Are you able to suggest a Nationwide Building Society approved Lewes conveyancing firm finish our home move within under 3 weeks? Am I best advised to choose a high street Lewes practice or a factory type firm?
We would be happy to suggest some excellent Lewes conveyancing firms. Another option is to visit the main road in Lewes. Go in to a couple of law practices and ask to speak with a conveyancing solicitor for a fee estimate. Explain your expectations together with your reasons and ask for a commitment on speed. Choose the lawyer that genuine.
I am purchasing a garden flat in Lewes. Can I do my own conveyancing?
Leaving aside the complexities and merits of DIY conveyancing in Lewes you will have to appoint a solicitor on your bank's conveyancing panel to look after their interests. Most people therefore find it easier to let the solicitor act for them and the lender. Furthermore there is minimal cost savings to be made in you doing conveyancing for yourself and another lawyer conducting the conveyancing for the lender. Please feel free to use the search tool to find a lawyer on your lender panel in Lewes.
A colleague suggested that where I am purchasing in Lewes I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?
A search of this type is occasionally quoted for as part of the standard Lewes conveyancing searches. It is not a small document of more than thirty pages, listing and detailing significant information about Lewes around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the local Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime details, Local Education with plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information concerning Lewes.
I have recentlybecome aware that Stirling Law have been shut down. They carried out my conveyancing in Lewes for a purchase of a leasehold apartment 18 months ago. How can I be sure that the property is in my name in the name of the previous owner?
The quickest method to check if the premises is registered to you, you can carry out a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Lewes conveyancing specialists.
I have been advised by a number of selling agents in Lewes to get a quote from a property lawyer using your seach tool. Is there a financial upside for Estate Agents to promote your lawyers ahead of a competitor’s?
We refuse to offer any financial incentive for directing people in our direction. We found it would be just too difficult a fee because home movers will think, ‘How come the agent getting a kickback? Why aren’t I getting any benefit too?’ So we decided to step away from that.
Myself and my husband have just had an offer agreed on a property and had an appointment on Tuesday with the Post Office for the mortgage. They advised us that when it comes to choosing a conveyancing practitioner that if they are not on their approved list of conveyancing practitioners then we will incur an extra charge of about two hundred pounds. This is because they would then have to select a solicitor to act for them as well as the one we choose to act for ourselves and we will be on the hook for their costs. I have requested the Post Office to provide me with a list so I can request estimates only from their approved solicitors but was told that I need to check with each individual lawyer to see if they are on the panel. Is there a list online?
You should ask the Post Office what their criteria for panel membership is for a conveyancer.Then ask the lawyer of your choice whether they fit that criteria and have they acted on mortgages for the Post Office before. Where the answer to those is yes, then just double check with the Post Office. Alternatively please utilise our search tool and we should be able to find you a property lawyer in Lewes on the approved list for the Post Office.