We are planning to acquire a house and need a conveyancing solicitor in Hertfordshire who is on the Barclays conveyancing panel. Can you recommend a local firm?
Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Barclays . We don't recommend any particular firms conducting conveyancing in Hertfordshire.
I am buying a terraced house in Hertfordshire. Conveyancing solicitors are said to be ‘a necessary evil’ but can I do it myself?
Leaving aside the complexities and merits of DIY conveyancing in Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire.
We are buying a property in Hertfordshire. I might seem paranoid but how we can trust a solicitor? At some point we will need to send our life savings into their account. What protection do we have from them run away with our deposit?
Be assured that all money in a Solicitors client account is 100% safe, and even if your Solicitor ran off with it, the Law Society would reimburse you fully.
My wife and I have arranged a further advance on our mortgage from Barclays as we want to carry out a loft conversion to our house in Hertfordshire. Do we need to choose a local Hertfordshire solicitor on the Barclays conveyancing panel to deal with the paperwork?
Barclays do not ordinarily require a member of their conveyancing panel to deal with the formalities. If they do require any legal work then you would need to ensure that such a lawyer was on the Barclays conveyancing panel.
The mortgage over my property is with TSB for my property in Hertfordshire. Conveyancing was finalised 12 months ago. Should I wish to rent out the flat and do not currently have a buy-to-let mortgage do I need to remortgage to a BTL mortgage or inform TSB?
TSB must be informed of your intention prior to renting your property as this is likely to be a breach of TSB’s mortgage conditions. In many cases banks or building societies will permit you to let out your former home without needing to switch to a buy-to-let mortgage but some lenders will add a surcharge to your mortgage rate to reflect the higher risk. You should contact TSB directly. It should not be necessary to do this via a TSB conveyancing panel solicitor.
I appreciate that there are debates on Chancel Insurance on online forums. Do I need this when buying a property in Hertfordshire? or Apparently there is historic law that means some homeowners residing in a parish church boundary will be compelled to pay for maintenance towards the chancel in proximity to the church. Is this relevant for conveyancing in Hertfordshire?
Unless a previous acquisition of the property took place post 12 October 2013 you may expect solicitors conducting conveyancing in Hertfordshire to continue to suggest a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.
4 months have elapsed since my purchase conveyancing in Hertfordshire took place. I have checked the Land Registry website which shows that I paid £175,000 when infact I paid £160,000. Why the discrepancy?
The price paid figure is taken from the application to register the purchase. It is the figure included in the Transfer (the legal deed which transfers the residence from one person to the other) and referred to as the 'consideration' or purchase price. You can report an error in the price paid figure using the LR online form. In most cases errors result from typos so at first glance the figure. Do report it so they can double check and advise.
I have been looking for Hertfordshire conveyancing quotes online. Can I be confident that all the Hertfordshire firms that are listed on your site are on the bank conveyancing panel?
The law firms on our directory have advised us that they are on the lender panel and agreed to advise us to take down their listing in the event of removal off of the mortgage company panel. To date we have not been informed by either a bank or a member of the public that the data about a specific Hertfordshire firm being on the bank conveyancing panel is not accurate.