Would the conveyancing lawyers identified via your search tool handle auction conveyancing in Sandy?
We know of a number of auction solicitors we can connect you with those specialising in auction conveyancing. Sandy is one of our areas of where our lawyers are based.
Forgive me if this question is silly but I am wet behind the ears as FTB of a garden flat in Sandy. Do I collect the keys to the property on the completion date from my conveyancer? If this is the case, I will instruct a High Street conveyancing solicitor in Sandy?
On the day of completion you will not be required to go to the conveyancers office in Sandy. Conveyancing lawyers for you will arrange to send the purchase money to the vendor’s conveyancers, and shortly after the monies have arrived, you should be invited to pick up the keys from the property Agents and move into your new home. This tends to happen between 1 and 3pm.
My partner and I have arranged the release of further funds on our mortgage from Bank of Ireland as we want to carry out renovations to our house in Sandy. Are we obliged to select a bricks and mortar Sandy solicitor on the Bank of Ireland conveyancing panel to handle the legals?
Bank of Ireland would not normally require a member of their approved list of lawyers to handle the formalities. If they do require any legal work then you would need to ensure that such a lawyer was on the Bank of Ireland panel.
I recently had an offer accepted on a house in Sandy. My financial adviser suggested a solicitor. I paid an upfront payment of £200. A few days later, the property lawyer called me to say that they were not on the Leeds Building Society 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 Leeds Building Society 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 ago for my conveyancing in Sandy. Now, I need my documents however cannot find the solicitor. 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 Sandy of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously instructed, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
I decided to have a survey done on a house in Sandy in advance of retaining lawyers. I have been informed that there is a flying freehold overhang to the house. The surveyor advised that some banks may refuse to grant a loan on such a property.
It depends who your proposed lender is. HSBC has different requirements from Nationwide. Should you wish to call us we can check via the relevant bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Sandy. Conveyancing may be slightly more expensive based on your lender's requirements.
My uncle has suggested that I appoint his lawyers for conveyancing in Sandy. Should I find my own conveyancer?
Much as we are happy to recommend a Sandy conveyancing lawyer it’s preferable to choose a conveyancing lawyer is to get guidance from friends or relatives who have experience in using the firm that you are considering.
We own a leasehold flat in Sandy. Conveyancing was finished in 2011. I have been told that I mustn’t let the the remaining lease term to fall too short. Is this right?
Sandy leasehold properties are for a fixed period - usually ninety nine years when they are first granted. However a significant appartments in Sandy were built or converted 35 or more years ago and so these leases now have fewer than eighty years unexpired. This may seem like plenty of time but Banks, Building Societies and other mortgage companies on the whole need leases to have at least seventy five years remaining to adequate security. This means that when you come to sell the property you will need to extend the term of your lease if you are nearing seventy five years. To maximise your property value you should be considering whether to extend your lease well in advance of selling the property. You should note that there are strong financial reasons to taking action before the lease reaches even eighty years as when the lease falls below 80 years the amount to be paid to extend starts to escalate.