Having been recommended your service we were going to appoint conveyancing solicitor in St James endorsed using your comparison tool but have come across some other fee calculations via the web seem less pricey – why is this?
There are lots of solicitors advertising at first sight what seems to be very low prices. We suggest that you think long and hard as to how much you respect your own move to want to be penny wise pound foolish over the standard of the legal work. Some hide additional charges well inside the terms of business. The conveyancers that we list for conveyancing in St James neverbehave this way.
Finally the sale completed on my house in St James last December yet the purchaser is Skype messaging daily to say his conveyancer needs to hear from mine. What should have happened now that I have sold?
After completion of your house sale your conveyancer should send the transfer deeds and all supplemental paperwork to the purchaser's solicitors. Depending on the transaction, your conveyancer should also send confirmation that the home loan has been redeemed to the buyers lawyers. There are no post completion procedures just for conveyancing in St James.
How do I find out if the solicitor conducting my conveyancing in St James is on the lender’sconveyancing panel? I am looking to avoid the situation of having one lawyer for me and one for Santander thus paying £192.00 in further conveyancing charges.
Feel free to make the most of the search tool on this site. Please choose the mortgage company and type ‘St James’ or your location and you will see a number of lawyer located in St James or nearest you.
What will a local search inform me about the house my wife and I buying in St James?
St James conveyancing often starts with the submitting local authority searches directly from your local Authority or through a personal search company for instance Searchflow The local search plays an important part in most St James conveyancing purchase; that is if you wish to avoid any nasty surprises after you move into your property. The search will supply information on, amongst other things, details on planning applications applicable to the property (whether granted or refused), building control history, any enforcement action, restrictions on permitted development, nearby road schemes, contaminated land and radon gas; in all a total of thirteen subject headings.
Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly identified as part of conveyancing in St James?
Covenants that are restrictive in nature can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the legal transfer of property in St James. 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…’
I opted to have a survey done on a property in St James before retaining conveyancers. I have been told that there is a flying freehold element to the house. My surveyor advised that some lenders will refuse to give a mortgage on a flying freehold house.
It depends who your proposed lender is. Bank of Scotland has different instructions from Nationwide. Should you wish to telephone us we can check with the appropriate mortgage company. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in St James. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in St James to see if the conveyancing will be more expensive.