My nephew is buying a house that has just been built in South West London with a home loan from Barclays. His conveyancer has said that there is a delay in receiving the ‘Disclosure of Incentive Form’. Who needs to receive the form?
The form is intended to provide information to the main parties involved in the transaction. Therefore, it will be provided to your son’s lawyer who should be on the Barclays conveyancing panel as a standard part of the process, and to the valuer when asked. The developer will be required to start the process by downloading the form and completing it. The form will therefore need to be available for the valuer at the time of his or her site visit. The form should be sent to the Barclays conveyancing panel solicitor as early as possible, in order to avoid any last minute delays, and no later than at exchange of contracts.
Finally the sale completed on my house in South West London last December but the buyer keeps e-mailing every few hours to moan that their solicitor is waiting to hear from mylawyer. What should have happened now that I have sold?
Following your disposal your solicitor is obliged to send the transfer deeds and all additional paperwork to the purchaser's conveyancer. Depending on the transaction, your conveyancer should also confirm that the mortgage has been discharged to the buyers lawyers. There is unlikely to be post completion steps peculiar conveyancing in South West London.
We're in South West London, First timers buying with a mortgage (lender is Clydesdale , and our lawyer is on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel). How long should the conveyancing process take?
The fact that your lawyer is on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel is a help. It would almost certainly delay matters if they were not. However, no property lawyer should guarantee a timeframe for your conveyancing, due to third parties outside of your control such as delays caused by lenders,conveyancing search providers or by the other side’s solicitors. The time taken is often determined by the number of parties in a chain.
We are downsizing from our house in South West London and the buyers lawyers are claiming that there is a possibility that the property was constructed on contaminated land. Any high street South West London lawyer would know this is not the case. For the life of me I don't know why the buyers are using an online conveyancing firm as opposed to a conveyancing solicitor in South West London. Having lived in South West London for six years we know that this is a non issue. Is it a good idea to get in touch with our local Authority to seek clarification need.
It sounds as though you may have a conveyancing firm currently acting for you. Are they able to advise? You should check with your lawyer before you do anything. It is very possible that once the local authority has been informed of a potential issue it cannot be insured against (a bit like being diagnosed with a serious illness and then taking out life insurance to cover that same illness)
I have justfound out that Arc property Solicitors have been shut down. They conducted my conveyancing in South West London for a purchase of a freehold house 9 months ago. How can I be sure that the property is in my name in the name of the former proprietor?
The quickest method to check if the property is registered to you, you can make a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of South West London conveyancing specialists.
My uncle has encouraged me to appoint his lawyers for conveyancing in South West London. Do I follow his advice?
No doubt the ideal way to select a conveyancing solicitor is to get recommendations from friends or family who have actually used the firm that you are considering.