Can I use your services to recommend a Conveyancing solicitor in Markfield even where I’m not purchasing or selling a house, for instance if I intend to acquire a shop in Markfield with a mortgage from Barclays Direct?
Our search tool is primarily utilised to help choose residential conveyancing solicitors in Markfield but we have set out at the end of this page a few Markfield commercial conveyancing firms. You will need to make contact with the firm directly to establish if they can also act for Barclays Direct
I just acquired a house at auction in Markfield. Conveyancing is necessary. What are my next steps?
Having to all intents and purposes signed on the dotted line you will need to appoint a conveyancing practitioner soon as you will have a tight deadline in which to complete the conveyancing. Every auction property will ordinarily have a bespoke legal pack. This should include evidence of title and search results. In the case of leasehold property the conveyancing pack may contain a copy of the lease, management information and a sellers leasehold information form and other conveyancing documentation pertinent to leasehold premises. You must give this to your appointed conveyancing solicitor as soon as possible. Do make sure that your finances are organised to complete on the date specified in the contract.
Forgive me if this question is silly but I am new to the home buying as FTB of a two bedroom flat in Markfield. Do I collect the keys to the house on the completion date from my solicitor? If so, I will appoint a High Street conveyancing solicitor in Markfield?
There is no need to visit the lawyers office on the day of completion. Conveyancing lawyers for you will transfer the purchase money to the vendor’s conveyancers, and shortly after the monies have arrived, you should be invited to receive the keys from the property Agents and start moving into the property. Usually this occurs between 1 and 3pm.
I recently had an offer agreed on an apartment in Markfield. My mortgage broker suggested a property lawyer. I paid an advanced payment of £225. Not long after, the conveyancing practitioner called me embarrassingly acknowledging that they were not on the UBS conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?
You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the UBS panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.
We are selling our house in Markfield and the buyers lawyers are claiming that there is a risk of it being built land that was not decontaminated. A local conveyancer would know that there is no such problem. For the life of me I don't know why the purchasers are using an internet conveyancing firm as opposed to a conveyancing solicitor in Markfield. Having lived in Markfield for 5 years we know that this is a non issue. Is it a good idea to get in touch with our local Authority to get clarification need.
It would appear that you have a conveyancing solicitor currently acting for you. Are they able to advise? You need to enquire of 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 health insurance to cover that same illness)
It has been 3 months since my purchase conveyancing in Markfield took place. I have checked the Land Registry website which shows that I paid £150,000 when infact I paid £160,000. Why the discrepancy?
The price paid figure is taken from the application to register the purchase. It is the figure included in the Transfer (the legal deed which transfers the asset from one person to the other) and referred to as the 'consideration' or purchase price. You can report an error in the price paid figure using the LR online form. In most cases errors result from typos so at first glance the figure. Do report it so they can double check and advise.
I decided to have a survey carried out on a property in Markfield before retaining solicitors. I have been told that there is a flying freehold element to the property. My surveyor has said that some mortgage companies tend refuse to grant a mortgage on a flying freehold home.
It depends who your proposed lender is. HSBC has different requirements from Halifax. If you contact us we can check via the appropriate bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Markfield. Conveyancing will be smoother if you use a solicitor in Markfield especially if they regularly deal with such properties in Markfield.
Am I best advised to instruct a Markfield conveyancing practitioner in close proximity to the house I am hoping to buy? I have an old university friend who can carry out the legal work however his firm is located a couple of hundredmiles drive away.
The benefit of a high street Markfield conveyancing firm is that you can pop in to sign paperwork, present your ID and pester them if necessary. Having local Markfield know how is a bonus. That being said it's more important to get someone that will do a good and efficient job. If other friends have used your friend and they were impressed that should surpass using an unfamiliar Markfield conveyancing lawyer solely due to them being local.