Can your site be used to find a Conveyancing solicitor in Kemp Town even if I’m not buying or disposing of a house, for instance where I want to buy an office in Kemp Town with a loan from Norwich and Peterborough Building Society?
The service is predominantly utilised to help choose residential conveyancing solicitors in Kemp Town but we have listed at the bottom of this page some Kemp Town commercial conveyancing firms. You will need to enquire with the firm directly to check if they are also authorised to represent Norwich and Peterborough Building Society
I am close to exchanging contracts on the sale of our house in Kemp Town and according to the buyers it appears that there is a possibility that the property was built land that was not decontaminated. Any local conveyancer would know that there is no such problem. For the life of me I don't know why the buyers used an online conveyancing firm rather than a conveyancing solicitor in Kemp Town. Having lived in Kemp Town for many years we know that this is a non issue. Is it a good idea to get in touch with our local Authority to obtain confirmation that there is no issue.
It sounds as though you may have a conveyancing lawyer currently acting for you. Are they able to advise? You need to 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 life insurance to cover that same ailment)
I used Action Conveyancing a few years past for my conveyancing in Kemp Town. I now require my file but cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?
You should call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Kemp Town of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously hired, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
I am buying my first flat in Kemp Town benefiting from help to buy. The builders would not reduce the price so I negotiated five thousand pounds worth of fixtures and fittings instead. The property agent told me not disclose to my solicitor about this extras as it could adversely affect my loan with the lender. Is this normal?.
All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the UK Finance website. UK Finance form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.
Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.
Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.
I was pointed in your direction by a number of estate agents in Kemp Town to choose a property lawyer using your seach tool. Is there a financial incentive for Estate Agents to promote your site over a competitor’s?
We refuse to make any referral fee for directing people our way. We found it would be just too difficult to pay a commission because a client could think, ‘How come the agent getting a kickback? Why am I not getting any benefit too?’ We would prefer to grow our business on genuine recommendations.
Am I best advised to choose a Kemp Town conveyancing lawyer in close proximity to the house I am purchasing? We have a good friend who can carry out the conveyancing but her office is 300miles away.
The primary upside of using a high street Kemp Town conveyancing practice is that you can visit the firm to sign documents, deliver your identification documents and pester them where appropriate. They will also have local insight which is a benefit. However it's more important to get someone that will pull out all the stops for you. If you know people who instructed your friend and in the main were content that should outweigh using an unfamiliar Kemp Town conveyancing solicitor solely due to them being Kemp Town based.