My best friend’s sister is a property lawyer. I hope that I will receive mate’s fee for conveyancing, but if not, what level of figure should I be expecting for conveyancing in Gants Hill?
You should compare pricing. Do use our search tool on this page. Whilst estimates will be different but the service one can expect differ between law firms as is the case with most professions.
It is is a decade since I purchased my home in Gants Hill. Conveyancing lawyers have now been retained on the sale but I can't find my title documents. Will this jeopardise the sale?
Don’t worry too much. Firstly the deeds may be retained by the lender or they could stored with the lawyers who oversaw the purchase. Secondly in all probability the property will be recorded at the land registry and you will be able to prove you own the property by your conveyancing lawyers procuring current official copies of the land registers. Most conveyancing in Gants Hill involves registered property but in the unlikely event that your home is not registered it adds to the complexity but is not insurmountable.
What does a local search inform me about the house I am buying in Gants Hill?
Gants Hill conveyancing often starts with the ordering local authority searches directly from your local Authority or via a personal search organisations such as Xpress Legal The local search is essential in every Gants Hill conveyancing purchase; that is if you wish to avoid any nasty once you have moved into your property. The search should supply data on, amongst other things, details on planning applications relevant to the premises (whether granted or refused), building control history, any enforcement action, restrictions on permitted development, nearby road schemes, contaminated land and radon gas; in all a total of 13 subject headings.
I own a renovated Georgian property in Gants Hill. Conveyancing solicitor represented me and Accord Mortgages Ltd. I happened to do a free search for it on the Land Registry database and there are two entries: the first freehold, the second leasehold under the matching property. If a house is not a freehold shouldn't I have been informed?
You need to review the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register for mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered proprietor of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Gants Hill and other locations in the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they sell they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with mortgage companies. You can also check the position with the conveyancing lawyer who conducted the purchase.
I'm refinancing my current house to a buy to let loan with Accord Mortgages Ltd and I will use the ballance of the raised equity towards another property. The neighborhood we are talking about is Gants Hill. Will your solicitors be able to act for the two mortgage companies and link together the conveyances?
Make use of our comparison tool on this page to check that the solicitors are on the appropriate lender panels. Having checked that they are your conveyancer will be able to tie up the two conveyancing matters but you should talk with you solicitor and make clear your desired outcome and requirements.
In my capacity as executor for the estate of my grandfather I am selling a residence in Neath but reside in Gants Hill. My solicitor (who is 250 kilometers awayhas requested that I sign a statutory declaration prior to completion. Could you suggest a conveyancing practitioner in Gants Hill to witness and place their company stamp on the document?
strictly speaking you should not be required to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily or notary public or solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are Gants Hill based