Can the conveyancing lawyers that you recommend conduct conveyancing in Rufford by way of an attended exchange?
There are a few conveyancing experts who can conduct 24hr exchanges. Do call us to receive a fee calculation and details as to availability.
Having sold my house in Rufford last October yet the purchaser is telephoning daily to say his lawyer needs to hear from mylawyer. What are the post completion sale formalities now that I have sold?
After completion of your house sale your lawyer is duty bound to send the transfer deeds and all supplemental paperwork to the purchaser's conveyancer. If applicable, your solicitor must also evidence that the home loan has been paid off to the buyers solicitors. There are no post completion tasks specific conveyancing in Rufford.
Is it the case that all Rufford solicitor practices on the UBS conveyancing panel are overseen by the SRA?
As solicitors, in order to be on the UBS conveyancing panel they would need to be regulated by the SRA. The majority of banks do list licenced conveyancers on their panel and in such a situation the organisation would be governed by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers.
I have paid off my mortgage with TSB. I assume I don't need a Rufford solicitor on the TSB panel to discharge the mortgage at the Land Registry. Please confirm.
If you have finished paying off your TSB 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 TSB mortgage from the register. TSB, 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 TSB has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
- TSB has instructed the Land Registry to do so
I recently had an offer accepted on a house in Rufford. My mortgage broker pressured me to appoint their conveyancing practitioner. I paid an upfront payment of £225. A couple of days later, the solicitor contacted me to say that they were not on the Barclays conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?
You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the Barclays panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.
I used Action Conveyancing a few years past for my conveyancing in Rufford. Now, I need my files but the law firm is no longer operating. What do I do?
Do contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate 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 Rufford 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 need to find a conveyancing solicitor for some conveyancing in Rufford. I have discover a site which seems to have the ideal answer If it is possible to get all formalities done via web that would be preferable. Should I be concerned? What are the potential pitfalls?
As usual with these online conveyancers you need to read ALL the small print - did you notice the extra charge for dealing with the mortgage?
What advice can you give us when it comes to choosing a Rufford conveyancing practice to deal with our lease extension?
When appointing a property lawyer for your lease extension (regardless if they are a Rufford conveyancing firm) it is imperative that they be familiar with the legislation and specialises in this area of conveyancing. We advise that you make enquires with two or three firms including non Rufford conveyancing practices prior to instructing a firm. If the firm is ALEP accredited then so much the better. The following questions might be useful:
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Can they put you in touch with clients in Rufford who can give a testimonial? What volume of lease extensions have they carried out in Rufford in the last year?
Rufford Conveyancing for Leasehold Flats - Sample of Questions you should ask Prior to Purchasing
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Is there a share of the freehold? Best to be warned if redecorating or some other significant cost is coming up that will be shared between the leaseholders and could well materially increase the the service fees or necessitate a one off invoice.