My mortgage broker requires my Hayes solicitor’s panel member for the Santander conveyancing panel. How do I discover this. I have contacted my local Hayes office but they have not got back to me yet.
The sensible thing to do is ask for this information from your Hayes lawyer . They retain a central record lender panel numbers.
Would the conveyancing practitioners identified through your ’find a lawyer’ tool conduct right to buy conveyancing in Hayes?
We work with numerous conveyancing specialists carrying out right to buy conveyancing matters You should call the conveyancers listed with a view to secure a costs illustration.
Is it the case that all Hayes solicitor firms on the Co-operative conveyancing panel are overseen by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority?
As solicitors, in order to be on the Co-operative conveyancing panel they would need to be governed by the SRA. Many lenders do list licenced conveyancers on their panel in which case such organisation would be overseen by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers.
We had instructed solicitors with offices in Hayes on the Kent Reliance solicitor approved list. They have just invoiced me a separate charge for handling the Kent Reliance mortgage. Is this an additional conveyancing fee set by Kent Reliance?
As unfair as it may appear, as long as it’s in their Terms and Conditions or estimate then yes your conveyancing practitioner may charge a fee for this. The fee is not dictated by Kent Reliance but by your Hayes solicitor. Numerous firms on the Kent Reliance panel will levy an ‘acting for lender’ fee but plenty of firms incorporate it on their overall fee.
After weeks of negotiation I have agreed a price on an apartment in Hayes. My financial adviser recommended their conveyancers. I paid an on account payment of £175. A couple of days later, the conveyancer contacted me embarrassingly acknowledging that they were not on the Aldermore 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 Aldermore 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 used Stirling Law a few years past for my conveyancing in Hayes. I now require my file but the law firm is no longer operating. What do I do?
Do contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate 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 Hayes 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.
Just had an offer accepted on a new build flat in Hayes. Conveyancing is necessary evil at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build conveyancing.
Set out below are examples of a selection of leasehold new build enquiries that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Hayes
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Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants. Where service of notices and proceedings can be at the property demised please confirm that this can be amended to include simultaneous services at the Lessees’ solicitors’ offices where the Lessee from time to time is not resident in the UK - such solicitors may be varied by notice in writing to the Landlord from time to time but otherwise will be as previously specified. The Vendor must covenant to keep unsold units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore. Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose?
As co-executor for the estate of my uncle I am selling a property in Monmouth but reside in Hayes. My solicitor (who is 235 kilometers from mehas requested that I execute a stat dec ahead of the transaction finalising. Could you suggest a conveyancing practitioner in Hayes to attest this legal document for me?
strictly speaking you are not likely to be required to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally any notary public or solicitor will suffice regardless of whether they are Hayes based