I was advised recently by my IFA that my Grangetown lawyer is not on the mortgage company Conveyancing panel. How can I check?
The first thing you need to do is to contact your Grangetown conveyancer. You lawyer should inform you of the situation. If they are not on the panel they could put your in touch with solicitors on the conveyancing panel for your bank.
We are buying a brand new flat in Grangetown and my solicitor is informing me that she has to the lender to disclose incentives from the developer. I am under pressure to sign contracts and I would rather not prolong deal. is my lawyer playing by the book?
You should not exchange unless you have been advised to do so by your solicitor. A precondition to being on a mortgage company panel is to comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook specifications. The CML Conveyancing Handbook requires that your lawyer have the appropriate Disclosure of Incentive form completed by the developer and accepted by your lender.
We are buying a flat and need a conveyancing solicitor in Grangetown who is on the Skipton approved panel. Can you recommend a local 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 Skipton . We don't recommend any particular firms conducting conveyancing in Grangetown.
My home in Grangetown is up for sale and I have a buyer. Will my conveyancing practitioner need to be on the Barclays conveyancing panel in order to deal with the discharge of my mortgage?
Ordinarily, even if your lawyer is not on the Barclays conveyancing panel they can still act for you on your sale. It might be that the lender will not release the original deeds (if applicable and increasingly irrelevant) until after the mortgage is paid off. You should speak to your lawyer directly before you start the process though to ensure that there is no problem as lenders are changing their panel criteria fairly frequently at the moment.
Are there any apps to help locate a Grangetown law firm on the Virgin Money conveyancing panel? I have wheels and am willing to travel upto 10kilometers to meet the conveyancer.
You can use the facility on this page. Please pick a bank and your location and you will see a number of Grangetown conveyancing lawyers based on proximity. We have listed some Grangetown conveyancing firms towards the end of this page and you can ring them to see if they are on the Virgin Money approved list
Is planning permission needed to split a single dwelling into multiple appartments in Grangetown? This has been done to a house next door to a relative in Grangetown and was not aware of the conversion until the works were complete.
Planning consent is needed for converting a single house in Grangetown into flats but possibly not for converting back to single dwelling-house so, in answer to your question, yes.