My wife and I are intent on acquiring an apartment in Shefford. My Conveyancer has never been on on the mortgage company solicitor list. Can I still retain my Shefford conveyancing solicitor notwithstanding that they are excluded from the lender list of approved lawyers?
You have a couple of alternatives available to you here
- Proceed with your existing Shefford conveyancer but your bank will no doubt retain a property lawyer from their conveyancing panel. The net result is additional cost and likely interruption.
- Choose a fresh lawyer to act in the purchase, ensuring that they are on the bank conveyancing panel.
- Convince your conveyancer to do everything possible to get accepted on the lender’s panel of solicitors
We are a couple about to sign contracts for a leasehold flat in Shefford. We encountered a stumbling block. Our mortgage offer with Halifax runs out on 27/11/2025 but the vendors are suggesting a completion date of 1/12/2025. Can one prolong the loan expiry date?
The best person to deal with your issue is your conveyancer who will determine whether they should be discussing with the lender, seller’s conveyancers, selling agents or conceivably all three taking into account what has gone on in your transaction as of today.
Do lenders provide you with an approved list of Shefford conveyancing solicitors? How do you know who is on the RBS conveyancing panel?
Shefford conveyancing firms themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the RBS conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from RBS directly.
A colleague suggested that where I am buying in Shefford I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?
A search of this type is occasionally quoted for as part of the standard Shefford conveyancing searches. It is not a small report of more than thirty pages, listing and setting out significant information about Shefford around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Shefford Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime statistics, Local Education with plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data concerning Shefford.
Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly picked up as part of conveyancing in Shefford?
Covenants that are restrictive in nature can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the process of conveyancing in Shefford. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’
As co-executor for the will of my aunt I am selling a house in Swansea but live in Shefford. My conveyancer (who is 300 miles awayhas requested that I execute a statutory declaration prior to completion. Can you recommend a conveyancing solicitor in Shefford who can attest this legal document for me?
strictly speaking you are not likely to need to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally any notary public or solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are Shefford based