My family lawyer has quoted £1400 for no completion no fee conveyancing in Rowlands Gill. I’m selling a modern property for £275,000. This seems too much. Is it in excess of what I should be paying for conveyancing in Rowlands Gill?
The estimate does seem marginally overpriced. If you shop around you may be able to get the conveyancing a bit cheaper by perhaps £125. On the other hand, you maylive to rue choosing an an untested conveyancer. Don't forget to check that the solicitor can also act for your lender. You can use our search tool to select a Rowlands Gill conveyancing company on the lender’s approved list of lawyers which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Rowlands Gill.
It is 10 years ago since I purchased my home in Rowlands Gill. Conveyancing solicitors have now been retained on the sale but I am unable to track down the title documents. Will this jeopardise the sale?
You need not be too concerned. First the deeds may be kept by your mortgage company or they could stored with the lawyers who oversaw the purchase. Secondly in most cases the land will be registered at the land registry and you will be able to establish that you are the registered owner by your conveyancing lawyers acquiring current official copies of the land registers. Almost all conveyancing in Rowlands Gill relates to registered property but in the unlikely event that your property is not registered it adds to the complexity but is resolvable.
My relative advised me that where I am buying in Rowlands Gill I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?
This is a search is usually included in the estimate for your Rowlands Gill conveyancing searches. It is a large document of about 40 pages, listing and setting out important information about Rowlands Gill around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Rowlands Gill Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime statistics, Rowlands Gill Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information about Rowlands Gill.
Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold issue on a house I put an offer in two weeks back in what was supposed to be a straight forward, no chain conveyancing. Rowlands Gill is where the house is located. Can you shed any light on this issue?
Flying freeholds in Rowlands Gill are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Rowlands Gill you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds diligently. Your mortgage company may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Rowlands Gill may determine that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold residence.
I am looking for a conveyancing lawyer in Rowlands Gill for my home move. Is it possible to check a solicitor's complaints history with the profession’s regulator?
Members of the public can search for published Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) determinations arising from investigations from 2008 onwards. Go to Check a solicitor's record. To find details about the period before 1 January 2008, or to check a firm's record, telephone 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 any week day save for Tuesday when lines open at 9.30am. For non-uk callers, use +44 (0)121 329 6800. The regulator sometimes monitor call for training reasons.
My wife and I purchased a leasehold flat in Rowlands Gill. Conveyancing and Barclays mortgage are in place. I have received a letter from someone saying they have taken over the freehold. It included a demand for arrears of ground rent dating back to 1998. The conveyancing practitioner in Rowlands Gill who previously acted has now retired. Any advice?
First contact the Land Registry to be sure that the individual purporting to own the freehold is in fact the registered owner of the freehold reversion. There is no need to instruct a Rowlands Gill conveyancing practitioner to do this as you can do this on the Land Registry website for £3. You should note that regardless, even if this is the legitimate freeholder, under the Limitation Act 1980 the limitation period for recovery of ground rent is six years.
Rowlands Gill Conveyancing for Leasehold Flats - Examples of Questions you should ask Prior to buying
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How many of the leaseholders are in arrears for their maintenance charge payments? How much is the ground rent and service charge? Who are the managing agents?