As someone not used to the Roundhay conveyancing process what is your top tip you can impart for the house moving process in Roundhay
Not many law firms or advisers will tell you this but conveyancing in Roundhay or throughout England and Wales is an adversarial experience. Put another way, when it comes to conveyancing there is lots of room for conflict between you and other parties involved in the home moving process. For instance, the vendor, selling agent and even potentially your mortgage company. Choosing a lawyer for your conveyancing in Roundhay is a critical decision as your conveyancer is your adviser, and is the ONE party in the legal process whose role it is to act in your legal interests and to keep you safe.
There is a definite creep of a "blame" culture- someone must be blamed for the process being so protracted. You should always trust your conveyancer ahead of all other parties when it comes to the legal assignment of property.
Will my conveyancing lawyers need to check that the building insurance when buying a house in Roundhay. My lender is Platform
Platform have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 5/7/2025, the requirements read as follows :
This question may be naive but I am new to the home moving as a 1st time purchaser of a two bedroom flat in Roundhay. Do I pick up the keys to the property on the completion date from my conveyancer? If this is the case, I will find a local conveyancing solicitor in Roundhay?
On the day of completion you will not be required to go to the conveyancers office in Roundhay. Your solicitors will transfer the purchase money to the vendor’s lawyers, and shortly after the monies have arrived, you should be able to pick up the keys from the selling Agents and start moving into the property. Usually this occurs early afternoon.
We had appointed conveyancers locally in Roundhay on the Yorkshire BS solicitor panel. They have just billed me a further fee for dealing with the Yorkshire BS mortgage. Is this an additional conveyancing fee specified by Yorkshire BS?
Unfortunately, so long as it is in their Terms of Engagement or estimate then yes your solicitor can charge a fee for this. The charge is not set by Yorkshire BS but by your Roundhay conveyancer. Plenty of firms on the Yorkshire BS panel will levy an ‘acting for lender’ fee but many firms incorporate it on their overall fee.
I have today made my last payment due on my mortgage with HSBC. I assume I don't need a Roundhay conveyancing practitioner on the HSBC panel to discharge the mortgage at the Land Registry. Please confirm.
If you have finished paying off your HSBC mortgage, they may send you evidence showing that you have paid it off. Alternatively they may notify the Land Registry directly. The Land Registry need to see this evidence before they will remove the HSBC mortgage from the register. HSBC, and any evidence they send you, will determine the action you need to take. In cases where no conveyancer is acting for you and you have paid off your mortgage:
- but are not moving to another property
- where HSBC has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
- HSBC has instructed the Land Registry to do so
I have recentlyfound out that Stirling Law have closed. They carried out my conveyancing in Roundhay for a purchase of a leasehold apartment 10 months ago. How can I establish that the property is in my name in the name of the previous owner?
The easiest method to see if the premises is in your name, you can carry out a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Roundhay conveyancing specialists.
Is it simple use your search app to get a costs illustration from a conveyancing solicitor in Roundhay on the approved list for my bank?
First pick a mortgage company such as National Westminster Bank, Virgin Money or TSB then specify your location a common one being Roundhay. Conveyancing practices in Roundhay and across England and Wales should be listed.
In my capacity as executor for the estate of my grandmother I am selling a house in Cardiff but reside in Roundhay. My solicitor (based 200 miles from mehas requested that I sign a stat dec prior to the transaction finalising. Could you suggest a conveyancing practitioner in Roundhay who can witness and place their company stamp on the document?
strictly speaking you should not be required to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally any notary public or qualified solicitor will do regardless of whether they are Roundhay based