Can your site be used to find a Conveyancing solicitor in Sonning Common even where I’m not purchasing or disposing of a house, for example if I wish to buy an office in Sonning Common with a mortgage from Barclays ?
The service is mainly utilised to locate domestic conveyancing solicitors in Sonning Common but we have recorded towards the bottom of this page some Sonning Common commercial conveyancing firms. You should speak with the solicitors directly to establish if they can also act for Barclays
Our bank has suggested a law firm on their panel based in Sonning Common but I would rather use a conveyancing lawyer in Sonning Common or nearer to where I live. Are you able to assist?
The minority of Sonning Common conveyancing solicitors are approved and listed on all banks conveyancing panel. Do make the most of the above find an approved solicitor tool to find a Sonning Common conveyancing solicitor on the on the lender panel.
My wife and I have arranged the release of further monies on our mortgage from Kent Reliance as we want to conduct a loft conversion to our home in Sonning Common. Are we obliged to choose a high street Sonning Common solicitor on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel to deal with the paperwork?
Kent Reliance do not ordinarily appoint a member of their approved list of lawyers to deal with the formalities. If they do require any legal work then you would need to ensure that such a lawyer was on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel.
I have paid off my mortgage with Yorkshire BS. I assume I don't need a Sonning Common conveyancing practitioner on the Yorkshire BS panel to discharge the mortgage at the Land Registry. Please confirm.
If you have finished paying off your Yorkshire BS mortgage, they may send you evidence showing that you have paid it off. Alternatively they may notify the Land Registry directly. The Land Registry need to see this evidence before they will remove the Yorkshire BS mortgage from the register. Yorkshire BS, and any evidence they send you, will determine the action you need to take. In cases where no conveyancer is acting for you and you have paid off your mortgage:
- but are not moving to another property
- where Yorkshire BS has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
- Yorkshire BS has instructed the Land Registry to do so
Planning on purchasing a maisonette in Sonning Common. I have received an online quote from a licenced conveyancer, which states: "There will be no charge for dealing with the Building Society if you are obtaining a mortgage". I take this to mean that there will be no additional fee if the solicitor is on the Coventry BS conveyancing panel. I wanted to make sure it means there will be no additional fees for dealing with the mortgage.
They are simply saying that the cost for acting for the lender is included in the fee being quoted. It is worth you checking that the Sonning Common conveyancing practitioner is on the Coventry BS conveyancing panel.
Is it necessary to take out insurance to address the risk of chancel repairs when purchasing a residence in Sonning Common?
Unless a previous purchase of the property took place after 12 October 2013 you may take it that conveyancing practitioners carrying out conveyancing in Sonning Common to remain recommending a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.
Me and my brother purchased a terraced Edwardian house in Sonning Common. Conveyancing practitioner acted for me and Bank of Scotland. I happened to do a free search for it on the Land Registry database and there are a couple of entries: one for freehold, the second leasehold under the exact same address. Is it worth asking Bank of Scotland to clarify?
You need to review the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register for mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered owner of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Sonning Common and other areas of the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they sell they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with purchasers. You can also enquire as to the position with your conveyancing lawyer who completed the work.
I am looking for a conveyancing solicitor in Sonning Common for my remortgage. Can I check a solicitor's record with the profession’s regulator?
Members of the public may find documented Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) decisions arising from investigations from 2008 onwards. Visit Check a solicitor's record. For records Pre 2008, or to check a firm's record, call 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and 09.30 - 18.00 Tuesday. For non-uk callers, call +44 (0)121 329 6800. The regulator sometimes recorded telephone calls for training reasons.