Souldretaining a Hotwells conveyancing practice make the ownership transfer smoother?
Generally conveyancing lawyers in your neck of the woods will benefit from good connections with your local authority, which can help with your Hotwells conveyancing searches that your solicitor will inevitably need. It can only help if they have good connections with the Local Land Registry Office your area Hotwells, other property lawyers in the location and Hotwells selling agents.
I have Fifty Six years left on my lease and need a lease extension for my apartment in Hotwells. Conveyancing solicitors on the Bank of Ireland panel can deal with such extensions correct?
Most leasehold conveyancing experts should be able to deal with a lease extension. if you are obtaining a mortgage then your lender may insist that the lease be extended before competition. Bank of Ireland have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook in relation to minimum unexpired lease terms. As of 16/1/2025 the requirements read as follows :
Due to the advice of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a property in Hotwells in advance of instructing conveyancers. I have been advised that there is a flying freehold aspect to the house. Our surveyor has said that some banks will refuse to grant a mortgage on such a premises.
It depends who your proposed lender is. Santander has different requirements from Birmingham Midshires. Should you wish to telephone us we can look into this further via the appropriate bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Hotwells. Conveyancing will be smoother if you use a solicitor in Hotwells especially if they regularly deal with such properties in Hotwells.
I'm remortgaging my existing home to a buy to let mortgage with Skipton Building Society and I will use the ballance of the raised equity as a down payment on further property. The neighborhood we are looking at is Hotwells. Will your solicitors be able to act for the two mortgage companies and link together the conveyances?
Do use our search tool on this site to ensure that the conveyancers are approved by both mortgage companies. Having checked that they are the lawyer should be able to tie up the two conveyancing matters but you should have a chat with you conveyancer and specify your desired outcome and requirements.
I have been sourcing a conveyancing solicitor in Hotwells for my sale. Is there any facility to see a solicitor's record with the legal regulator?
Members of the public may read presented Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) decisions resulting from inquisitions from 2008 onwards. Go to Check a solicitor's record. To find information Pre 2008, or to check a firm's record, ring 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and 09.30 - 18.00 Tuesday. For callers outside the UK, call +44 (0)121 329 6800. The regulator could monitor telephone calls for training reasons.
Midway through the sale of a leasehold flat in Hotwells. Conveyancing solicitors are doing their job but we have been asked to pay a fortune from the landlord. So far we have forked out £275 for a leasehold management information and then another £200 plus VAT for supplemental queries raised by the buyers conveyancer.
Your conveyancing practitioner will unlikely have any control over the extent of the bill for this information however the typical costs for the information for Hotwells leasehold property is £350. For Hotwells conveyancing deals it is conventional for the seller to pay for these charges. The freeholder or their agents are not duty bound to answer such questions although many will agree to do so - albeit often at exorbitant prices where the fees bear little relation to the work involved. Unfortunately there is no law that requires set charges for administrative tasks. Nor is there any set time frame by which they are obliged to issue the information.