How do I find the right lawyer who will supply a first class service for our conveyancing in Torquay?
Option 1 is to ask connections who they would recommend.
Option 2 is to look on the internet for conveyancing in Torquay. Ring a couple or more firms listed and request that they send you their conveyancing estimate and discuss your needs with the solicitor who will conduct your legal process prior tomaking your choice.
Option 3 is to use our search tool to assist you in finding the right solicitors taking into account your own expectations including location,deadlines, complexity and who the proposed lender is. Don't take the bait of £100 conveyancing in Torquay
My wife and I are purchasing a apartment in Torquay. It might be a silly question but how we can trust a lawyer? On completion day we will need to put our life savings into their account. What is the protection we have from them run away with our monies?
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.
Have just purchased a repossessed house at auction in Torquay. Conveyancing is required. What is next?
Having exchanged you now have to find a conveyancing solicitor soon as you will have a tight deadline in which to complete the purchase. All auction property should have an associated auction pack. This should include most,if not all of the documents that your conveyancer requires. If you have purchased leasehold premises the legal papers may provide a copy of the lease, management information and a sellers leasehold information form and other conveyancing documentation specific to leasehold premises. You must hand this to your appointed conveyancing solicitor at the earliest opportunity. You also need to ensure that you have funds in place to complete the transaction on the set completion date.
Principality have agreed my home loan in principle, my offer on a house in Torquay has been accepted, what are the next steps?
Your property agent will want to know who your solicitors are (make sure the conveyancers are on the bank’s approved list). Contact Principality or your financial adviser and finalise any relevant forms. Principality will sellect a valuer who will get in contact with the selling agent or owners to book an appointment. Once carried out (assuming no problems) it takes about a week to get a mortgage offer. Principality will send the offer to you and your property lawyers. The legal work will then take it’s course according the nature and complexity of the conveyancing in Torquay.
I used Arc property Solicitors a few years ago for my conveyancing in Torquay. I now require my papers but the law firm has closed. What do I do?
You should call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracking down your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Torquay of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously retained, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
I decided to have a survey done on a property in Torquay in advance of retaining lawyers. I have been informed that there is a flying freehold aspect to the property. Our surveyor advised that some mortgage companies may not grant a loan on a flying freehold house.
It depends who your proposed lender is. HSBC has different instructions from Nationwide. If you e-mail us we can investigate further via the relevant mortgage company. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Torquay. Conveyancing will be smoother if you use a solicitor in Torquay especially if they are accustomed to such properties in Torquay.
My step-father has recommend that I appoint his lawyers for conveyancing in Torquay. Should I choose my own property lawyer?
There are no two ways about it it’s preferable to select a conveyancing solicitor is to get recommendations from friends or relatives who have actually experience in using the firm that you are considering.
Partway through the sale of a leasehold flat in Torquay. Conveyancing is fine but we have been asked to pay a fortune by the freeholder. So far we have paid £250 for a leasehold management information and then a further £134.40 for answers to questions supplied by the purchaser's property lawyer.
Your conveyancing practitioner will unlikely have any sway over the level of the charges for this information but the typical fee for the information for Torquay leasehold premises is £395. When it comes to Torquay conveyancing transactions it is conventional for the seller to pay for these charges. The landlord or their agents are not duty bound to answer these questions although many will agree to do so - albeit often at exorbitant prices disproportionate to the work involved. Regretfully there is no statute that mandates fixed charges for administrative tasks. There is no set time frame by which they are required to issue answers.