My partner’s mother is a property lawyer. I am hopeful that I will receive preferential pricing for conveyancing, However if that does not come through, what kind of figure would I typically be looking at for conveyancing in Gatley?
You should contrast pricing. Do use our search tool on this site. Whilst prices do contrast greatly but service levels do are distinct between law firms as is the case with the vast majority of professional services.
We are planning to move property in October. Should my conveyancing solicitor update the removal company on the completion day. As an aside, can you suggest a removal company in Gatley. Conveyancing solicitor was organised prior to coming across your page.
On the day of completion you will need to pick up the house keys from the estate agent but this can only take place once the vendors lawyers inform the agent that they have the completion monies and the keys can be handed over. Subsequently you can advise the removal company that they can start moving you in. We are not in a position to suggest a particular removal organisation but can help you locate a conveyancing in Gatley or a solicitor that specialises in conveyancing in Gatley.
Is it correct that all Gatley CQS (Conveyancing Quality Scheme) solicitors are on the HSBC conveyancing list of approved firms?
A selection of banks and building societies now make use of the accreditation scheme as the starting point for Panel membership such as HSBC and Santander. The Law Society’s CQS accreditation however is no guarantee to lender panel acceptance. Nevertheless,the CML have indicated that it is likely to become a pre-requisite for solicitor practices wishing to join their approved list of firms.
We had selected solicitors located in Gatley on the Kent Reliance solicitor approved list. They are now charging me a further charge for handling the Kent Reliance mortgage. Is this a supplemental conveyancing fee specified by Kent Reliance?
Provided it is contained in their Terms of Engagement or estimate then yes your conveyancing practitioner is entitled to charge a fee for this. The fee is not set by Kent Reliance but by your Gatley conveyancer. Plenty of firms on the Kent Reliance panel will charge an ‘acting for lender’ fee and others do not.
I am purchasing a new build house in Gatley with a mortgage from Skipton Building Society. The builders would not move on the price so I negotiated £7000 of fixtures and fittings instead. The sale representative told me not inform my conveyancer about the deal as it could put at risk my mortgage with the bank. Should I keep quiet?.
All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the developer of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.
Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.
Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.
Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold element on a house I have offered on two weeks back in what was supposed to be a simple, chain free conveyancing. Gatley is where the house is located. What do you suggest?
Flying freeholds in Gatley are not the norm but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Gatley 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 Gatley 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 property.
Given that I am about to part with hundreds of thousands of pounds on a house in Gatley I wish to have a conversation with the solicitor regarding theconveyancing before appointing the firm. Is this something that you can arrange?
This is something that we encourage - we would be delighted to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you liaising with the lawyer who will be doing your property ownership legalities in Gatley.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - every client is an important individual, not a matter reference. The solicitors that we put you in touch with believe that the figure you are calculated and presented to you for residential conveyancing in Gatley should be the amount on the final invoice that you are charged.
We are about to purchasing a flat in Gatley. Could our property lawyer keep the amount we are are buying for private from the likes of Zoopla. How could this be achieved ?
The Land Registry by statute are obliged to disclose price paid information on the official title for domestic properties countrywide including premises in Gatley. The register of ownership is an open document, so HM Land Registry would be breaching their statutory duty excluded specific properties such as your property in Gatley.
In essence you can ask the Land Registry to hide the amount paid data yet the answer will be in the negative.