Can I use your services to find a Conveyancing solicitor in Somerstown even where I’m not buying or selling a house, for instance if I want to acquire an office in Somerstown with a mortgage from Clydesdale?
Our search tool is mainly there to help choose residential conveyancing solicitors in Somerstown but we have listed towards the bottom of this page a few Somerstown commercial conveyancing firms. You should enquire with the solicitors directly to check if they are also authorised to represent Clydesdale
When scouring online forums for an affordable lawyer in Somerstown, many say that I must look for a CQS accredited solicitor. What is CQS?
Somerstown Conveyancing Quality Scheme law firms have achieved certification by the law Society The Law Society introduced CQS to promote high standards in the home buying process. CQS helps buyers and sellers to recognise solicitor firms who provide a quality residential conveyancing. Somerstown is one of locations in England and Wales in which CQS have offices. The conveyancing scheme requires solicitors to undergo a strict assessment, compulsory training, self-reporting, random audits and yearly assessments in order to maintain CQS status. It is open only to members of the Law Society who meet the demanding standards set by the scheme and has the support of the Building Societies Association.
What is your number one tip for finding a conveyancing solicitor in Somerstown
We would encourage you not to base your choice on the lowest Somerstown conveyancing costs illustration. You really do get what you pay for when it comes to conveyancing solicitors. A cheap quote may mean that the conveyancing solicitor is handling a lot of jobs at one time and you won’t get the quality of service and the attention that you need. It is, however, wise to use a conveyancer who has a fixed fee on a no sale, no fee basis. This way, you know exactly what you’ll have to pay in ahead of the deal.
This question may be naive but I am unseasoned as a 1st time purchaser of a ground floor flat in Somerstown. Do I pick up the keys to the house on completion from my conveyancer? If this is the case, I will instruct a local conveyancing solicitor in Somerstown?
On the day of completion you do not need to go to the conveyancers office in Somerstown. Conveyancing lawyers for you will electronically transfer the completion advance to the owner’s lawyers, and shortly after the monies have arrived, you will be called to receive the keys from the Estate Agents and move into your new home. This tends to happen early afternoon.
My wife and I are spending time viewing houses in Somerstown and I am now considering a potential offer. Is it premature to have a solicitor in place? I am planning to take a mortgage with Santander.
You should start requesting conveyancing estimates from solicitors ASAP. Once you decide who you want to use and once your offer is accepted you can instruct them to work for you and pass their contact information on to the estate agent. As you are seeking a mortgage with Santander, make sure you remember to check that your lawyer is on the Santander conveyancing panel.
Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly picked up during conveyancing in Somerstown?
Covenants that are restrictive in nature can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the process of conveyancing in Somerstown. 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…’
In my capacity as executor for the will of my aunt I am selling a residence in Swansea but I am based in Somerstown. My lawyer (who is 250 miles from mehas requested that I sign a stat dec ahead of completion. Can you recommend a conveyancing practitioner in Somerstown who can witness this legal document for me?
Technically speaking you should not be required to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily or notary public or qualified solicitor will suffice regardless of whether they are Somerstown based
Can you provide any top tips for leasehold conveyancing in Somerstown with the purpose of saving time on the sale process?
- Much of the delay in leasehold conveyancing in Somerstown can be reduced where you instruct lawyers the minute you market your property and request that they start to collate the leasehold documentation which will be required by the buyers’ lawyers. If there is a history of conflict with your freeholder or managing agents it is very important that these are resolved prior to the flat being marketed. The purchasers and their solicitors will be reluctant to purchase a property where a dispute is unresolved. You may have to bite the bullet and pay any arrears of service charge or resolve the dispute prior to completion of the sale. It is therefore preferable to have any dispute settled prior to the contract papers being issued to the buyers’ solicitors. You are still duty bound to disclose details of the dispute to the buyers, but it is clearly preferable to present the dispute as over as opposed to unresolved. You believe that you know the number of years left on your lease but it would be wise to double-check via your solicitors. A purchaser's lawyer will be unlikely to recommend their client to where the lease term is less than 75 years. In the circumstances it is important at an as soon as possible that you consider whether the lease requires a lease extension. If it does, contact your solicitors before you put your premises on the market for sale. Some Somerstown leases require Licence to Assign from the landlord. If this applies to your lease, it would be prudent to place the estate agents on notice to make sure that the purchasers obtain financial (bank) and professional references. Any bank reference should make it clear that the buyer is financially capable of paying the annual service charge and the actual amount of the service charge should be quoted in the bank’s letter. You will therefore need to provide your estate agents with the service charge figures so that they can pass this information on to the purchasers or their solicitors.
Following months of negotiations we cannot agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Somerstown. Can we issue an application to the Residential Property Tribunal Service?
Where there is a missing landlord or where there is disagreement about what the lease extension should cost, under the relevant statutes you can apply to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal to assess the amount due.
An example of a Lease Extension case for a Somerstown premises is Flat 120, Clare Court Judd Street in August 2013. the Tribunal held that the premium to be paid for the extension of the lease should be £64,650 This case related to 1 flat. The unexpired term was 62.79 years.