I am purchasing a newly built apartment in Hassocks and my lawyer is advising me that she has to the mortgage company to disclose incentives from the seller. I am under pressure to exchange contracts and I would rather not prolong the conveyancing. is my lawyer playing by the book?
You should not exchange unless you have been advised to do so by your solicitor. A precondition to being on a lender panel is to comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook conditions. The CML Conveyancing Handbook requires that your lawyer have the appropriate Disclosure of Incentive form completed by the developer and accepted by your lender.
Having sold my house in Hassocks last November but my buyer keeps calling every few hours complaining that his solicitor is waiting to hear from myconveyancer. What are the post completion sale formalities following completion?
Post completion of your house sale your conveyancer is committed to deliver the transfer deeds and all of the paperwork to the buyer’s solicitors. Depending on the transaction, your solicitor should also evidence that the home loan has been paid off to the purchasers conveyancers. There are no post completion steps specific conveyancing in Hassocks.
I am buying a semi-detached house in Hassocks. How practical is it for me to do the conveyancing?
Leaving aside the complexities and merits of DIY conveyancing in Hassocks you will have to appoint a solicitor on your lender'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 Hassocks.
I am downsizing from our property in Hassocks and the buyers lawyers are claiming that there is a risk of it being built land that was not decontaminated. Any high street Hassocks conveyancer would know that there is no such problem. For the life of me I don't know why the buyers are using a web based conveyancing firm as opposed to a conveyancing solicitor in Hassocks. Having lived in Hassocks for 5 years we know of no issue. Should we contact our local Authority to seek confirmation that there is no issue.
It would appear that you have a conveyancing firm currently acting for you. What do they say? You need to enquire of your lawyer before you do anything. It is very possible that once the local authority has been informed of a potential issue it cannot be insured against (a bit like being diagnosed with a serious illness and then taking out life insurance to cover that same ailment)
Due to the encouragement of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a property in Hassocks prior to instructing solicitors. I have been advised that there is a flying freehold overhang to the property. Our surveyor advised that some banks will not issue a loan on a flying freehold property.
It depends who your proposed lender is. HSBC has different requirements from Nationwide. If you call us we can check via the relevant bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Hassocks. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Hassocks to see if the conveyancing costs will increase in light of this.
Are there any apps to assist me to identify a Hassocks law firm on the The Royal Bank of Scotland conveyancing panel? I have a car and am happy to travel upto 25miles to meet the conveyancer.
Feel free to make use of the search on this website. Please select a bank and your location and you will see a number of Hassocks conveyancing lawyers locally. We have listed some Hassocks conveyancing firms towards the end of this page and you can contact them to check if they are on the The Royal Bank of Scotland approved list