Finally the sale completed on my house in East Croydon last March but my buyer keeps telephoning every few hours complaining that his conveyancer is waiting to hear from mine. What are the post completion sale legalities following completion?
Post completion of your disposal your solicitor should send the transfer documentation and all of the paperwork to the buyer’s lawyers. Where appropriate, your solicitor should also confirm that the mortgage has been discharged to the buyers lawyers. There are no post completion formalities peculiar conveyancing in East Croydon.
When scouring consumer advice sites for an affordable solicitor in East Croydon, most advise that I must use a CQS assured solicitor. What is CQS?
The Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) provides a kitemark for residential conveyancing practices issued by the Law Society. Membership achievement establishes a level of credibility for member firms with stakeholders (regulators, lenders, insurers and consumers) based upon: * the integrity of the senior responsible officer and other key conveyancing staff * the firm's adherence to good practice management standards * adherence to best practice conveyancing procedures through the scheme protocol Membership covers many firms who handle conveyancing in East Croydon.
I am assisting my niece sell her flat in East Croydon. Does the solicitor commission an EPC or do I organise this?
Following the abolition of Home Information Packs, EPC’s was kept a required element of selling a house. An EPC must be commissioned prior to the property being marketed. It is not as aspect of the sale process that conveyancers ordinarily arrange. If you are instructing a East Croydon conveyancing practitioner they may be willing to arrange energy assessments given their relationships with reputable local providers
I have today made my last payment due on my mortgage with Yorkshire BS. I assume I don't need a East Croydon solicitor on the Yorkshire BS panel to remove the mortgage at the Land Registry. Please confirm.
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 selling my flat. I had a double glazing fitted in April 2010, but did not receive a FENSA certificate or Building Regulation Certificate. My buyer's lender, Nottingham are being pedantic. The East Croydon solicitor who is on the Nottingham conveyancing panel is recommending indemnity insurance as a solution but Nottingham are requiring a building regulation certificate. Why do Nottingham have a conveyancing panel if they don't accept advice from them?
It is probably the case that Nottingham have referred the matter to their valuer. The reason why Nottingham may not want to accept indemnity insurance is because it does not give them any reassurance that the double glazing was correctly and safely installed. The indemnity insurance merely protects against enforcement action which is very unlikely anyway.
I am purchasing a house and the conveyancer has mentioned Chancel Repair to which the property may be liable because it falls into the area of such a church. She has suggested insurance. Is this strictly appropriate for conveyancing in East Croydon
Unless a prior purchase of the premises completed post 12 October 2013 you can take it that lawyers handling conveyancing in East Croydon to remain encouraging a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.
Do I need to be wary by estate agents that I am dealing with are encouraging me to use an internet conveyancing firm as opposed to a High Street East Croydon conveyancing practice?
As with many professional services, often recommendations from family and friends can be most helpful. But there are numerous players in a conveyancing matter; estate agents, mortgage brokers and mortgage companies might all suggest conveyancers to instruct. Sometimes these lawyers might be known to one of the organisations as being good in their field, but occasionally there exists a commercial relationship behind the endorsement. You have the discretion to choose your own lawyer. Don't forget that most banks have an approved list of law firms you must use for the mortgage related work in your conveyancing.
I am four weeks into a freehold purchase having been recommend to solicitors by the high street agent to carry out the conveyancing in East Croydon. I am not happy. Can you help me find new conveyancers?
A conveyancer would need to be very poor in order to consider diss instructing them. Has your loan offer been sent? In the event that it has you must advise them of the new contact details and have the loan are re-sent. The solicitor ideally should be on the lenders approved list to avoid added fees and complications. So that should be your starting point. Our search tool can assist you in finding a bank approved solicitor for your home move in East Croydon