Would the conveyancing solicitors that you recommend carry out attended exchange conveyancing in Lewes?
We do have a number of conveyancing specialists who can conduct 24hr exchanges. Please e-mail us to obtain a costs illustration and details as to availability.
My brother-in-law has suggested I instruct a conveyancing solicitor in Lewes. I I am struggling to find out if they are accepted on the Nottingham Building Society approved list of lawyers. Could you or the lender confirm if they are on the panel?
The first thing you should do is phone your conveyancer and enquire if they are on the lender panel. Otherwise you can call Nottingham Building Society who may be able to assist.
Me and my partner are purchasing a house in Lewes. It might be a silly question but how we can trust a lawyer? On completion day we will need to deposit our life savings into their account. What is the protection we have from them run away with our money?
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.
My husband and I are spending time looking at apartments in Lewes and I am about to put in an offer. Is it premature to have a solicitor in place? I will be getting a mortgage with Aldermore.
It would be prudent to start your search sooner rather than later. Once you decide who you want to use and once your offer is accepted you can instruct them to work for you and pass their details on to the estate agent. As you are seeking a mortgage with Aldermore, ask your prospective lawyers if they are on the Aldermore conveyancing panel otherwise they can't do the mortgage legal work.
Santander have agreed my mortgage in principle, my offer on a property in Lewes has been agreed to, what are the next steps?
Your property agent will need to be informed of your conveyancer's details (make sure the property lawyers are on the lender’s panel). Contact Santander or the broker and finish off any outstanding documentation. Santander will appoint a valuer who will get in contact with the selling agent or owners to schedule a time for the valuation to occur. Once conducted (assuming no problems) it takes about a fortnight for the mortgage offer to be issued. Santander will issue the offer to you and your conveyancing practitioners. The legal work will then take it’s course according the nature and complexity of the conveyancing in Lewes.
I used Stirling Law several years past for my conveyancing in Lewes. Now, I need my files however the law firm is no longer operating. What do I do?
Do contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracking down 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 Lewes 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.
Should I use a Lewes conveyancing practitioner who is local to the property I am buying? An old friend can execute the conveyancing but his firm is located a couple of hundredkilometers away.
The primary upside of using a local Lewes conveyancing firm is that you can visit the firm to execute documents, deliver your ID and apply pressure on them where appropriate. They will also have local knowledge which is a plus. That being said nothing is more important than finding someone that will do a good and efficient job. If if people you trust used your friend and on the whole were content that must outweigh using an unknown Lewes conveyancing lawyer solely due to them being based in the area.
I acquired a property in Lewes last 21/10/2024 and to date it is still not recorded with HMLR. It is part of a development site and my solicitor told me that it can take twelve months to register. I have contacted HMLR directly and they say that the original application was cancelled due to questions not being addressed in time. Should I be concerned?
It is your property lawyer that you really need to get in touch with in order to satisfy any issues which have been raised as part of the registration formalities for your Lewes property. Normal Lewes conveyancing practice includes an undertaking on the part of the vendor’s lawyer that they will help resolve any requirements raised by HMLR so it may be a case of taking action to enforce that undertaking if necessary.