My friend's dad is a conveyancer. I suspect that I'll be able to get mate’s pricing for conveyancing, However if that does not come through, what kind of figure would I typically be looking at for conveyancing in East Twickenham?
It’s prudent to get two or three conveyancing quotes. Do use our comparison tool on this page. You will notice that prices may contrast greatly but the service one can expect differ between law firms as is the case with most professions.
We are intent on selling our property in East Twickenham and according to the buyers it appears that there is a risk of it being constructed land that was not decontaminated. Any high street East Twickenham lawyer would know this is not the case. For the life of me I don't know why the purchasers used a national conveyancing firm as opposed to a conveyancing solicitor in East Twickenham. We have lived in East Twickenham for three years we know that this is a non issue. Do we contact our local Authority to get confirmation that the buyers are looking for.
It would appear that you have a conveyancing firm currently acting for you. What do they say? You should check with your lawyer before you do anything. It is very possible that once the local authority has been informed of a potential issue it cannot be insured against (a bit like being diagnosed with a serious illness and then taking out life insurance to cover that same sickness)
I have recentlyfound out that Arc property Solicitors have been shut down. They carried out my conveyancing in East Twickenham for a purchase of a leasehold apartment 18 months ago. How can I be sure that the property is not still registered in the name of the former proprietor?
The quickest method to check if the property is registered to you, you can make a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of East Twickenham conveyancing specialists.
Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold element on a house I put an offer in a fortnight ago in what should have been a simple, no chain conveyancing. East Twickenham is the location of the property. Can you shed any light on this issue?
Flying freeholds in East Twickenham are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in East Twickenham you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds diligently. Your mortgage company may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in East Twickenham may decide that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold premises.
I am looking into buying my first house which is in East Twickenham and I am already nervous. I couldn't find anything specific about East Twickenham. Conveyancing will be needed in due course but do you know about the East Twickenham area? or perhaps some other tips you can share?
Rather than looking online forget looking online you should go and have a look at East Twickenham. In the meantime here are some basic statistics that we found
Would local authority permission be needed to convert a house into a couple of appartments in East Twickenham? This has been done to a house adjacent to my house in East Twickenham and was unaware of it happening until it was complete.
Planning consent is required for splitting a single dwelling in East Twickenham into apartments but probably not for reverting back to single dwelling-house so, in answer to your question, yes.