Having sold my house in Quorn last February yet the purchaser is e-mailing every few hours to say their lawyer needs to hear from mine. What should have happened following completion?
Post completion of your disposal your conveyancer should send the transfer documentation and all supplemental paperwork to the purchaser's lawyers. If applicable, your conveyancer must also confirm that the home loan has been paid off to the purchasers lawyers. There is unlikely to be post completion tasks unique to conveyancing in Quorn.
The Quorn conveyancing lawyers that I appointed last week on my purchase in Quorn have without warning closed. I only went with them because I needed a lawyer on the Skipton conveyancing panel and my previous Quorn lawyer was not. I paid them funds on account. What do I do now?
If you have an estate agent involved then inform them immediately 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 will need to 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 solicitors may be able to help.
We have agreed to purchase a house in Quorn. One unusual aspect is that the roof has a solar panel. Solicitors conducting should look into this right? Will my lender Kent Reliance be concerned?
Given that you are obtaining a mortgage with Kent Reliance your lawyer must follow the conveyancing requirements set out in Section 2 of UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook for Kent Reliance. The CML Handbook stipulates minimum conditions for solar panel roof-space leases, and conveyancing practitioners are required to report to Kent Reliance where a lease does not satisfy these provisions. The conditions relate to the installation of panels on properties nationwide and is not isolated to Quorn.
Completion of my purchase has taken place for my property in Quorn. Conveyancing was of an acceptable standard but I would like to complain about the lender. How does one go about formally complaining?
Most lenders have complaints procedures. Your first point of contact should be one of the lender’s branches or the Customer Services Team at head office. In most cases complaints to a lender are sorted out very quickly. If you feel the matter is not resolved you can write to Financial Ombudsman Service, South Quay Plaza, 183 Marsh Wall, London E14 9SR who will take matters further.
I am due to exchange contracts on my flat. I had a double glazing fitted in June 2008, but did not receive a FENSA certificate or Building Regulation Certificate. My purchaser’s lender, Leeds Building Society are being a right pain. The Quorn solicitor who is on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel is saying indemnity insurance will be fine but Leeds Building Society are insisting on a building regulation certificate. Why do Leeds Building Society have a conveyancing panel if they don't accept advice from them?
It is probably the case that Leeds Building Society have referred the matter to their valuer. The reason why Leeds Building Society may not want to accept indemnity insurance is because it does not give them any reassurance that the double glazing was correctly and safely installed. The indemnity insurance merely protects against enforcement action which is very unlikely anyway.
I used Arc property Solicitors a few years past for my conveyancing in Quorn. Now, I need the documents but cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?
Do contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracking down 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 Quorn 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.
I opted to have a survey completed on a house in Quorn before retaining solicitors. I have been informed that there is a flying freehold aspect to the house. My surveyor has said that some lenders may refuse to issue a loan on a flying freehold property.
It varies from the lender to lender. HSBC has different requirements from Nationwide. Should you wish to telephone us we can investigate further via the relevant bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Quorn. Conveyancing may be slightly more expensive based on your lender's requirements.
As co-executor for the will of my grandfather I am selling a house in Neath but I am based in Quorn. My solicitor (who is 200 miles from mehas requested that I execute a stat dec before completion. Could you suggest a conveyancing practitioner in Quorn who can attest and place their company stamp on the document?
Technically speaking you are unlikely to be required to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily any notary public or qualified solicitor will do regardless of whether they are Quorn based