Recently contacted my conveyancing solicitor in Kingswood who conducted the legals two years ago requesting a conveyancing quote based on the same type of house sale & purchase (a leasehold property and a freehold property) of similar values with a mortgage from Bank of Scotland. It looks as though am now being charged twice the amount. Should I hunt for an alternative property lawyer?
The estimate fees are a little high. If you shop around you could trim some of the expense by say a hundred pounds. That being said, assuming were pleased with the service the firm provided you maycome to rue choosing an an unknown solicitor. Don't forget to enquire the firm can also act for Bank of Scotland. You can use our search tool to select a Kingswood conveyancing firm on the Bank of Scotland approved list of lawyers, which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Kingswood.
Do the conveyancing solicitors indexed on your site conduct right to buy conveyancing in Kingswood?
We have identified a number of conveyancing solicitors carrying out right to buy conveyancing matters Please call the solicitors listed to secure a conveyancing quote.
Completed the sale of my flat in Kingswood last December yet the purchaser is texting daily complaining that her lawyer needs to hear from mysolicitor. What should my lawyer have done now that I have sold?
Following your house sale your conveyancer is obliged to send the transfer deeds and all additional paperwork to the purchaser's lawyers. If applicable, your lawyer must also send confirmation that the home loan has been paid off to the purchasers conveyancers. There is unlikely to be post completion steps unique to conveyancing in Kingswood.
Should my conveyancer be raising questions regarding flooding as part of the conveyancing in Kingswood.
The risk of flooding is if increasing concern for solicitors carrying out conveyancing in Kingswood. Some people will acquire a property in Kingswood, fully expectant that at some time, it may be flooded. However, aside from the physical damage, if a property is at risk of flooding, it may be difficult to get a mortgage, adequate insurance cover, or sell the premises. Steps can be carried out 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 buyer or on a buyer’s behalf which will give them a better understanding of the risks in Kingswood. The standard property information forms sent to a buyer’s conveyancer (where the solicitors are adopting what is known as the Conveyancing Protocol) includes a standard question of the seller to find out whether the premises has ever been flooded. In the event that the premises has been flooded in past which is not notified by the vendor, then a purchaser may commence a legal claim for losses resulting from an inaccurate answer. A purchaser’s conveyancers should also conduct an enviro report. This should higlight if there is a recorded flood risk. If so, additional investigations will need to be made.
Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to our home can not be found. The solicitors who handled the conveyancing in Kingswood 5 years ago no longer exist. What are my options?
You no longer need to have the physical deeds to evidence that you are the registered proprietor of land or premises, as the Land Registry hold details of all registered land or property electronically.
Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold element on a property I put an offer in two weeks back in what should have been a simple, chain free conveyancing. Kingswood is the location of the property. Can you offer any guidance?
Flying freeholds in Kingswood are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Kingswood you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds very carefully. Your mortgage company may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Kingswood may determine that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold premises.