As someone not used to conveyancing in Stone what’s your top tip you can impart for the ownership transfer in Stone
You may not hear this from too many lawyers but conveyancing in Stone or throughout England and Wales is often a confrontational experience. Put another way, when it comes to conveyancing there exists lots of room for friction between you and others involved in the ownership transfer. For instance, the seller, estate agent and on occasion your bank. Selecting a lawyer for your conveyancing in Stone an important selection as your conveyancer is your adviser, and is the ONLY party in the transaction whose interest is to act in your best interests and to protect you.
We are witnessing a worrying increase in the "blame" culture- someone has to be at fault for the process taking so long. We recommend that you should always trust your solicitor ahead of all other players in the conveyancing process.
My wife and I have recently appointed a conveyancing solicitor in Stone. I need to find out if they are on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel. Could you or the lender confirm if they are on the panel?
You should e-mail the conveyancer and enquire if they can act for the bank. Alternatively you should call Leeds Building Society who may be able to confirm.
I have been on the look out for a ground for flat up to £235,500 and found one near me in Stone I like with amenity areas and transport links in the vicinity, however it only has 51 years on the lease. There is not much else in Stone for this price, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake buying a short lease?
If you require a home loan the remaining unexpired lease term may be an issue. Discount the offer by the expected lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the current proprietor has owned the premises for a minimum of 2 years you can ask them to start the process of the extension and pass it to you. You can add 90 years to the current lease term and have £0 ground rent by law. You should speak to your conveyancing solicitor about this matter.
I am a sole trader looking to lease a unit on a shopping parade. Can you recommend conveyancers offering competitive charges for non-domestic conveyancing in Stone for below 1500k?
We can recommend firms who have well rounded knowledge of commercial conveyancing in Stone, including the disposal and purchase of businesses as well as simply property. Whether you are looking to acquire or lease a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail unit or a complete business we will find you the right solicitor. As for the fees these will vary based on the structure and terms of the proposed transaction. Please provide us with your contact information or email us so that we may furnish you with a detailed commercial conveyancing quote.
Am I better off to use a Stone conveyancing lawyer based in the vicinity that I am purchasing? We have a good friend who can execute the conveyancing but they are based 300miles away.
The benefit of a local Stone conveyancing practice is that you can drop in to execute paperwork, present your ID and pester them where appropriate. Having local Stone know how is a benefit. However it's more important to get someone that will pull out all the stops for you. If other friends have used your friend and on the whole were happy that must trump using an unfamiliar Stone conveyancing lawyer just because they are based in the area.
Midway through the sale of a leasehold flat in Stone. Conveyancing lawyers are doing their job but we have been asked to pay a fortune from the managing agents. To date we have issued a cheque for £268 for a leasehold management pack and then another £200 plus VAT for supplemental queries raised by the purchaser's lawyer.
Your lawyer will unlikely have any sway over the level of the bill for this information however the typical fee for the information for Stone leasehold premises is £355. When it comes to Stone conveyancing transactions it is usual for the owner to pay for these costs. The landlord or their agents are not duty bound to address these questions although many will be willing to do so - albeit often at high prices out of proportion to the work involved. Regretfully there is no statute that mandates set charges for administrative tasks. Neither is there any prescriptive time frame by which they are duty bound to issue answers.