Do the conveyancing solicitors that you recommend conduct conveyancing in Greystones by way of an attended exchange?
There are a few conveyancing experts carrying out 24hr exchanges. Do e-mail us to get a fee calculation and details as to dates.
Is it necessary during the course of the conveyancing process to attend the offices of the solicitor to sign the legal charge? If so, I will choose one who does conveyancing in Greystones so that I can pop in to their offices when needed.
As opposed to twenty years ago, the vast majority banks no longer need their conveyancing panel lawyer to witness the mortgagors signature. You will still be obliged to provide ID documents and there are still manifest advantages to using a local ayer, in your situation a conveyancing solicitor in Greystones.
I just bought a property at auction in Greystones. Conveyancing is needed. What are my next steps?
Having exchanged you should choose a conveyancing practitioner soon as you are faced with a pending deadline in which to complete the conveyancing. An auction property should have an associated auction pack. This should include evidence of title and search results. In the case of leasehold property the conveyancing papers may contain a copy of the lease, management information and a sellers leasehold information form and other conveyancing paperwork pertinent to leasehold premises. You should hand this to your appointed conveyancing solicitor ASAP. You also need to ensure that that you have the requisite funding in place to complete the transaction on the set completion date.
I had an offer accepted on a house in Greystones on 6/10/2025, valuation was booked five days after, all came back fine. Solicitor retained, so the only thing outstanding was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Lloyds and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Lloyds conveyancing panel. Can the lender hold off the offer?
A lender would not issue a mortgage until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Lloyds to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Lloyds conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
After shopping around on the internet I have found a Greystones solicitor having made sure that they are on the Skipton conveyancing panel. Does my lawyer arrange the survey of the property?
Skipton will need an independent valuation of the property. Your lawyer will not arrange this. Usually Skipton will appoint their own surveyor to do this, and you will have to pay for it. Remember that this is a valuation for mortgage purposes and not a survey. Your lawyer will not organise the survey but they may be able to put you in touch with a local one that they recommend. RICS offers a find a surveyor service (just google it) where you can search for a qualified surveyor by your Greystones postcode. As you are getting a mortgage with Skipton, you could contact them to see if they have a list of approved surveyors in Greystones.
Just had an offer accepted on a new build apartment in Greystones. Conveyancing is necessary evil at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build legal work.
Set out below are examples of a few leasehold new build enquiries that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Greystones
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Where there is an Undertaking being granted there is the risk of forfeiture of the Headlease subject to relief if one or more of the Underlessees are willing to accept the original Head Lessee’s obligations as otherwise relief will be denied to the Underlessees. The only alternatives are the Head Lessor agreeing not to forfeit the Headlease or the Head Lessee guaranteeing to the Underlessees that it will not be in breach of the Headlease. The Lease must contain a provision on behalf of the Vendor to pay the service charges in respect of unoccupied units in order to ensure that all services can be provided. The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme. Please supply evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry. Where service of notices and proceedings can be at the property demised please confirm that this can be amended to include simultaneous services at the Lessees’ solicitors’ offices where the Lessee from time to time is not resident in the UK - such solicitors may be varied by notice in writing to the Landlord from time to time but otherwise will be as previously specified.
We're first time buyers - agreed a price, but the agent has warned us that the seller will only go ahead if we instruct the agent's preferred solicitors as they are insisting on a ‘quick sale’. We would rather use a local solicitor used to conveyancing in Greystones
We suspect that the owner is not behind this ultimatum. Should the owner desire ‘a quick sale', turning down a genuine buyer is counter productive. Try to communicate with the sellers directly and make sure they comprehend that (a)you are keen to buy (b)you are ready to progress, with mortgage lined up © you have nothing to sell (d) you wish to move quickly (e)however you are going to use your own,trusted Greystones conveyancing lawyers - not the ones that will provide the estate agent a referral fee or achieve conveyancing targets pre-set by HQ.
The solicitors conducting our conveyancing in Greystones has sent documents to review that reveal that the property is unregistered with epitome documents. Surely all property in Greystones should be registered?
Although most properties in Greystones are now registered with HMLR there are still a few that remain unregistered. Any property in Greystones that has been purchased since the late 1980’s will have been registered at the Land Registry under the compulsory ‘first registration’ scheme. However, if a Greystones property has not changed hands in that time then it’s likely the old fashioned title deeds will be the only evidence of ownership.Many Greystones conveyancing lawyers will be capable of dealing with such matters but where uncertainty prevails the conventional proposition presently is for the seller’s conveyancer to register the title first and thereafter deal with the dispose of the property to the purchaser - this will have a knock on effect to cause a prolonged transaction.