Can I use your services to find a Conveyancing solicitor in Great Shelford even where I’m not buying or disposing of a house, for instance if I want to buy an office in Great Shelford with a mortgage from Godiva Mortgages Ltd?
Our search tool is primarily used to select residential conveyancing solicitors in Great Shelford but we have listed at the bottom of this page a selection of Great Shelford commercial conveyancing firms. You will need to speak with the solicitors directly to establish if they can also act for Godiva Mortgages Ltd
After scouring online forums for a cheap solicitor in Great Shelford, most advise that I should use a CQS assured lawyer. 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 best practice conveyancing processes via the scheme protocol Membership covers many partnerships who carry out conveyancing in Great Shelford.
A friend advised me that if I am purchasing in Great Shelford I should ask my conveyancer to perform a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?
A search of this type is usually quoted for as part of the standard Great Shelford conveyancing searches. It is not a small report of about 40 pages, listing and detailing significant information about Great Shelford around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the local Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime details, Great Shelford Education with plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data regarding Great Shelford.
I'm purchasing my first flat in Great Shelford with a mortgage from Leeds Building Society. The builders would not budge the amount so I negotiated £7000 of additionals instead. The sale representative suggested that I not inform my solicitor about this deal as it will affect my loan with the lender. Is this normal?.
All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder 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 should have been a quick, no chain conveyancing. Great Shelford is the location of the property. Can you offer any assistance?
Flying freeholds in Great Shelford are not the norm but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Great Shelford you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds thoroughly. Your bank may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Great Shelford may determine 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.
We are hoping to purchase a repression house in Great Shelford and the bank selling demand completion inside 28 days. Can a conveyancer meet that timeframe? Am I best advised to use a high street Great Shelford firm or an online organisation that advertises to complete quickly?
Visit your Great Shelford high street. Pop in to a couple of solicitor’s offices and request to see a conveyancing solicitor for an estimate. Discuss your requirements and get assurances on time frames. Select the one that appears most genuine. You need to select a conveyancing practitioner on the panel of conveyancers acceptable to your lender.