Recently contacted my conveyancing lawyer in Raynes Park who completed the legal work two years ago and wanted a conveyancing costs illustration based on the same type of house move (a leasehold premises and a freehold property) of almost identical values with a loan from Virgin Money. I am now being quoted twice the amount. Am I right to be tempted to shop around for an alternative property lawyer?
The estimate fees are a bit high. Where you are willing to expend time scrutinising costs you might shave off some of the expense by as much as a hundred pounds. That being said, if you were content with the assistance the firm gave you couldcome to regret opting for an an unknown solicitor. Remember to enquire the conveyancer can act for Virgin Money. Do make use of our search tool to select a Raynes Park conveyancing firm on the Virgin Money approved list of lawyers, which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Raynes Park.
We note that you have a search directory identifying solicitors on the TSB conveyancing panel. Do companies pay you a commission if I instruct them for our conveyancing in Raynes Park?
We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the TSB conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Raynes Park.
Forgive me if this question is silly but I am unexperienced as FTB of a garden flat in Raynes Park. Do I collect the keys to the premises on completion from my lawyer? If this is the case, I will use a local conveyancing solicitor in Raynes Park?
There is no need to visit the lawyers office on the day of completion. Conveyancing lawyers for you will arrange to send the purchase money to the owner’s solicitors, and once they have received this, you should be called to receive the keys from the Estate Agents and move into your new home. This tends to happen between 1 and 3pm.
Are all Raynes Park Conveyancing Quality Solicitors on the Santander conveyancing list of approved practices?
Some major lenders now use the accreditation scheme as the starting point for Panel membership such as HSBC and Santander. 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 solicitor practices wishing to join their approved list of firms.
Barclays have agreed my home loan in principle, my bid on a property in Raynes Park has been agreed to, what are the next steps?
Your estate agent will need to know who your solicitors are (be sure the property lawyers are on the lender’s approved list). Call up Barclays or the broker and finish off any appropriate documentation. Barclays will instruct a valuer who will get in touch with the selling agent or owners to arrange a time for the valuation to happen. Once carried out (assuming no problems) it takes approximately ten days for the mortgage offer to be issued. Barclays will issue the offer to you and your property lawyers. The transaction will then take it’s course according the nature and complexity of the conveyancing in Raynes Park.
I am close to exchanging contracts on the sale of our home in Raynes Park and the buyers lawyers are claiming that there is a possibility that the property was built on contaminated land. Any local lawyer would know that there is no such problem. For the life of me I don't know why the buyers instructed a factory type conveyancing firm rather than a conveyancing solicitor in Raynes Park. Having lived in Raynes Park for six years we know that this is a non issue. Should we contact our local Authority to seek confirmation that the buyers are looking for.
It would appear that you have a conveyancing firm currently acting for you. What do they say? You need to check with your lawyer before you do anything. It is very possible that once the local authority has been informed of a potential issue it cannot be insured against (a bit like being diagnosed with a serious illness and then taking out health insurance to cover that same ailment)
Is it possible to switch solicitor as I have to instruct one who is on the Barclays conveyancing panel. I instructed a high street conveyancing solicitor in Raynes Park round the corner but she is not approved by Barclays
It would be our pleasure to help you find a conveyancing solicitor in Raynes Park on the Barclays panel. Please note that the conveyancers that we work with do not pay us a referral fee if you instruct them and are authorised and regulated by the SRA who regulate all conveyancing solicitors in Raynes Park. In utilising search facility on this page, you can compare and instruct different solicitors and conveyancers both nationally and in Raynes Park.
All being well we will complete the sale of our £350,000 flat in Raynes Park in nine days. The managing agents has quoted £396 for Landlord’s certificate, insurance certificate and previous years service charge statements. Is it legal for a freeholder to charge such fees for a leasehold conveyance in Raynes Park?
Raynes Park conveyancing on leasehold flats typically necessitates fees being raised by managing agents :
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Answering conveyancing due diligence enquiries
Where consent is required before sale in Raynes Park
Copies of the building insurance and schedule
Deeds of covenant upon sale
Registering of the assignment of the change of lessee after a sale
I have attempted and failed to negotiate with my landlord to extend my lease without success. Can the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal decide on such issues? Can you recommend a Raynes Park conveyancing firm to act on my behalf?
Most certainly. We can put you in touch with a Raynes Park conveyancing firm who can help.
An example of a Lease Extension case for a Raynes Park property is 33 The Maisonettes Alberta Avenue in June 2014. the Tribunal decided that the premium payable for the grant of a new lease be the sum of £20,680 (Twenty Thousand six hundred and eighty pounds). This case affected 1 flat. The unexpired term as at the valuation date was 60.43 years.