in the midst of selling our flat in Cumberland. Conveyancing solicitors are doing their job but we have been asked to pay an extortionate amount by the landlord. To date we have paid £295.50 for a leasehold management pack and then another £117.20 for additional questions supplied by the buyers lawyer.
Neither you or your lawyer will have any control over the extent of the charges for this information however the typical fee for the information for Cumberland leasehold property is £380. For Cumberland conveyancing sales it is conventional for the owner to cover the costs. The landlord or their agents are not duty bound to answer these questions although many will be willing to do so - albeit often at exorbitant prices out of proportion to the work involved. Regretfully there is no law that mandates set fees for administrative tasks. Nor is there any legal time limit by which they are duty bound to provide the information.