My partner and I changing mortgage lender for our penthouse in Maze Hill with Leeds Building Society. We have a son approaching twenty who lives at home. Our solicitor has asked us to disclose anyone over the age of 17 other than ourselves who reside at the property. Our lawyer has now e-mailed a document for our son to sign, waiving any legal rights in the event that the property is forfeited by the lender. I have a couple of questions (1) Is this document specific to the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel as he did not need to sign this form when we purchased 3 years ago (2) In signing this form is our son in any way compromising his right to inherit the property?
On the face of it your lawyer has done nothing wrong as it is established procedure for any occupier who is aged 17 or over to sign the necessary Consent Form, which is purely to state that any rights he has in the property are postponed and secondary to Leeds Building Society. This is solely used to protect Leeds Building Society if the property were re-possessed so that in such circumstances, your son would be legally obliged to leave. It does not impact your son’s right to inherit the apartment. Please note that if your son were to inherit and the mortgage in favour of Leeds Building Society had not been discharged, he would be liable to take over the loan or pay it off, but other than that, there is nothing stopping him from keeping the property in accordance with your will or the rules of intestacy.
We see that you have a search directory identifying solicitors on the TSB conveyancing panel. Do firms pay you a referral fee if I appoint them for our own conveyancing in Maze Hill?
We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the TSB conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Maze Hill.
What can a local search tell me concerning the property I am buying in Maze Hill?
Maze Hill conveyancing often commences with the ordering local authority searches directly from your local Authority or via a personal search company for instance Searchflow The local search plays a central role in many a Maze Hill conveyancing purchase; as long as you don’t want any unpleasant surprises after you move into your new home. The search should supply data on, amongst other things, details on planning applications relevant to the premises (whether granted or refused), building control history, any enforcement action, restrictions on permitted development, nearby road schemes, contaminated land and radon gas; in all a total of 13 topic sections.
Just acquired a detached house in Maze Hill , What is the estimated time for the Land Registry to deal with the formalities evidencing my title? My Maze Hill conveyancing solicitor has been painfully slow, so I want to be certain that my purchase is registered.
As far as conveyancing in Maze Hill registration is no quicker or slower than anywhere else in England and Wales. As opposed to being determined by geographic area, timescales can differ depending on who lodges the application, whether there are errors and if the Land registry have to notify any interested persons or bodies. At present approximately 80% of submission are fully addressed within 12 days but occasionally there can be extensive hold-ups. Registration is effected after the purchaser is living at the premises thus an expedited registration is not usually top priority yet where there is a degree of urgency associated with the registration then you or your solicitor must contact the land registry and explain the circumstances.
How do I search for a Maze Hill solicitor on the The Mortgage Works conveyancing panel? I have a car and am prepared to travel upto 10kilometers to meet the solicitor.
Feel free to make use of the tool on this page. Please pick a mortgage company and your location and you will see a number of Maze Hill conveyancing lawyers locally. We have detailed some Maze Hill conveyancing firms at the bottom of this page and you can ring them to verify whether they are on the The Mortgage Works panel
My husband and I are first time buyers - agreed a price, but the property agent informed us that the owners will only go ahead if we use their chosen lawyers as they want a ‘quick sale’. My instinct tells me that we should use a high street conveyancer who is familiar with conveyancing in Maze Hill
It is improbable the owners are behind this. If they desire ‘a quick sale', turning down a motivated buyer is not the way to achieve this. Bypass the agents and go straight to the owners and make the point that (a)you are keen to buy (b)you are excited to move forward, with finances arranged © you are chain free (d) you wish to move quickly (e)however you are going to use your own,trusted Maze Hill conveyancing solicitors - not the ones that will earn their estate agent a kickback or hit his conveyancing figures pre-set by HQ.