I have just been advised by my mortgage adviser that my Maulden lawyer is not on the mortgage company Solicitor panel. What can I do to check?
The first thing you need to do is to contact your Maulden conveyancer. You lawyer should advise you what has happened. If they are not on the panel they could put your in touch with solicitors on the conveyancing panel for your bank.
Is there a reason why leasehold purchase conveyancing in Maulden is more expensive?
In short, leasehold conveyancing in Maulden and Bedfordshire usually involve extra hours of investigation compared to freehold transactions. This includes lease investigation, communicating with the landlord concerning the service of required notices, securing current service charge and management information, securing the freeholder’s consents and reviewing management accounts. The obligations on both the landlord and the tenant in the lease need to be studied by the buyer’s conveyancing team and read from beginning to end – no matter how many different leaseholders have owned the lease since it was first granted.
After reading mumsnet.com for a recommended solicitor in Maulden, many comment that I should use a CQS accredited lawyer. What is CQS?
Maulden Conveyancing Quality Scheme law firms have obtained accreditation under the Law Society's Scheme (CQS) The Law Society created CQS to establish evidence of quality standards in the in the legal transfer of properties. CQS enables buyers and sellers to identify practices who provide a quality residential conveyancing. Maulden is one of the many areas in England and Wales in which CQS are located. The scheme obliges solicitors to undergo a strict assessment, compulsory training, self-certification, random audits and yearly assessments in order to maintain CQS status. It is open only to members of the Law Society who meet the demanding standards set by the scheme and has the support of the Legal Ombudsman.
I have been told that property searches are the main reason for stalling in Maulden house deals. Is there any truth in this?
The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) released determinations of research by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not feature within the common causes of delays in the conveyancing process. Local searches are not likely to feature in any holding up conveyancing in Maulden.
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 simple, no chain conveyancing. Maulden is where the house is located. Is there any advice you can give?
Flying freeholds in Maulden are not the norm but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Maulden you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds very carefully. Your mortgage company may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Maulden may ascertain 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 property.
Given that I will soon part with hundreds of thousands of pounds on a property in Maulden I would like to talk to a lawyer regarding thehouse move in advance of giving the go ahead to the firm. Can this be arranged?
Absolutely - it is our preference to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you first talking to the conveyancer due to be conducting your conveyancing in Maulden.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - each client is unique individual, not a case number. The practices that we put you in touch with believe that the figure you are calculated and presented to you for residential conveyancing in Maulden should be the figure that you end up paying.