My previous conveyancer has sent a quote for £1400 for no sale no fee conveyancing in Havering. I’m selling a newly refurbished property for £300,000. Is this over the top? Is it in excess of what I should be paying for conveyancing in Havering?
The quote is fractionally on the steep side. Where you are happy to invest time scrutinising costs you may be able to get the conveyancing a bit cheaper by say £100 plus VAT. On the other hand, you maylive to rue choosing an an unknown solicitor. Remember to ensure the firm can act for your bank. You can use our comparison tool to locate a Havering conveyancing practice on the lender’s member panel which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Havering.
Finally the sale completed on my house in Havering last April yet the purchaser is e-mailing every few hours to say their solicitor needs to hear from myconveyancer. What are the post completion sale formalities following completion?
Post completion of your sale your solicitor should deliver the transfer deeds and all supplemental paperwork to the purchaser's lawyers. Where appropriate, your conveyancer should also send confirmation that the legal charge in favour of the lender has been redeemed to the buyers solicitors. There are no post completion procedures peculiar conveyancing in Havering.
My wife and I have recently appointed a conveyancing solicitor in Havering. I need to find out if they are on the Santander conveyancing panel. Can you assist?
The first thing you should do is contact the conveyancer and ask them if they are on the lender panel. Alternatively you should get in touch with Santander who may be able to confirm.
Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to our house can not be found. The conveyancers who did the conveyancing in Havering 5 years ago no longer exist. What are my next steps?
Assuming you have a registered title the information relating to your proprietorship will be evidenced by HMLR with a Title Number. It is possible to carry out a search at the Land Registry, locate your house and secure current copies of the property title for less than a fiver. Where the title is Leasehold then the Land Registry will in most cases retain a file duplicate of the Registered Lease and again, a copy can be obtained for £20 inclusive of VAT.
I'm purchasing my first flat in Havering with the aid of help to buy. The sellers refused to move on the amount so I negotiated five thousand pounds worth of fixtures and fittings instead. The sale representative suggested that I not to tell my conveyancer about this extras as it would affect my mortgage with Britannia. Should I keep quiet?.
All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.
Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.
Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.
What tools are available to identify a Havering law firm on the Skipton Building Society conveyancing panel? I have wheels and am prepared to travel upto 25kilometers to meet the conveyancer.
You can use the search on this page. Please select a lender and your location and you will see a number of Havering conveyancing lawyers locally. We have detailed some Havering conveyancing firms towards the end of this page and you can ring them to check if they are on the Skipton Building Society approved list