My previous lawyer has given a fee calculation of £1700 for fixed fee conveyancing in Norfolk. I’m selling a newly refurbished property for £125,000. Are these conveyancing fees excessive? Is it in excess of the norm for conveyancing in Norfolk?
The charges are a little high. Where you are content to expend time comparing charges you might trim some of the expense by say £100 plus VAT. That being said, you mightlive to regret choosing an an unknown lawyer. Don't forget to ensure that the solicitor can also act for your mortgage company. Do employ our search tool to select a Norfolk conveyancing company on the lender’s approved list of lawyers which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Norfolk.
I have given 8 weeks notice to my existing landlord and must leave my let out flat in Norfolk by the end of next month. Conveyancing on my purchase has just started. Is it possible to complete in 5 weeks as I wish to avoid having to move into short term accommodation?
The normal practice is not to provide notice on a rental unless exchange of contracts has taken place. Assuming that you have not previously done so, speak to your solicitor and request that they cajole the owners solicitors, try to an acceptable time-line that everyone will work towards
We note that you have a post code search directory listing solicitors on the UBS conveyancing panel. Do companies pay you a referral fee if I retain them for our own conveyancing in Norfolk?
We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the UBS conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Norfolk.
We're in Norfolk, First time buyers buying with a mortgage (lender is Clydesdale , and our solicitor is on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel). How long should the conveyancing process take?
The fact that your lawyer is on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel is a help. It would almost certainly delay matters if they were not. However, no solicitor should guarantee a timeframe for your conveyancing, due to third parties outside of your control such as delays caused by lenders,conveyancing search providers or by the other side’s solicitors. The time taken is often determined by the number of parties in a chain.
I moved into my house on 3 April and my personal details is yet to be on the land registry website. Need I be worried? My conveyancing solicitor in Norfolk expressed confidence that it would be formalised in less than a month. Are titles in Norfolk particularly slow to register?
As far as conveyancing in Norfolk registration is no faster or slower than anywhere else in the country. Rather than based on location, timeframes can differ depending on who lodges the application, whether there are errors and whether the Land registry must send notices to any 3rd persons or bodies. Currently roughly three quarters of such applications are fully addressed within two weeks but occasionally there can be extensive hold-ups. Registration takes place once the new owner is living at the premises thus an expedited registration is not always top priority but where there is a degree of urgency associated with the registration then you or your lawyers could communicate with the Registry to express the reasoning for an expedited registration.
I am looking for a ground for flat up to £195,000 and found one round the corner in Norfolk I like with a park and railway links in the vicinity, the downside is that it's only got 52 years on the lease. There is not much else in Norfolk suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error purchasing a lease with such few years left?
Should you require a home loan that many years may be a potential deal breaker. Reduce the price by the anticipated lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the current proprietor has owned the property for at least twenty four months you can request that they commence the lease extension formalities and then assign it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the existing lease term with a zero ground rent applied. You should consult your conveyancing lawyer regarding this matter.