We are buying a flat and require a conveyancing solicitor in Silsoe who is on the Barclays solicitor panel. Can you recommend a local solicitor?
Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Barclays . We don't recommend any particular firms conducting conveyancing in Silsoe.
The Silsoe conveyancing solicitors that I recently instructed on my house acquisition in Silsoe have suddenly closed. They were on acting for me because I needed a lawyer on the Nationwide conveyancing panel and my previous Silsoe lawyer was not. I issued them a cheque for £250 in advance. What are my options?
If you have an estate agent involved then inform them immediately so that they can let the sellers know that there may be a slight delay due to reasons beyond your control. Most sellers would be sympathetic and urge their lawyer to send a new set of papers to your new solicitors. You should appoint new lawyers that are on the Nationwide conveyancing panel and notify the lender. If you have paid over any money, it will hopefully be held by the SRA as money in an intervened firm's bank accounts is transferred to the SRA. Then, the SRA or the intervention agent looks at the intervened firm's accounts to work out who the money belongs to. To claim your money you will need to contact the SRA. If the SRA cannot return money you are owed from the firm's bank accounts, or if they can only return part of the money, you can apply to the Compensation Fund for a grant. Your new solicitors may be able to assist.
About to purchase a new build flat in Silsoe. Conveyancing is a frightening process at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build conveyancing.
Here are examples of a few leasehold new build enquiries that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Silsoe
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Forfeiture - bankruptcy or liquidation must not apply under this provision. Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. Please supply a car parking plan. There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants. Please provide evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry.
Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold issue on a house I put an offer in two weeks back in what should have been a simple, chain free conveyancing. Silsoe is where the house is located. Can you shed any light on this issue?
Flying freeholds in Silsoe are not the norm but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Silsoe you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds thoroughly. Your bank may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Silsoe may decide 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 premises.
I am looking for a conveyancing lawyer in Silsoe for my home move. Can I review a solicitor's record with the profession’s regulator?
You may read documented Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) determinations resulting from inquisitions from 2008 onwards. Go to Check a solicitor's record. For records about the period before 1 January 2008, or to check a firm's history, phone 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and 09.30 - 18.00 Tuesday. For callers outside the UK, dial +44 (0)121 329 6800. The SRA could monitor call for training purposes.
I purchased a property in Silsoe last 10/12/2024 and to date it is still not registered with HM Land Registry. It was part of a new estate and my lawyer told me that it can take twelve months to register. I have contacted HM Land Registry directly and they say that the original application was cancelled due to questions not being addressed in time. Should I be concerned?
It is your property lawyer that you really need to turn to here in order to satisfy any questions which have arisen as part of the registration process for your Silsoe property. Normal Silsoe conveyancing practice includes an undertaking on the part of the previous owner’s conveyancer that they will assist in resolving any requirements raised by HMLR so it may be a case of seeking to enforce that undertaking if necessary.