We just had an offer accepted to purchase with Coventry BS. I visited 3 or 4 high street solicitors yet am unable to find a Stonehouse conveyancing firm on the Coventry BS approved list. Can you help?
Feel free to make use of the find a conveyancing panel solicitor tool on this web page. Please choose the lender and type Stonehouse or your preferred area and you will see numerous conveyancers located in Stonehouse or by proximity to you.
A friend recommended that if I am purchasing in Stonehouse I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?
This is a search is sometimes quoted for as part of the standard Stonehouse conveyancing searches. It is a large report of about 40 pages, listing and setting out significant information about Stonehouse around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the local Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime details, Local Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information regarding Stonehouse.
The deeds to our home are lost. The lawyers who handled the conveyancing in Stonehouse 4 years ago have long since closed. What do I do?
You no longer need to hold title official documentation to evidence that you are the owner of your registered land or property, given that the Land Registry have everything they need in a digital format.
I am purchasing a new build house in Stonehouse with the aid of help to buy. The sellers refused to budge the amount so I negotiated 6k of extras instead. The house builders rep told me not to tell my solicitor about this extras as it could impact my loan with the bank. Is this normal?.
All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the developer of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.
Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.
Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.
In what way does the Landlord & Tenant Act 1954 impact my commercial offices in Stonehouse and how can you help?
The particular law that you refer to gives a safeguard to business tenants, granting the a statutory right to apply to court for a continuation of occupancy at the end of an expired lease. There are certain specified grounds that a landlord can refuse a lease renewal and the rules are complicated. We are happy to direct you to commercial conveyancing practices who use the act to your advantage and assist with commercial conveyancing in Stonehouse
Me and my husband have just had an offer accepted on a property and had meeting on Wednesday with Leeds Building Society for the mortgage. They advised us that when it comes to selecting a solicitor that unless they are on their approved panel of solicitors then we will have to pay out a further charge of £200. This is because they will then have to appoint a property lawyer to act for them in addition to the one we appoint for ourselves and we are liable for their invoice. I have requested Leeds Building Society to send me with a list so I can seek estimates only from their approved solicitors but was told they dont have such a list to hand over. Is there a simple way of finding out who is on a lender panel?
You can enquire of Leeds Building Society what their panel criteria is for a solicitor.Then ask the conveyancing practitioner of your choice whether they fit that criteria and have they acted on mortgages for Leeds Building Society before. Where the answer to those is yes, then just clarify this with Leeds Building Society. Alternatively please make use of our search tool and we should be able to locate a conveyancer in Stonehouse on the approved list for Leeds Building Society.