Do the conveyancing solicitors listed on your site perform attended exchange conveyancing in Lifton?
We do have a number of conveyancing experts who can conduct attended exchanges. Do call us to receive a fee calculation and details as to dates.
What is the difference between a licensed conveyancer and conveyancing solicitor in Lifton
There are many registered licenced Conveyancers in Lifton and Solicitor practices in Lifton offering conveyancing We would stress that the two are supervised by regulatory bodies with both specialising in the legal aspects of the home buying process. They may both also deal with other property legal work such as remortgage conveyancing, lease extensions and transfer of equity conveyancing.
This question may be naive but I am new to the house moving as FTB of a ground floor flat in Lifton. Do I pick up the keys to the property on the completion date from my conveyancer? If this is the case, I will find a local conveyancing solicitor in Lifton?
There is no need to visit the lawyers office on the day of completion. Conveyancing lawyers for you will arrange to send the purchase money to the owner’s lawyers, and once they have received this, you should be called to pick up the keys from the property Agents and start moving into the property. This tends to happen between 1 and 3pm.
My partner and I have organised a further advance on our home loan from Clydesdale as we wish to carry out alterations to our house in Lifton. Do we need to choose a local Lifton solicitor on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel to deal with the paperwork?
Clydesdale would not normally appoint firms on their conveyancing panel to handle the formalities. If they do require any legal work then you would need to ensure that such a lawyer was on the Clydesdale list.
My friend advised me that if I am buying in Lifton I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?
This is a search is usually quoted for as part of the standard Lifton conveyancing searches. It is not a small report of about 40 pages, listing and setting out significant information about Lifton 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 demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime details, Local Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data about Lifton.
I moved into my house on 14 February and the transaction details is not yet on the land registry website. Any reason for this? My conveyancing solicitor in Lifton expressed confidence that it should be dealt with inside ten days. Are titles in Lifton particularly slow to register?
There is nothing unique about conveyancing in Lifton registration formalities. As opposed to being determined by geographic area, timescales can adjust subject to who lodges the application, whether it is in order and if the Land registry must send notices to any 3rd parties. As of today in the region of 80% of submission are fully addressed within two weeks but some can be subject to longer delays. Registration takes place after the buyer is living at the premises so 'speed' is not always an essential issue yet if there is a degree of urgency associated with the registration then you or your conveyancer can contact the land registry and explain the circumstances.
I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold element on a property I have offered on a fortnight ago in what should have been a simple, chain free conveyancing. Lifton is the location of the property. Can you offer any guidance?
Flying freeholds in Lifton are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Lifton you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds thoroughly. Your mortgage company may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Lifton may decide 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.
What makes your site different to other online quote calculators when it comes to conveyancing in Lifton?
At this site receive a conveyancing costs illustration from a Solicitor or Licensed Conveyancer that appreciates the issues for your conveyancing in Lifton. Unlike many estate agents and brokerage sites we do not charge firms a fee if you instruct them for your conveyancing in Lifton