My partner and I are acquiring a brand new flat in Stilton and my lawyer is telling me that she has to the mortgage company to reveal incentives from the developer. I am on a tight deadline to exchange contracts and I have no desire to delay the conveyancing. Is my lawyer right?
You should not exchange unless you have been advised to do so by your property lawyer. A precondition to being on a lender panel is to comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook specifications. The CML Conveyancing Handbook requires that your lawyer have the appropriate Disclosure of Incentive form completed by the developer and accepted by your lender.
Me and my partner are buying a apartment in Stilton. It might be a silly question but how we can trust a lawyer? At some point we have to send money into their account. What is the protection we have from them run away with our money?
Be assured that all money in a Solicitors client account is 100% safe, and even if your Solicitor ran off with it, the Law Society would reimburse you fully.
I am assisting my niece sell her flat in Stilton. Does the solicitor arrange an energy assessment or it is for the seller to see to?
Following the demise of HIPs, energy assessments was retained a required part of selling a property. An energy assessment must be to hand in advance of the property being marketed. It is not as aspect of the sale process that solicitors ordinarily organise. Where you are using a Stilton conveyancing solicitor they might be able to arrange energy assessments due to their contacts with long established Stilton accredited person
I recently had an offer accepted on a house in Stilton. My financial adviser suggested a conveyancer. I paid an on account payment of £175. Not long after, the lawyer called me embarrassingly acknowledging that they were not on the Lloyds conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?
You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the Lloyds panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.
Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly identified as part of conveyancing in Stilton?
Restrictive covenants can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the process of conveyancing in Stilton. 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…’
Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold element on a house I put an offer in a fortnight ago in what was supposed to be a straight forward, no chain conveyancing. Stilton is where the house is located. What do you suggest?
Flying freeholds in Stilton are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Stilton you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds thoroughly. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Stilton may decide that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold residence.
Should I be concerned about brokers that I am dealing with are recommending a national conveyancing firm as opposed to a High Street Stilton conveyancing firm?
As with lots of professional services, often input from relatives can be extremely useful or valuable. Nevertheless there are lots of players in a conveyancing transaction; estate agents, mortgage brokers and banks may put forward solicitors to use. On occasion these solicitors might be known to one of the organisations as one of the best in their field, but occasionally there behind the scenes financial incentive behind the endorsement. You are at liberty to choose your preferred conveyancer. Don't forget that the majority of mortgage providers specify a panel list of lawyers you must use for the lender aspect of your conveyancing.
We are one month into a leasehold purchase having been referred to solicitors by the local agent to execute conveyancing in Stilton. I am am very dissatisfied with the quality of service. Can you you assist me in finding new solicitors?
They would need to be really bad in order to consider changing them. Has the loan offer been generated? In the event that it has you will need to advise them of the replacement solicitor and ensure the loan are re-sent. Your conveyancer needs to be on the mortgage company panel to avoid supplemental charges and complications. That should be your starting point. Our find a solicitor tool will assist you in finding a bank approved conveyancer for your conveyancing in Stilton