Just contacted my conveyancing lawyer in St Leonard Shoreditch who completed the legal work 18 months ago requesting a conveyancing quote based on the same type of home move (a leasehold property and a freehold property) of almost identical values with a mortgage from Nottingham Building Society. I am now being charged double. Should I look for a cheaper internet conveyancer?
The estimate fees are a little high. If you are content to spend time scrutinising quotes you may be able to reduce the fees slightly by perhaps a hundred pounds. That being said, assuming were happy with the conveyancing the firm offered you mightlive to rue opting for an an untested lawyer. If is important to check the solicitor can also act for Nottingham Building Society. Do use our search tool to choose a St Leonard Shoreditch conveyancing firm on the Nottingham Building Society approved list of lawyers, which can often include conveyancing solicitors in St Leonard Shoreditch.
Various internet forums that I have frequented warn that are the main reason for delay in St Leonard Shoreditch conveyancing transactions. Is that correct?
The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) has noted the findings of research by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not feature amongst the common causes of hindrances in the conveyancing process. Local searches are unlikely to be the root cause of holding up conveyancing in St Leonard Shoreditch.
It has been 2 months following my purchase conveyancing in St Leonard Shoreditch completed. I have checked the Land Registry site which shows that I paid £150,000 when infact I paid £215,000. Why the discrepancy?
The price paid figure is taken from the application to register the purchase. It is the figure included in the Transfer (the legal deed which transfers the premises from one person to the other) and referred to as the 'consideration' or purchase price. You can report an error in the price paid figure using the LR online form. In most cases errors result from typos so at first glance the figure. Do report it so they can double check and advise.
I decided to have a survey done on a house in St Leonard Shoreditch in advance of retaining lawyers. I have been told that there is a flying freehold overhang to the property. My surveyor has said that some mortgage companies may not issue a loan on such a premises.
It varies from the lender to lender. Santander has different instructions for example to Nationwide. If you e-mail us we can investigate further with the appropriate bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in St Leonard Shoreditch. Conveyancing may be slightly more expensive based on your lender's requirements.
Should I use a St Leonard Shoreditch conveyancing practitioner in close proximity to the house I am purchasing? An old friend can deal with the legal formalities but her office is a couple of hundredkilometers drive away.
The benefit of a local St Leonard Shoreditch conveyancing practice is that you can pop in to sign paperwork, hand in your identification documents and pester them where appropriate. They will also have local insight which is a bonus. That being said nothing is more important than finding someone that will pull out all the stops for you. If if people you trust instructed your friend and on the whole were happy that must surpass using an unknown St Leonard Shoreditch conveyancing lawyer just because they are St Leonard Shoreditch based.
I am an executor of my recently deceased mother’s Will, with a bungalow in St Leonard Shoreditch which will be marketed. The bungalow has never been registered at HMLR and I'm advised that many purchasers will insist that it is in place before they'll move forward. What's the procedure for this?
In the circumstances you refer to it seems sensible to apply to register in the names of the personal representative(s) as named in the probate and in their capacity as PRs. HMLR’s online guidance explains how to register for the first time and what is required re the deeds and forms. You would need to include and official copy of the probate as well and complete the form FR1 to refer to the PRs as the applicant.