I have given 2 months notice to my existing landlord and have to leave my let out flat in New Ferry by the end of next month. Conveyancing for my house purchase is progressing. Can I complete in a couple of weeks as I wish to avoid having to find temporary accommodation?
It is unwise to serve notice for your lease unless exchange of contracts has taken place. Assuming that you have not already done so, speak to your lawyer and request that they seek the assistance the owners side, try to a target completion date that all parties will look to achieve
I am assisting my sister sell her property in New Ferry. Will the conveyancing solicitor arrange an energy assessment or it is for the owner to see to?
Following the abolition of Home Packs, energy assessments was retained a mandatory element of moving house. An energy performance certificate must be to hand prior to the property being advertised. This is not something that lawyers normally organise. If you are instructing a New Ferry conveyancing practitioner they might help arrange energy performance certificates given their relationships with long established local accredited person
Are all New Ferry Conveyancing Quality Solicitors on the Nationwide conveyancing panel?
It is true that some lenders now make use of CQS as the kick off point for Panel approval such as HSBC and Santander. The Law Society’s CQS accreditation however is no guarantee to lender panel acceptance. Nevertheless,the CML have indicated that it is likely to become a pre-requisite for solicitors wishing to remain on their approved list of firms.
HSBC have agreed my mortgage in principle, my bid on a house in New Ferry has been accepted, what are the next steps?
Your estate agent will want to know who your solicitors are (make sure the conveyancers are on the lender’s panel). Telephone HSBC or your financial adviser and complete any relevant forms. HSBC will appoint a valuer who will get in touch with the estate agent or owners to schedule a time for the valuation to happen. Once carried out (assuming no problems) it takes on average a fortnight for the mortgage offer to be issued. HSBC will issue the offer to you and your property lawyers. The legal work will then take it’s course according the nature and complexity of the conveyancing in New Ferry.
I used Action Conveyancing a few years past for my conveyancing in New Ferry. Now, I need my documents however the law firm has closed. What do I do?
You should contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in New Ferry of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously used, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold issue on a property I have offered on two weeks back in what was supposed to be a quick, chain free conveyancing. New Ferry is where the house is located. Can you shed any light on this issue?
Flying freeholds in New Ferry are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in New Ferry you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds diligently. Your mortgage company may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in New Ferry may determine 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 residence.
In my capacity as executor for the will of my grandmother I am selling a house in Newport but live in New Ferry. My conveyancer (who is 250 kilometers from merequires that I execute a statutory declaration ahead of the transaction finalising. Can you recommend a conveyancing practitioner in New Ferry to witness and place their company stamp on the document?
strictly speaking you are not likely to need to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally or notary public or qualified solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are based in New Ferry
My wife and I have recently had an offer agreed on a apartment and had an appointment on Wednesday with HSBC for the mortgage. They warned me that when it comes to selecting a property lawyer that if they are not on their approved list of solicitors then we will be subject to an a further fee of £250+. This is because they will then have to select a conveyancer to act on their behalf as well as the one we appoint for ourselves and we assume responsibility for their costs. I have requested HSBC to supply me with a list so I can request estimates only from their approved lawyers but was told they dont have such a list to hand over. Is there a list online?
Ask HSBC what their criteria for panel membership is for a solicitor.Thereafter ask the lawyer of your choice whether they meet the criteria and have they acted on loans for HSBC before. If the answer to those is yes, then just clarify this with HSBC. Another option is to use our search facility and we should be able to identify a solicitor in New Ferry on the approved list for HSBC.