It may have been a long time coming a loan offer from HSBC for the remortgage of my 2 room garden flat is expected any day now. Could you propose a cheap conveyancing lawyer in East Barnet?
This site is not designed to help those in pursuit of the cheapest conveyancing solicitors in East Barnet. We can offer you cost effective conveyancing but we do not aim to advertise as being the cheapest. Avoid the trap of appointing brokers enticing you with £100 conveyancing in East Barnet. In your best case scenario, in choosing a lawyer for low cost conveyancing, you will get your money’s worth and at worst you will end up paying a lot in extras and still not receive the service you were looking for.
Finally the sale completed on my house in East Barnet last November but my buyer keeps SMS messaging me to say her lawyer needs to hear from mine. What should have happened now that I have sold?
Post completion of your sale your lawyer should deliver the transfer deeds and all additional paperwork to the purchaser's conveyancer. Depending on the transaction, your lawyer must also evidence that the home loan has been redeemed to the buyers lawyers. There is unlikely to be post completion steps peculiar conveyancing in East Barnet.
My bank has suggested solicitors on their panel based in East Barnet but I would rather instruct a conveyancing lawyer in East Barnet or nearer to where I live. Can you assist?
Not all East Barnet conveyancing practitioners are on all lender’s conveyancing panel. Use the above find an approved solicitor tool to identify a East Barnet conveyancing firm on the on the bank panel.
How does conveyancing in East Barnet differ for newly converted properties?
Most buyers of new build or newly converted property in East Barnet contact us having been asked by the developer to sign contracts and commit to the purchase even before the house is constructed. This is because house builders in East Barnet tend to purchase 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 accustomed to new build conveyancing in East Barnet or who has acted in the same development.
Over the last few months I have been searching for a ground for flat up to £245,000 and identified one round the corner in East Barnet I like with amenity areas and station nearby, the downside is that it only has 51 remaining years left on the lease. I can't really find anything else in East Barnet suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error purchasing a lease with such few years left?
If you require a home loan that many years will likely be problematic. Discount the price by the amount the lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the current proprietor has owned the premises for at least twenty four months you can ask them to start the process of the extension and pass it to you. You can add 90 years to the existing lease term and have £0 ground rent by law. You should speak to your conveyancing solicitor concerning this matter.
How easy is it to change a solicitor as I need to find a East Barnet based firm who is on the bank conveyancing panel. How simple is it to change conveyancer?
In the event that you have not formally instructed a solicitor to start work and at this stage simply received an estimate as to costs, you're perfectly free to choose a different solicitor to carry out your work for you. The best way is to get recommendations from friends or family who have actually used the solicitor or conveyancer in East Barnet that you're thinking of instructing.