I was recommended to a solicitor who has quoted £1350 for no sale no fee conveyancing in Ettington. I am selling a Victorian detached home for £250,000. Are the quoted fees excessive? Is it above the norm for conveyancing in Ettington?
The estimate does seem a tad overpriced. Where you are happy to spend time scrutinising costs you may be able to reduce the fees marginally by perhaps a hundred pounds. On the other hand, you maylive to rue opting for an an unknown lawyer. Remember to ensure the solicitor can also act for your bank. Do use our search tool to locate a Ettington conveyancing company on the banks approved list of lawyers which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Ettington.
As someone unfamiliar with the Ettington conveyancing process what’s the number one tip you can impart for the ownership transfer in Ettington
You may not hear this from too many lawyers but conveyancing in Ettington or throughout England and Wales is often a confrontational experience. In other words, when it comes to conveyancing there exists plenty of opportunity for friction between you and others involved in the house moving process. For instance, the vendor, estate agent and on occasion the lender. Appointing a law firm for your conveyancing in Ettington should not be taken lightly as your conveyancer is your adviser, and is the ONLY party in the transaction whose role it is to act in your legal interests and to keep you safe.
There is a worrying ongoing adversarial element to conveyancing- someone must be at fault for the process taking so long. We recommend that you your first instinct should be to trust your solicitor ahead of all other players in the conveyancing process.
Having spent time reading mumsnet.com for an online solicitor in Ettington, most advise that I must instruct a CQS kitemarked solicitor. Can you explain what CQS is?
Ettington Conveyancing Quality Scheme law firms have been granted certification under the Law Society's Scheme (CQS) CQS was established to promote high standards in the home moving process. CQS helps consumers to recognise solicitor firms that provide a quality residential conveyancing. Ettington is one of the many areas in England and Wales in which CQS have a presence. The scheme obliges solicitors to undergo a strict assessment, compulsory training, self-certification, random audits and annual reviews in order to maintain CQS status. It is open only to members of the Law Society who meet the demanding standards set by the scheme and has the support of the Council of Mortgage Lenders.
We are selling our property in Ettington and the buyers lawyers are claiming that there is a possibility that the property was constructed on contaminated land. A high street Ettington conveyancer would know that there is no such problem. For the life of me I don't know why the purchasers instructed a web based conveyancing outfit rather than a conveyancing solicitor in Ettington. Having lived in Ettington for six years we know that this is a non issue. Is it a good idea to contact our local Authority to seek confirmation that the buyers are looking for.
It would appear that you have a conveyancing solicitor already. What do they say? You should enquire of 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 opted to have a survey carried out on a property in Ettington prior to retaining conveyancers. I have been informed that there is a flying freehold overhang to the house. Our surveyor advised that some lenders will refuse to issue a mortgage on this type of home.
It depends who your proposed lender is. Santander has different instructions for example to Halifax. Should you wish to telephone us we can investigate further via the relevant bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Ettington. Conveyancing will be smoother if you use a solicitor in Ettington especially if they regularly deal with such properties in Ettington.
A licensed conveyancer handled my conveyancing in Ettington three years past and was holding my deeds but has now closed – What can I do to retreive them?
Title deeds, as such, no longer exist as most homes in Ettington are archived digitally at Land Registry. Where you need to establish ownership or are selling or re-mortgaging your conveyancing practitioner will need to obtain up to date copies of the register from the Land Registry in any case.
If you feel there may be other documents or you have any other queries please e-mail your request with details of the transaction and documents you need to filerequest@clc-uk.org. The CLC will let you know what information they have and any additional information they may need before they are in a position to identify and send the documents to you. Following an intervention it may take some time for the CLC to access archived files and documents, but your request will be actioned as quickly as possible.