I am in the throes of porting my domestic home loan to a Buy to Let Norwich and Peterborough Building Society mortgage. The bank has said that I need a conveyancer as part of the process. I spoke to the same Kimbolton conveyancing firm who who did the conveyancing when I previously acquired the property. The costs illustration issued of £470 is surprising as I am not require purchase conveyancing - it’s simply a straightforward remortgage.
The estimate fees seem a little high. If you shop around you might get the conveyancing a bit cheaper by perhaps £100 plus VAT. On the other hand, providing that you were satisfied with the legal work the firm gave you maylive to regret opting for an a cheaper lawyer. If is important to ensure that the solicitor can represent Norwich and Peterborough Building Society. You can use our search tool to find a Kimbolton conveyancing firm on the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society approved list of lawyers, which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Kimbolton.
I have given 2 months notice to my current landlord and must be out of my let out property in Kimbolton by 17/10/2025. Conveyancing for my house purchase is progressing. Can I complete in a couple of weeks as I wish to avoid having to move into temporary accommodation?
It is unwise to serve notice on a rental until exchange of contracts has taken place. If you have not previously done so, contact to your conveyancer and ask them to they chase the owners lawyers, try to a target completion date that all parties will work to achieve
We see that you have a post code search directory identifying firms on the TSB conveyancing panel. Do firms pay you a referral fee if I instruct them for our own conveyancing in Kimbolton?
We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the TSB conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Kimbolton.
Will our conveyancer be making enquiries about flooding during the conveyancing in Kimbolton.
The risk of flooding is if increasing concern for solicitors specialising in conveyancing in Kimbolton. Plenty of people will purchase a property in Kimbolton, fully expectant that at some time, it may be flooded. However, leaving to one side the physical destruction, if a property is at risk of flooding, it may be difficult to get a mortgage, satisfactory building insurance, or sell the premises. There are steps that can be taken during the course of a property purchase to forewarn the purchaser.
Solicitors are not qualified to give advice on flood risk, but there are a number of searches that can be undertaken by the purchaser or by their solicitors which should give them a better understanding of the risks in Kimbolton. The conventional set of completed inquiry forms sent to a buyer’s solicitor (where the solicitors are adopting what is known as the Conveyancing Protocol) includes a standard inquiry of the seller to find out if the premises has historically flooded. If the premises has been flooded in past which is not disclosed by the vendor, then a purchaser may bring a legal claim for losses stemming from an inaccurate reply. A purchaser’s solicitors may also conduct an enviro search. This will indicate if there is any known flood risk. If so, additional investigations will need to be initiated.
I am buying a new build flat in Kimbolton. Conveyancing is daunting at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build conveyancing.
Set out below is a sample of a few leasehold new build enquiries that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Kimbolton
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Please supply a car parking plan. Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. Please supply evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry. Please confirm the Lease plans are surveyor prepared. The Vendor must covenant to keep unoccupied units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore.
Partway through the sale of a leasehold flat in Kimbolton. Conveyancing lawyers are doing their job but we are being charged a fortune by the landlord. So far we have forked out £250 for a leasehold management pack and then a further £118 for responses to questions raised by the buyers conveyancer.
Your property lawyer will not have any sway over the level of the charges for this information but the typical fee for the information for Kimbolton leasehold premises is £380. For Kimbolton conveyancing deals it is customary for the owner to pay for these costs. The landlord or their agents are not duty bound to address these questions although many will be content to do so - albeit often at high prices where the fees bear little relation to the work involved. Regretfully there is no law that mandates fixed fees for administrative tasks. There is no statutory time frame by which they are required to provide the information.