I have given 8 weeks notice to my existing landlord and have to be out of my let out apartment in Felling and Pelaw by 29/12/2025. Conveyancing for my house purchase is underway. Can I complete in three weeks as I wish to avoid having to find temporary accommodation?
It is unwise to provide notice for your letting unless your lawyer suggests that you should. Assuming that you have not already done so, speak to your conveyancer and request that they cajole the owners side, try to get a realistic time scale from them that all parties will aim to achieve
We are planning to acquire a property and need a conveyancing solicitor in Felling and Pelaw who is on the Coventry BS solicitor panel. Could you point me in the right direction as regards a conveyancing firm?
Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Coventry BS . We don't recommend any particular firms conducting conveyancing in Felling and Pelaw.
The Felling and Pelaw conveyancing lawyers that just started acting on my purchase in Felling and Pelaw have without warning closed. They were on acting for me because I had to have a firm on the Yorkshire BS conveyancing panel and my previous Felling and Pelaw lawyer was not. I cut them a cheque for £250 in advance. What should be my next steps?
Assuming that you have an Estate Agent in the equation then let them know straight away so that they advise the vendors that there may be a slight delay due to the problems encountered. Hopefully they will be sympathetic and urge their lawyer to send a new set of papers to your new solicitors. You should appoint new lawyers that are on the Yorkshire BS conveyancing panel and notify the lender. If you have paid over any money, it will hopefully be held by the SRA as money in an intervened firm's bank accounts is transferred to the SRA. Then, the SRA or the intervention agent looks at the intervened firm's accounts to work out who the money belongs to. To claim your money you will need to contact the SRA. If the SRA cannot return money you are owed from the firm's bank accounts, or if they can only return part of the money, you can apply to the Compensation Fund for a grant. Your new lawyers should be in a position to help.
How does conveyancing in Felling and Pelaw differ for newly converted properties?
Most buyers of new build or newly converted property in Felling and Pelaw approach us having been asked by the developer to sign contracts and commit to the purchase even before the premises is built. This is because builders in Felling and Pelaw tend to buy the real estate, 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 conveyancers 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 Felling and Pelaw or who has acted in the same development.
I have been pointed in your direction by numerous selling agents in Felling and Pelaw to find a conveyancer using your seach tool. What’s the financial upside for Estate Agents to recommend your site over alternative conveyancing organisations?
We refuse to offer any financial incentive for directing people our way. We found it would be just too difficult to pay a commission as members of the public would think, ‘Why is the agent getting a kickback? Why aren’t I receiving any benefit too?’ So we decided to step away from that.
My conveyancers in Felling and Pelaw have advised me that no longer have my conveyancing file. At the time of my purchase I took out a mortgage with the bank. Is it case that being on the lender conveyancing panel they need to have retained the file for a prescribed period?
It very much depends from lender to lender but many of the Terms and Conditions of Conveyancing Panel Appointment require the file to be held for a period of 6 years. That being said we have not seen a copy of the bank Conveyancing Panel Terms. It might be worth you contacting the lender directly.