We were about to retain a conveyancing solicitor in Solva listed using your comparison tool but have come across alternative costs illustrations via the web appear less pricey – why is this?
You can find a variety of conveyancing outfits marketing what appear to be very low prices. We suggest that you think long and hard as to how important this transaction is to you that want to take 'cheap' risks with regard to the standard of the conveyancing. Some embed additional charges well inside the terms of business. The conveyancers that we list for conveyancing in Solva will notdo this.
We see that you have a post code search directory identifying law firms on the UBS conveyancing panel. Do companies pay you a referral fee if I appoint them for our conveyancing in Solva?
We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the UBS conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Solva.
My grandmother passed away six months ago and as sole heir and executor I was left the house in Solva. The house had a relatively small loan left on it of around £4500. I want to transfer the title deeds into my name whilst I re-mortgage to Leeds Building Society, pay off the mortgage. Is this possible?
If you plan to re-mortgage then Leeds Building Society will require that you use a conveyancer on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel. Here is link to the Land Registry online guidance around what to do when a property owner dies. This will help you to understand the registration process behind changing the details re the registered title. in your case it would appear that you are effectively purchasing the property from the estate. Your Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel solicitor pays the new mortgage money into the estate, the estate pays off the old mortgage, the charge is released and you become the owner and the Leeds Building Society mortgage is registered as a charge at the Land Registry.
My colleague suggested that where I am purchasing in Solva I should ask my conveyancer to carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?
A search of this type is sometimes quoted for as part of the standard Solva conveyancing searches. It is a large document of more than thirty pages, listing and detailing significant information about Solva around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the local Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime details, Solva Education with plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data concerning Solva.
Am I right to be suspicious by 3rd parties that I am dealing with are recommending a national conveyancing firm as opposed to a local Solva conveyancing company?
As with many service providers, often input from connections can be extremely useful or valuable. Nevertheless there are numerous players in a conveyancing transaction; estate agents, mortgage brokers and banks might all put forward solicitors to select. On occasion the solicitors might be known to one of the organisations as experts in their field, but occasionally there might be a commercial relationship behind the endorsement. You have the right to select your preferred lawyer. Don't forget that many mortgage providers operate an approved list of lawyers you must use for the lender aspect of your house move.
Am I best advised to instruct a Solva conveyancing practitioner in close proximity to the house I am hoping to buy? I have an old university friend who can conduct the legal formalities but his firm is located 200miles drive away.
The primary upside of using a high street Solva conveyancing firm is that you can visit the firm to sign paperwork, present your identification documents and pester them if necessary. They will also have local intelligence which is a plus. However it's more important to get someone that will pull out all the stops for you. If if people you trust used your friend and in the main were impressed that must outweigh using an unknown Solva conveyancing solicitor just because they are Solva based.