Can I use your services to locate a Conveyancing solicitor in Feltham even if I’m not purchasing or selling a house, for example if I want to acquire a shop in Feltham with a mortgage from HSBC Bank?
The service is mainly there to help choose residential conveyancing solicitors in Feltham but we have set out towards the end of this page some Feltham commercial conveyancing firms. You should enquire with the solicitors directly to establish if they can also act for HSBC Bank
I had intended to instruct a property lawyer in Feltham for our home move. Our financial adviser has since advised us that our bank Santander won't deal with them. Surely this is unduly restrictive?
Banks normally imposes restrictions either the category or the amount of conveyancing firms on their member panel. A common example of such restriction(s) being that a firm must have two or more partners. In addition to restricting the profile of firm, some have limited the number of solicitor practices they allow to act for them. Be aware that Santander have no responsibility for the quality of advice provided by any member of Santander Conveyancer Panel. Mortgage fraud was a primary driver in the reduction of conveyancing panels a few years ago even though there remains mixed opinions about the extent of solicitor engagement in some of that fraud. Statistics from the Land Registry reveal that hundreds of law firms, including some in or near Feltham only carry out one or two conveyances a year.
I am assisting my aunt sell her house in Feltham. Does the conveyancing solicitor commission an energy performance certificate or should I organise this?
After the demise of Home Information Packs, energy performance certificates became a compulsory part of selling a house. An EPC must be to hand before the property is advertised. This is not as aspect of the sale process that solicitors ordinarily arrange. Where you are using a Feltham conveyancing practitioner they may help arrange energy assessments given their relationships with reputable local energy assessors
My wife and I purchasing a victorian detached house in Feltham. Our aim is to an extension at the rear at the house.Will legal due diligence on the property involve checks to determine if these alterations were previously refused?
Your solicitor should check the registered title as conveyancing in Feltham will sometimes reveal restrictions in the title documents which prohibit certain changes or require the consent of a 3rd party. Certain works call for local authority planning consent and approval in accordance building regulations. Many areas are designated conservation areas and special planning restrictions apply which frequently prevent or affect extensions. It would be sensible to check these things with a surveyor before you commit yourself to a purchase.
I am the only recipient of my late father’s estate and I have everything in my name now, including the house in Feltham. Conveyancing formalities meant that the Land Registry date was in November. I want to move. I understand that there is a Mortgage Lenders six month 'rule', which means that my proprietorship may be considered the same way as though I had purchased the house in November. Will no one buy the property for half a year?
The CML handbook instructs solicitors to: "report to us immediately if the owner or registered proprietor has been registered for less than six months." By the strict wording you might be affected by that. many banks would take a pragmatic view as this requirement principally exists to capture subsales or the wholesaling and assigning of properties.
I am purchasing a house and the conveyancer has identified Chancel Repair for which the property may be obligated to pay given it’s proximity to the area of such a church. She has recommended insurance. Is this really appropriate for conveyancing in Feltham
Unless a previous acquisition of the property completed post 12 October 2013 you can assume that conveyancing practitioners handling conveyancing in Feltham to remain recommending a chancel search and or chancel repair liability policy.
About to purchase a new build apartment in Feltham. Conveyancing is daunting at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build conveyancing.
Here is a sample of a selection of leasehold new build questions that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Feltham
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There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants. The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme. Please confirm the Lease plans are surveyor prepared. Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose? If there are lifts in the building, please confirm that the owners of flats on the ground and basement floors will not be required to contribute towards the cost of maintenance and renewal.
As co-executor for the estate of my grandfather I am disposing of a house in Newport but live in Feltham. My lawyer (approximately 260 kilometers awayrequires that I execute a statutory declaration ahead of completion. Can you recommend a conveyancing practitioner in Feltham who can attest and place their company stamp on the document?
strictly speaking you are not likely to be required to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally or notary public or qualified solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are based in Feltham