Completed the sale of my flat in Huyton last July but our buyer keeps telephoning daily to say her conveyancer needs to hear from mine. What should my lawyer have done following completion?
Following your disposal your conveyancer is obliged to send the transfer deeds and all supplemental paperwork to the purchaser's conveyancer. If applicable, your solicitor should also confirm that the legal charge in favour of the lender has been repaid to the purchasers lawyers. There is unlikely to be post completion procedures specific conveyancing in Huyton.
The Huyton conveyancing lawyers that just started acting on my purchase in Huyton have without warning shut down. I chose them because I needed a solicitor on the HSBC conveyancing panel and my previous Huyton lawyer was not. I wrote them a cheque for £250 in advance. What are my options?
If you have an estate agent involved then inform them straight away so that they can let the sellers know that there may be a slight delay due to reasons beyond your control. Most sellers would be sympathetic and urge their lawyer to send a new set of papers to your new solicitors. You should appoint new lawyers that are on the HSBC conveyancing panel and notify the lender. If you have paid over any money, it will hopefully be held by the SRA as money in an intervened firm's bank accounts is transferred to the SRA. Then, the SRA or the intervention agent looks at the intervened firm's accounts to work out who the money belongs to. To claim your money you will need to contact the SRA. If the SRA cannot return money you are owed from the firm's bank accounts, or if they can only return part of the money, you can apply to the Compensation Fund for a grant. Your new solicitors may be able to assist.
Me and my partner are purchasing a house in Huyton. It might be a silly question but how we can trust a conveyancer? At some point we have to deposit funds into their account. What is the protection we have from them run away with our deposit?
Be assured that all money in a Solicitors client account is 100% safe, and even if your Solicitor ran off with it, the Law Society would reimburse you fully.
Have just purchased a repossessed house at auction in Huyton. Conveyancing is needed. What is next?
Now that you have exchanged you now have to find a conveyancing practitioner quickly as you are facing a tight a fixed date to complete the deal. An auction property should have an associated auction set of papers. This should include the copy title deeds, local authority and drainage searches. Where you are dealing with leasehold property the legal papers should contain a copy of the lease, management information and a sellers leasehold information form and associated conveyancing paperwork pertinent to leasehold premises. You need to give this to your appointed conveyancing solicitor at the earliest opportunity. You also need to ensure that you have funds organised to complete the transaction on the set completion date.
After months of negotiation I have agreed a price on a house in Huyton. My mortgage broker recommended their conveyancers. I paid an on account payment of £200. A couple of days later, the conveyancer contacted me to say that they were not on the Kent Reliance 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 Kent Reliance 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.
I am looking for a leasehold apartment up to £245,000 and found one near me in Huyton I like with a park and transport links in the vicinity, however it only has 49 years on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Huyton suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake purchasing a lease with such few years left?
Should you need a mortgage the remaining unexpired lease term will be problematic. Discount the offer by the expected lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the existing proprietor has owned the property for at least twenty four months you may request that they start the process of the extension and pass it to you. You can add 90 years to the current lease term with a zero ground rent applied. You should consult your conveyancing solicitor about this matter.
I am downsizing from my property. My former lawyers have shut. I am in need of a recommendation of a conveyancing firm. I happen to live in Huyton if that affects matters.
You should use our search tool to help you find a solicitor for your conveyancing in Huyton. We have connected thousands of home buyers and sellers with lender approved solicitors to ensure that the legalities of their house move goes with a minimum of fuss.
I am thinking of appointing a conveyancing lawyer in Huyton for my house move. Can I check a firm’s complaints history with the profession’s regulator?
You may read documented Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) decisions arising from inquisitions started on or after 1 January 2008. Visit Check a solicitor's record. To find details Pre 2008, or to check a solicitors record, phone 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and 09.30 - 18.00 Tuesday. For callers outside the UK, use +44 (0)121 329 6800. The regulator may recorded telephone calls for training requirements.