My flat in Hailsham is up for sale and I have a purchaser. Will my conveyancing practitioner have to be required to be on the Lloyds conveyancing panel in order to deal with paying off my mortgage?
Ordinarily, even if your lawyer is not on the Lloyds 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 requirements fairly frequently at the moment.
I am buying a property and the lawyer has raised the issue of Chancel Repair for which the house could be liable as it falls into the area of such a church. She has suggested insurance. Is this strictly warranted for conveyancing in Hailsham
Unless a prior purchase of the property took place after 12 October 2013 you can take it that solicitors delivering conveyancing in Hailsham to remain recommending a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.
I used Wolstenholmes several years ago for my conveyancing in Hailsham. Now, I need the files however the law firm is no longer operating. What do I do?
Do contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracing your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Hailsham of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously instructed, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
Due to the encouragement of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a house in Hailsham before appointing lawyers. I have been advised that there is a flying freehold overhang to the property. My surveyor advised that some mortgage companies may refuse to give a loan on such a house.
It depends who your proposed lender is. Santander has different instructions from Nationwide. Should you wish to telephone us we can look into this further with the appropriate mortgage company. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Hailsham. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Hailsham to see if the conveyancing costs will increase in light of this.
Do I need to be concerned by estate agents that I am dealing with are encouraging me to use an internet conveyancing firm as opposed to a local Hailsham conveyancing company?
As is the case with lots of service providers, often referrals from connections can be most helpful. But there are numerous parties with a keen interest in a conveyancing matter; estate agents, financial adviser and banks might all put forward conveyancers to select. Sometimes these solicitors might be known to one of the organisations as one of the best in their field, but sometimes there might be a financial incentive behind the endorsement. You are free to appoint your preferred conveyancer. Don't forget that many lenders specify a panel list of conveyancers you are obliged to use for the lender related work in your conveyancing.
As co-executor for the will of my father I am disposing of a property in Neath but reside in Hailsham. My solicitor (based 300 miles awayrequires that I sign a statutory declaration before completion. Can you recommend a conveyancing practitioner in Hailsham who can witness and place their company stamp on the document?
Technically speaking you should not need to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily or notary public or qualified solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are located in Hailsham