Is there a reason why leasehold purchase conveyancing in Mortlake costs more?
Mortlake leasehold conveyancing transactions usually involve additional investigations than freeholds including investigating the Lease, liaising with the Landlord such as serving relevant notices on the Landlord or managing agent, obtaining up-to-date service charge and management information, obtaining Landlord’s consents and reviewing management accounts and formation documents.
I am considering applying for a HSBC mortgage for purchase of a new build (under development) in Mortlake with 70% loan to value. Is it compulsory to choose a solicitor on the conveyancing panel for HSBC ?
There is nothing to stop you using your solicitor, but HSBC will insist on their interests being represented by a firm on their conveyancing panel. There is much more potential for delays and confusion with two solicitors involved, and it will undoubtedly be more expensive too.
Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to my home can not be found. The solicitors who dealt with the conveyancing in Mortlake 10 years ago are no longer around. What do I do?
You no longer need to hold title original deeds to evidence that you are the registered proprietor of land or premises, given that the Land Registry have everything they need in a digital format.
Due to the guidance of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a house in Mortlake ahead of instructing lawyers. I have been advised that there is a flying freehold element to the property. The surveyor has said that some banks tend refuse to grant a mortgage on this type of property.
It varies from the lender to lender. HSBC has different requirements from Nationwide. If you e-mail us we can investigate further with the appropriate lender. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Mortlake. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Mortlake to see if the conveyancing costs will increase in light of this.
Taking into account that I am about to spend over three hundred thousand on a garden flat in Mortlake I wish to have a conversation with the conveyancer about myhome move prior to appointing the firm. Can this be arranged?
We could not agree more - it is our preference to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you liaising with the lawyer due to be doing your conveyancing in Mortlake.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - each client is unique person, not a file number. The practices that we put you in touch with believe that the figure you are quoted for your conveyancing in Mortlake should be the amount on the final invoice that you end up paying.
Searching for a conveyancing solicitor in Mortlake. I did have one sorted but they are not on the approved list of RBS. It seems that nowadays most mortgage companies only allow conveyancers on their panel. Extremely frustrating restricting the choice for the paying public. Can you recommend a good Mortlake conveyancer that will assist us as well as represent RBS?
The purpose of this site is restricted to being a directory service for lawyers who want to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for RBS in certain locations for example Mortlake . Our intention is not to recommend any specific conveyancing practitioner.