Having sold my house in Gidea Park last September but the buyer keeps Skype messaging daily to say her conveyancer is waiting to hear from mine. What should my lawyer have done now that I have sold?
After completion of your disposal your lawyer is obliged to forward the transfer documentation and all supplemental paperwork to the purchaser's conveyancer. Where relevant, your conveyancer must also evidence that the home loan has been discharged to the buyers solicitors. There is unlikely to be post completion tasks unique to conveyancing in Gidea Park.
After reviewing online forums for a cheap lawyer in Gidea Park, most say that I should use a CQS accredited solicitor. Can you explain what CQS is?
The Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) provides a kitemark for residential conveyancing practices issued by the Law Society. Membership achievement establishes a level of credibility for member firms with stakeholders (regulators, lenders, insurers and consumers) based upon: * the integrity of the senior responsible officer and other key conveyancing staff * the firm's adherence to good practice management standards * adherence to prudent and efficient conveyancing procedures via the scheme protocol the standard covers numerous companies who handle conveyancing in Gidea Park.
A colleague advised me that if I am buying in Gidea Park I should ask my conveyancer to execute a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?
A search of this type is occasionally included in the estimate for your Gidea Park conveyancing searches. It is not a small report of about 40 pages, listing and setting out important information about Gidea Park around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Gidea Park Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime details, Gidea Park Education with plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data regarding Gidea Park.
I have recentlyfound out that Action Conveyancing have closed. They carried out my conveyancing in Gidea Park for a purchase of a leasehold apartment 12 months ago. How can I check that the property is registered correctly in the name of the previous owner?
The quickest way to see if the property is in your name, you can make a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Gidea Park conveyancing specialists.
I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold issue on a house I have offered on last month in what should have been a simple, chain free conveyancing. Gidea Park is where the house is located. What do you suggest?
Flying freeholds in Gidea Park are not the norm but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Gidea Park you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds very carefully. Your bank may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Gidea Park 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 premises.
What can I expect to pay for conveyancing in Gidea Park?
The amount you are charged for conveyancing in Gidea Park may differ significantly from firm to firm. This makes it all the more important that you find this out when you first instruct a conveyancer. One should always seek a couple fee estimate.