I am in the throes of swapping over from my current residential home loan to a Buy to Let Santander mortgage. I was told by my mortgage that I require a solicitor as part of the process. I got in contact with the same Stone Cross conveyancing practitioner who acted on my behalf when I initially bought the property. The quote supplied of just over five hundred pounds has surprised me as I am not require purchase conveyancing - it’s simply a bog-standard refinance.
The charges seem a little high. Where you are willing to invest time scrutinising costs you could reduce the fees slightly by say £100 plus VAT. On the other hand, providing that you were content with the assistance the firm offered you maylive to regret opting for an an unknown lawyer. Remember to be sure the solicitor can also act for Santander. You can use our search tool to choose a Stone Cross conveyancing firm on the Santander approved list of lawyers, which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Stone Cross.
Can I use your services to recommend a Conveyancing solicitor in Stone Cross even if I’m not purchasing or disposing of a house, for example where I intend to buy a shop in Stone Cross with a mortgage from Barclays Direct?
Our search tool is predominantly there to find domestic conveyancing solicitors in Stone Cross but we have recorded towards the end of this page some Stone Cross commercial conveyancing firms. You should make contact with the firm directly to check if they can also act for Barclays Direct
Taking into account that I am about to spend hundreds of thousands of pounds on a house in Stone Cross I would like to have a conversation with the conveyancer concerning thetransaction ahead of appointing the firm. Can this be arranged?
This is something that we encourage - it is our preference to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you first talking to the solicitor who will be carrying out your property ownership legalities in Stone Cross.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - every client is unique individual, not a file number. The solicitors that we put you in touch with believe that the figure you are calculated and presented to you for residential conveyancing in Stone Cross should be the amount on the final invoice that you end up paying.
As co-executor for the will of my father I am disposing of a residence in Cardiff but I am based in Stone Cross. My lawyer (based 200 miles awayrequires that I sign a statutory declaration ahead of completion. Can you recommend a conveyancing practitioner in Stone Cross to witness this legal document for me?
Technically speaking you are unlikely to need to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily or notary public or qualified solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are Stone Cross based
All being well we will complete our sale of a £200,000 maisonette in Stone Cross in just under a week. The managing agents has quoted £384 for Landlord’s certificate, insurance certificate and previous years statements of service charge. Is the landlord entitled to charge an administration fee for a leasehold conveyance in Stone Cross?
For the majority of leasehold sales in Stone Cross conveyancing will involve, queries regarding the management of a building inevitably needing to be answered directly by the freeholder or its agent, this includes :
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Answering pre-exchange enquiries
Where consent is required before sale in Stone Cross
Copies of the building insurance and schedule
Deeds of covenant upon sale
Registering of the assignment of the change of lessee after a sale
Leasehold Conveyancing in Stone Cross - Examples of Questions you should ask before buying
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In the main the cost for major works tend not to be incorporated into the service charges, although there some managing agents in Stone Cross ask tenants to contribute towards a sinking fund and this is used to offset against larger repairs or maintenance. Who is in charge of the block? Are any of leasehold owners in arrears of their service charge liability?
A licensed conveyancer dealt with my conveyancing in Stone Cross half a dozen years ago having archived my registration certificates but has now closed – how do I retreive them?
Title deeds, as such, are no longer appropriate for the majority of homes in Stone Cross are recorded digitally at Land Registry. If you need to establish ownership or are disposing of or refinancing your conveyancer will need to obtain up to date copies of the register from the Land Registry in any case.
If you feel there may be other documents or you have any other queries please e-mail your request with details of the transaction and documents you need to filerequest@clc-uk.org. The CLC will let you know what information they have and any additional information they may need before they are in a position to identify and send the documents to you. Following an intervention it may take some time for the CLC to access archived files and documents, but your request will be actioned with reasonable haste.