Do the Building Society Association intend to launch a online directory to list solicitors on the Darlington Building Society conveyancing panel for instance in Hollywood?
We would not expect to be advised of any intention on the part of the BSA to promote such a register.
We are getting the release of further monies on our home loan from Coventry BS as we wish to carry out a loft conversion to our house in Hollywood. Are we obliged to select a high street Hollywood solicitor on the Coventry BS conveyancing panel to handle the paperwork?
Coventry BS don't usually instruct a member of their conveyancing panel to handle the formalities. If they do require any legal work then you would need to ensure that such a lawyer was on the Coventry BS list.
I had a mortgage agreed in principle with Santander. Hollywood conveyancing practitioners have been selected. What is the average time that one could expect to receive a mortgage offer from Santander?
Some lenders take longer than others. Have Santander conducted the valuation? Have you advised Santander as to your lawyers' details and checked that your lawyers are on the Santander conveyancing panel? Sometimes it can take as long as six weeks for a mortgage offer to be issued.
I recently had an offer agreed on a house in Hollywood. My financial adviser pressured me to appoint their lawyer. I paid an advanced payment of £150. A couple of days later, the solicitor called me to say that they were not on the Bank of Ireland 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 Bank of Ireland 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.
We are selling our house in Hollywood and the buyers lawyers are claiming that there is a possibility that the property was built on contaminated land. A high street Hollywood conveyancer would know that there is no such problem. For the life of me I don't know why the buyers instructed a web based conveyancing firm rather than a conveyancing solicitor in Hollywood. We have lived in Hollywood for six years we know that this is a non issue. Is it a good idea to get in touch with our local Authority to get confirmation need.
It sounds as though you may have a conveyancing lawyer already. Are they able to advise? You must check with your lawyer before you do anything. It is very possible that once the local authority has been informed of a potential issue it cannot be insured against (a bit like being diagnosed with a serious illness and then taking out health insurance to cover that same illness)
Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly identified as part of conveyancing in Hollywood?
Covenants that are restrictive in nature can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the legal transfer of property in Hollywood. 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…’
In my capacity as executor for the estate of my father I am disposing of a house in Cardiff but live in Hollywood. My conveyancer (who is 300 kilometers from mehas requested that I sign a stat dec prior to completion. Can you recommend a conveyancing practitioner in Hollywood to attest this legal document for me?
strictly speaking you should not need to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily any notary public or qualified solicitor will do regardless of whether they are Hollywood based
I have just placed an offer on an apartment in Hollywood and the broker that we are dealing with suggested his conveyancer. They quoted £800 including VAT and 3rd party costs. Does this sound like a good deal?
Don't just go on 1 quote. You should seek like-for-like quotes for your conveyancing in Hollywood. Then choose one that you are comfortable with and just as important, is on the approved panel of the bank that you are sourcing your mortgage from.