I am planning to acquire a flat and require a conveyancing solicitor in Holly Village who is on the Yorkshire Building Society solicitor. Could you point me in the right direction as regards a conveyancing firm?
Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Yorkshire Building Society in certain locations such as Holly Village. We dont recommend any particular firm.
I have today made my last payment due on my mortgage with Clydesdale. I assume I don't need a Holly Village property lawyer on the Clydesdale panel to discharge the mortgage at the Land Registry. Am I right?
If you have finished paying off your Clydesdale mortgage, they may send you evidence showing that you have paid it off. Alternatively they may notify the Land Registry directly. The Land Registry need to see this evidence before they will remove the Clydesdale mortgage from the register. Clydesdale, and any evidence they send you, will determine the action you need to take. In cases where no conveyancer is acting for you and you have paid off your mortgage:
- but are not moving to another property
- where Clydesdale has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
- Clydesdale has instructed the Land Registry to do so
I recently had an offer accepted on a house in Holly Village. My financial adviser recommended their conveyancers. I paid an on account payment of £225. Shortly after, the lawyer called me sheepishly admitting that they were not on the Coventry BS 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 Coventry BS 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.
About to purchase apartment in Holly Village. I have received an online quote from a licenced conveyancer, which states: "There will be no charge for dealing with the Lender if you are obtaining a mortgage". I take this to mean that there will be no additional fee if the solicitor is on the Skipton conveyancing panel. I wanted to make sure it means there will be no additional fees for dealing with the mortgage.
They are simply saying that the cost for acting for the lender is included in the fee being quoted. It is worth you checking that the Holly Village conveyancer is on the Skipton conveyancing panel.
I have recentlybecome aware that Wolstenholmes have been shut down. They conducted my conveyancing in Holly Village for a purchase of a freehold house 9 months ago. How can I establish that the property is in my name in the name of the previous owner?
The easiest way to see if the premises is in your name, you can carry out 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 Holly Village conveyancing specialists.
Should I be suspicious that 3rd parties that I am dealing with are suggesting a nationwide conveyancing firm as opposed to a High Street Holly Village conveyancing firm?
As with many professional services, often referrals from connections can be very helpful. Nevertheless there are many people with a vested interest in a conveyancing matter; estate agents, financial adviser and lenders may suggest lawyers to choose. Sometimes the conveyancers might be known to one of the organisations as experts in their field, but occasionally there may be a financial incentive behind the recommendation. You have the discretion to choose your preferred lawyer. However, bear in mind that most mortgage providers specify a panel list of lawyers you have to use for the mortgage related work in your home move.
Should I choose a Holly Village conveyancing practitioner based in the vicinity that I am hoping to buy? An old friend can deal with the legal formalities but her office is over three hundred miles drive away.
The primary upside of using a high street Holly Village conveyancing practice is that you can pop in to execute documents, present your ID and pester them where appropriate. They will also have local intelligence which is a benefit. However it's more important to get someone that will do a good and efficient job. If other friends have instructed your friend and in the main were happy that must outweigh using an unfamiliar Holly Village conveyancing solicitor solely due to them being local.
Is planning permission required to split a house into multiple appartments in Holly Village? This has been carried out to a property opposite to my home in Holly Village and was unaware of it happening until the works were complete.
Planning Consent yes. Building Reg Approval yes.