I am in the throes of transferring my current homeowner loan to a Buy to Let Norwich and Peterborough Building Society mortgage. The bank has said that I need a conveyancer for this. I spoke to the same Highgate conveyancing firm who who conducted the conveyancing when I initially bought the property. The costs illustration e-mailed to me of £550 has taken me by surprise as I am not require purchase conveyancing - it’s just a straightforward remortgage.
The estimate does seem a tad overpriced. If you are content to invest time comparing costs you could shave off some of the cost by perhaps a hundred pounds. That being said, if you were pleased with the conveyancing the firm gave you maycome to regret choosing an a cheaper lawyer. If is important to check that the firm can act for Norwich and Peterborough Building Society. You can use our search tool to locate a Highgate conveyancing firm on the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society conveyancing panel, which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Highgate.
We see that you have a post code search directory identifying firms on the UBS conveyancing panel. Do companies pay you a referral fee if I appoint them for our conveyancing in Highgate?
We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the UBS conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Highgate.
My friend recommended that where I am purchasing in Highgate I should ask my conveyancer to execute a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?
A search of this type is occasionally quoted for as part of the standard Highgate conveyancing searches. It is not a small document of about 40 pages, listing and detailing important information about Highgate around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Highgate Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime details, Highgate Education with plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data concerning Highgate.
I have recentlydiscovered that Action Conveyancing have been shut down. They carried out my conveyancing in Highgate for a purchase of a leasehold flat 9 months ago. How can I establish that my home is not still registered in the name of the former proprietor?
The easiest way to see if the premises is registered to you, you can make a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Highgate conveyancing specialists.
I need to find a conveyancing solicitor for purchase conveyancing in Highgate. I happened to stumble across a web site which appears to be the ideal offering If it is possible to get all this stuff completed via web that would be ideal. Do I need to be concerned? What should out be looking out for?
As usual with these online conveyancers you need to read ALL the small print - did you notice the extra charge for dealing with the mortgage?
Why am I unable to complete our conveyancing in Highgate on Good Friday?
This is due to the fact that on completion the funds needs to pass between the banks of the buyer and seller's property lawyer and at present this can only happen on a business day. So you can't complete on a saturday or sunday either.