It has taken forever and a day but a mortgage offer from HSBC for the refinancing of my 2 bedroom garden flat is due imminently. Can you suggest a low cost conveyancing solicitor in Limehouse?
This site is not designed to assist those in pursuit of cut-price fees for conveyancing solicitors in Limehouse. We can offer you affordable conveyancing but we do not aim to work with the cheapest lawyers. Resist the temptation to appoint companies enticing you with £99 conveyancing in Limehouse. The optimum result, in being led by cheap conveyancing, you will receive what you pay for and at worst you will end up spending a lot in additional fees and still not get the service you were looking for.
I am downsizing from our house in Limehouse and the buyers lawyers are claiming that there is a possibility that the property was constructed land that was not decontaminated. A high street Limehouse conveyancer would know that there is no such problem. It does beg the question why the purchasers used a national conveyancing firm as opposed to a conveyancing solicitor in Limehouse. Having lived in Limehouse for many years we know that this is a non issue. Should we contact our local Authority to obtain clarification that the buyers are looking for.
It would appear that you have a conveyancing lawyer already. What do they say? You should check with your lawyer before you do anything. It is very possible that once the local authority has been informed of a potential issue it cannot be insured against (a bit like being diagnosed with a serious illness and then taking out life insurance to cover that same illness)
I purchased a renovated Edwardian property in Limehouse. Conveyancing practitioner represented me and Norwich and Peterborough Building Society. I happened to do a free search for it on the Land Registry database and there are a couple of entries: one for freehold, another for leasehold under the exact same address. I'd like to know for sure, how can I find out??
You should read the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register as there may be mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered owner of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Limehouse and other areas of the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they sell they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with mortgage companies. You can also check the situation with the conveyancing solicitor who conducted the conveyancing.
Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold issue on a house I put an offer in two weeks back in what should have been a quick, chain free conveyancing. Limehouse is the location of the property. What do you suggest?
Flying freeholds in Limehouse are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Limehouse you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds very carefully. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Limehouse 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 residence.
We're FTB’s - had an offer accepted, yet the selling agent has warned us that the seller will only issue a contract if we use the agent's chosen conveyancers as they need a ‘quick sale’. My instinct tells me that we should use a family conveyancer who is accustomed to conveyancing in Limehouse
We suspect that the owner is not behind this requirement. Should the owner want ‘a quick sale', alienating a genuine buyer is not the way to achieve this. Speak to the vendors direct and explain that (a)you are keen to buy (b)you are ready to go, with finances arranged © you do not need to sell (d) you wish to move quickly (e)but you are going to use your own,trusted Limehouse conveyancing lawyers - not the ones that will provide the estate agent a referral fee or meet his conveyancing thresholds pre-set by head office.
Should I stop the direct debit for my mortgage with Leeds Building Society once a completion date for my home sale in Limehouse has been set?
You are best advised to continue paying any mortgage payments to Leeds Building Society pending the mortgage being repaid on completion as part of your Limehouse conveyancing.