I have given 2 months notice to my current landlord and have to vacate my let out flat in Neasden by 16/7/2025. Conveyancing for my house purchase has just started. Is it possible to complete in a couple of weeks as don't want to have to move into temporary accommodation?
It is unwise to provide notice for your lease unless exchange of contracts has taken place. Assuming that you have not previously done so, notify to your solicitor and request that they seek the assistance the other solicitors, try to an agreed time frame that everyone will work to achieve
Why do I have to pay up front for conveyancing in Neasden?
If you are buying a property in Neasden your solicitor will ask you place them with monies to cover the search fees. Generally this is requested to cover the fees of the conveyancing searches. If any deposit is as part of the sale price then this should be required shortly ahead of contracts are exchanged. Any further balance that is needed should be sent to your lawyer a few days prior to the day of completion.
The Neasden conveyancing solicitors that I recently instructed on my house acquisition in Neasden have suddenly closed. They were on acting for me because I needed a solicitor on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel and my preferred Neasden lawyer was not. I wrote them a cheque for two hundred pounds in advance. What should be my next steps?
If you have an estate agent involved then let them know straight away so that they can let the sellers know that there may be a slight delay due to the problems encountered. Hopefully they will be sympathetic and urge their lawyer to send a new set of papers to your new solicitors. You should appoint new lawyers that are on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel and notify the lender. If you have paid over any money, it will hopefully be held by the SRA as money in an intervened firm's bank accounts is transferred to the SRA. Then, the SRA or the intervention agent looks at the intervened firm's accounts to work out who the money belongs to. To claim your money you will need to contact the SRA. If the SRA cannot return money you are owed from the firm's bank accounts, or if they can only return part of the money, you can apply to the Compensation Fund for a grant. Your new solicitors should be in a position to assist.
What can a local search tell me about the house my wife and I purchasing in Neasden?
Neasden conveyancing often starts with the submitting local authority searches directly from your local Authority or through a personal search company for example Searchflow The local search plays a central part in most Neasden conveyancing purchase; that is if you wish to avoid any nasty surprises after you move into your new home. The search should reveal information 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 thirteen subject areas.
As co-executor for the estate of my father I am disposing of a residence in Swansea but live in Neasden. My solicitor (who is 250 kilometers awayneeds me to execute a stat dec ahead of the transaction finalising. Can you recommend a conveyancing solicitor in Neasden who can witness this legal document for me?
Technically speaking you should not be required to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily any notary public or qualified solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are based in Neasden
Me and my partner are purchasing a 2 bedroom apartmentin Neasden with a mortgage from a mortgage company. We like our conveyancer in Neasden however our bank advise he's not on their "panel". Apparently we need to choose from the our lender panel solicitors or stay with our Neasden conveyancer and pay for one of their panel ones to represent them. We feel as though this is unjust; is there anything we can do?
Unfortunately,no. The mortgage company home loan issued is subject to its terms and conditions, one of which will be that lawyers will on the bank's conveyancing panel. in the past, most lenders had open panels, including most conveyancing solicitors in Neasden : a borrower could choose one for themselves, as long as it was on the lender's panel. The lender would then simply instruct the borrower's lawyers to act for the lender, too. You can use your lender's panel lawyers or you could borrow from another lender which does not restrict your choice. Another option that might be available is for your solicitors to apply to be on the conveyancing panel for your lender.