Do the conveyancing solicitors identified through your search tool carry out auction conveyancing in Highbury?
We know of a few niche lawyers we can put you in touch with those who can conduct auction conveyancing. Highbury is just one of our locations in which our lawyers have offices.
Having sold my house in Highbury last February but the buyer keeps SMS messaging me to moan that their lawyer needs to hear from mysolicitor. What are the post completion sale formalities following completion?
After completion of your house sale your conveyancer is duty bound to deliver the transfer documentation and all additional paperwork to the purchaser's conveyancer. Depending on the transaction, your conveyancer must also evidence that the mortgage has been redeemed to the purchasers conveyancers. There is unlikely to be post completion procedures unique to conveyancing in Highbury.
When looking at consumer advice sites for a recommended solicitor in Highbury, many advise that I must use a CQS assured lawyer. What is CQS?
The Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) provides a recognised quality standard for residential conveyancing practices issued by the Law Society. Membership achievement establishes a level of credibility for member firms with stakeholders (regulators, lenders, insurers and consumers) based upon: * the integrity of the senior responsible officer and other key conveyancing staff * the firm's adherence to good practice management standards * adherence to best practice conveyancing procedures via the scheme protocol Membership covers many firms who carry out conveyancing in Highbury.
Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly picked up as part of conveyancing in Highbury?
Restrictive covenants can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the legal transfer of property in Highbury. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’
I'm buying a new build house in Highbury with a mortgage from Chelsea Building Society. The developers refused to reduce the amount so I negotiated 6k of fixtures and fittings instead. The house builders rep advised me not reveal to my lawyer about this deal as it may affect my loan with the bank. Is this normal?.
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.
I am looking into buying my first house which is in Highbury and I am already nervous. I couldn't find anything specific about Highbury. Conveyancing will be needed in due course but do you know about the Highbury area? or perhaps some other tips you can share?
Rather than looking online forget looking online you should go and have a look at Highbury. In the meantime here are some basic statistics that we found