My previous solicitor has given a fee estimate £1350 for freehold conveyancing in Harold Park. I’m looking to sell a purpose built property for £175,000. Are the quoted fees excessive? Is it above what I should be paying for conveyancing in Harold Park?
The charges are a bit high. Where you are happy to expend time scrutinising charges you could get the conveyancing a bit cheaper by perhaps £125. That being said, you mightcome to rue opting for an an unknown conveyancer. Remember to be sure the firm can also act for your lender. Do make use of our comparison tool to locate a Harold Park conveyancing firm on the lender’s member panel which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Harold Park.
Completed the sale of my flat in Harold Park last September yet the purchaser is whats apping every few hours complaining that his conveyancer is waiting to hear from mine. What should my lawyer have done following completion?
Post completion of your disposal your solicitor should send the transfer documentation and all supplemental paperwork to the purchaser's solicitors. If applicable, your conveyancer should also confirm that the home loan has been paid off to the purchasers solicitors. There are no post completion procedures just for conveyancing in Harold Park.
Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to my house are lost. The conveyancers who did the conveyancing in Harold Park 5 years ago are no longer around. Will I be able to sell the house?
Assuming you have a registered title the information relating to your ownership will be retained by HMLR under a Title Number. It is possible to perform a search at the Land Registry, locate your property and order up to date copies of the property title for less than a fiver. Where the property is Leasehold then the Land Registry will usually hold a certified copy of the Registered Lease and again, a copy can be retrieved for a small fee.
Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold issue on a house I put an offer in last month in what was supposed to be a straight forward, chain free conveyancing. Harold Park is the location of the property. What do you suggest?
Flying freeholds in Harold Park are not the norm but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Harold Park you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds diligently. Your mortgage company may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Harold Park 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 residence.
I have been sourcing a conveyancing practitioner in Harold Park for my home move. Is there any facility to check a solicitor's complaints history with the legal regulator?
Anyone may read documented Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) decisions resulting from investigations from 2008 onwards. Visit Check a solicitor's record. For information Pre 2008, or to check a solicitors history, ring 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and 09.30 - 18.00 Tuesday. For callers outside the UK, use +44 (0)121 329 6800. The regulator may monitor telephone calls for training reasons.
I have read on numerous consumer advice websites that when selecting a conveyancing firm they need approved by your lender. It happens to be my first home move but I have an AIP from Virgin Money and I already have a local conveyancing solicitor in Harold Park on standby. Will Nat West Bank need an approved lawyer to be selected? Does a list of approved firms even exist so I can pick a conveyancing solicitor in Harold Park?
You should instruct a solicitor that is on the Nat West Bank panel. The first thing to do is telephone your preferred Harold Park conveyancing lawyer to check if they are on the Nat West Bank panel. If they are not approved you have a couple of options available to you here:
- Complete the deal with your preferred Harold Park lawyer but Nat West Bank will no doubt retain a lawyer on their approved panel. This will result in additional charges and potential interruption.
- Appoint a new lawyer to act in the purchase, obviously checking they are on the Nat West Bank conveyancing panel.
- Convince your conveyancer to attempt to join the bank panel.