My partner and I swapping mortgage lender for our apartment in New Waltham with Santander. We have a son 19 who lives at home. Our solicitor has asked us to disclose any adults other than ourselves who lives in the flat. The solicitor has now sent a form for our son to sign, giving up any rights in the event that the apartment is repossessed. I have two questions (1) Is this form unique to the Santander conveyancing panel as he did not need to sign this form when we remortgaged 4 years ago (2) In signing this form is our son in any way compromising his right to inherit the property?
First, rest assured that your Santander conveyancing panel solicitor is doing the right thing 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 Santander. This is solely used to protect Santander 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 Santander 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 Lloyds conveyancing panel. Do firms pay you a commission if I retain them for our conveyancing in New Waltham?
We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the Lloyds conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in New Waltham.
The New Waltham conveyancing solicitors that I appointed last week on my purchase in New Waltham have suddenly closed. I only went with them because I had to have a solicitor on the Skipton conveyancing panel and my preferred New Waltham lawyer was not. I cut them a cheque for £250 in advance. What are my options?
If you have an estate agent involved then let them know straight away so that they advise the vendors that there may be a slight delay due to reasons beyond your control. 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 Skipton 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 lawyers may be able to assist.
What does a local search tell me concerning the property I am purchasing in New Waltham?
New Waltham conveyancing often commences with the submitting local authority searches directly from your local Authority or through a personal search company such as Onsearch The local search plays a central role in many a New Waltham conveyancing purchase; that is if you wish to avoid any unpleasant once you have moved into your property. The search will supply information on, amongst other things, details on planning applications applicable 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 topic sections.
How does conveyancing in New Waltham differ for new build properties?
Most buyers of new build or newly converted property in New Waltham come to us having been asked by the housebuilder to sign contracts and commit to the purchase even before the property is completed. This is because developers in New Waltham tend to buy the real estate, plan the estate and want to get the plots sold off as they are building the properties. Buyers, therefore, will have to exchange contracts without actually seeing the house they are buying. To reduce the chances of losing the property, buyers should instruct property lawyers as soon as the property is reserved and mortgage applications should be submitted quickly. Due to the fact that it could be several months and even years between exchange of contracts and completion, the mortgage offer may need to be extended. It would be wise to use a lawyer who specialises in new build conveyancing especially if they are accustomed to new build conveyancing in New Waltham or who has acted in the same development.
How easy is it to use the search app to locate a conveyancing solicitor in New Waltham on the panel for my lender?
First pick a lender such as Barclays , The Mortgage Works or Britannia then choose your preferred area for instance New Waltham. Conveyancing organisations in New Waltham and further afield will then be listed.