We are planning to purchase with Norwich and Peterborough Building Society. We have called around locally but am struggling to find a Thetford conveyancing firm on the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society approved list. Please you assist?
Feel free to take advantage of the find a lender approved solicitor tool on this site. Please choose the building society and type Thetford or your preferred area and you will see numerous solicitors based in Thetford or nearest you.
Do I find a Licenced Conveyancer or Solicitor for conveyancing in Thetford?
Two types of professional can carry out conveyancing in Thetford namely licenced conveyancers or solicitors. The two can administer the legal services that you need to complete the disposal or purchase of property. Both are obliged to handle Thetford conveyancing on similar quality and guidelines so you can be safe in the knowledge that your conveyancing will be properly carried out and that the requisite steps will be accurately taken.
I am assisting my aunt sell her house in Thetford. Will the conveyancing solicitor order the energy performance certificate or it is for the seller to coordinate?
Following the abolition of Home Information Packs, energy performance certificates was retained a mandatory part of selling a property. An energy assessment should be to hand in advance of the property being marketed. This is not as aspect of the sale process that lawyers ordinarily organise. If you are instructing a Thetford conveyancing lawyer they may help arrange EPC’s due to their relationships with reputable Thetford energy assessors
Having read lots of mortgage guides, I note that they all recommend that you should get your house surveyed prior to buying it. When I asked my local Thetford solicitor - who is on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel - on this she said they don't do this and I need to contract an independent surveyor. Is that normal?
Leeds Building Society will need an independent valuation of the property. Your lawyer will not arrange this. Usually Leeds Building Society will appoint their own surveyor to do this, and you will have to pay for it. Remember that this is a valuation for mortgage purposes and not a survey. You may wish to consider appointing your own Thetford surveyor to carry out a survey or prepare a home buyers report on the property. It is up to you to satisfy yourself that the property is structurally sound before you buy it. If the survey or report reveals that building work is needed, you should tell your solicitor. You may wish to renegotiate with the seller.
Various web forums that I have frequented warn that are the number one cause of obstruction in Thetford conveyancing transactions. Is there any truth in this?
The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) published conclusions of a review by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not figure within the common causes of hindrances in the conveyancing process. Local searches are unlikely to be the root cause of delay in conveyancing in Thetford.
Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly picked up during conveyancing in Thetford?
Restrictive covenants can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the legal transfer of property in Thetford. 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…’
Is it simple use the search tool to find a conveyancing practitioner in Thetford on the authorised to act for my lender?
Step one is to select a mortgage company such as Accord Mortgages Ltd, Bank of Scotland or Barclays Direct then type in your location such as Thetford. Conveyancing practices in Thetford and beyond will then be identified.
My husband and I are new to the buying process - had an offer accepted, yet the estate agent informed us that the vendor will only go ahead if we appoint their chosen solicitors as they want a ‘quick sale’. We would rather use a high street solicitor with experience of conveyancing in Thetford
It is improbable the owners are behind this. If they desire ‘a quick sale', turning down a genuine purchaser is not the way to achieve this. Speak to the vendors direct and explain that (a)you are keen to buy (b)you are excited to move forward, with mortgage lined up © you are chain free (d) you intend to proceed fast (e)however you are going to appoint your own,trusted Thetford conveyancing lawyers - rather thanthe ones that will give their estate agent a referral fee or hit his conveyancing figures pre-set by corporate headquarters.