I am purchasing a garden flat in Hampshire. Can I do my own conveyancing?
Leaving aside the complexities and merits of DIY conveyancing in Hampshire you will have to appoint a solicitor on your bank's conveyancing panel to look after their interests. Most people therefore find it easier to let the solicitor act for them and the lender. Furthermore there is minimal cost savings to be made in you doing conveyancing for yourself and another lawyer conducting the conveyancing for the lender. Please feel free to use the search tool to find a lawyer on your lender panel in Hampshire.
is it true that all Hampshire solicitor firms on the Santander conveyancing panel are governed by the SRA?
As solicitors, in order to be on the Santander conveyancing panel they would need to be regulated by the SRA. The majority of lenders do permit licenced conveyancers on their panel in which case such firms would be overseen by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers.
I'm spending time viewing flats in Hampshire and I am about to put in an offer. Should I already have a lawyer appointed at this point? I intend to finance via a home loan with Principality.
It would be sensible to start your search sooner rather than later. After you have chosen your lawyer and once your offer is accepted you can instruct them to work for you and pass their contact information on to the selling agent. As you are taking out a mortgage with Principality, ask your prospective lawyers if they are on the Principality conveyancing panel otherwise they can't do the mortgage legal work.
After much negotiation I have agreed a price on a house in Hampshire. My financial adviser recommended their conveyancers. I paid an on account payment of £225. A few days later, the solicitor called me sheepishly admitting that they were not on the Co-operative conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?
You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the Co-operative panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.
I require fast conveyancing in Hampshire as I am faced with an ultimatum to sign on the dotted line inside one month. Luckily I do not need a mortgage. Is it possible to escape the need for conveyancing searches to save fees and time?
As you are not getting a mortgage you are at liberty not to have searches conducted although no conveyancer would recommend that you don't. With lots of history conveyancing in Hampshire the following are instances of issues that can appear and therefore impact future mortgageability: Refused Planning Applications, Overdue Charges, Overdue Grants, Railway Schemes,...
Just had an offer accepted on a new build flat in Hampshire. Conveyancing is necessary evil at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build legal work.
Here is a sample of a few leasehold new build enquiries that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Hampshire
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Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose? Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. Please provide evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry. 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. Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company?
I was advised by two or three local estate agents in Hampshire to get a quote from a property lawyer on your site. Is there a financial incentive for Estate Agents to market your lawyers over another?
We don’t make any commission for pointing buyers and sellers our way. We thought it would be too underhand to pay a commission because members of the public would think, ‘Why is the agent getting a kickback? Why aren’t I getting any benefit too?’ We would prefer to grow our business on genuine recommendations.
In my capacity as executor for the estate of my aunt I am selling a property in Neath but live in Hampshire. My conveyancer (who is 235 kilometers from merequires that I execute a stat dec before the transaction finalising. Can you recommend a conveyancing practitioner in Hampshire who can witness this legal document for me?
Technically speaking you are unlikely to be required to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally any notary public or solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are Hampshire based