Just contacted my conveyancing lawyer in Upton who acted for me 18 months ago and wanted a conveyancing estimate based on the same type of house move (a leasehold residence and a freehold premises) of almost identical values with a home loan from Bank of Scotland. I am now being charged double. Am I right to be tempted to shop around for a cheaper internet conveyancer?
The estimate fees are a tad high. Where you are willing to expend time scrutinising charges you could reduce the fees marginally by perhaps £125. That being said, providing that you were pleased with the service the firm provided you mightcome to rue opting for an an untested lawyer. If is important to be sure that the conveyancer can also act for Bank of Scotland. Do make use of our search tool to locate a Upton conveyancing firm on the Bank of Scotland conveyancing panel, which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Upton.
Have just purchased a probate house at auction in Upton. Conveyancing is required. What is next?
Having legally bound yourself to purchase you must appoint a conveyancing practitioner quickly as you are faced with a pending a drop dead date to complete the property. All auction property will have a bespoke auction pack. This will include the copy title deeds, local authority and drainage searches. In the case of leasehold property the auction pack may provide a copy of the lease, management information and a sellers leasehold information form and associated conveyancing paperwork pertinent to leasehold premises. You must hand this to the conveyancer working for you ASAP. Do make sure that you have funds organised to complete the transaction on the set completion date.
is it true that all Upton conveyancing solicitors on the Co-operative conveyancing panel are governed by the SRA?
As solicitors, in order to be on the Co-operative approved list of solicitors they would need to be governed by the SRA. Some lenders do list licenced conveyancers on their panel in which case such organisation would be overseen by the CLC.
My offer was accepted on a house in Upton on 18/2/2025, valuation was booked five days later, received a clean bill of health. Solicitor appointed, so all that was missing was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Leeds Building Society and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel. Can the lender hold off the offer?
A lender would not issue an offer until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Leeds Building Society to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
The deeds to our home can not be found. The lawyers who did the conveyancing in Upton 4 years ago have long since closed. What do I do?
Nowadays there are copies made of almost everything, and your conveyancer should know exactly where to locate all the suitable paperwork so you can buy or dispose of your property without a hitch. If copies are not available, your solicitor may be able to arrange cover in the form of insurance or indemnities against future claims on your premises.
I opted to have a survey carried out on a house in Upton in advance of instructing conveyancers. I have been informed that there is a flying freehold aspect to the house. The surveyor advised that some mortgage companies tend not give a loan on a flying freehold house.
It varies from the lender to lender. Santander has different requirements for example to Birmingham Midshires. Should you wish to call us we can investigate further via the relevant lender. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Upton. Conveyancing may be slightly more expensive based on your lender's requirements.
Taking into account that I will soon spend 450k on a property in Upton I wish to have a conversation with the lawyer about myconveyancing in advance of giving the go ahead to the firm. Can this be arranged?
This is something that we encourage - we would be delighted to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you liaising with the solicitor who will be carrying out your property ownership legalities in Upton.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - every client is unique individual, not a matter number. The practices that we put you in touch with believe that the fees you are calculated and presented to you for residential conveyancing in Upton should be the figure that you are charged.
Having had my offer accepted I require leasehold conveyancing in Upton. Before I get started I want to be sure as to the number of years remaining on the lease.
Assuming the lease is registered - and 99.9% are in Upton - then the leasehold title will always include the short particulars of the lease, namely the date; the term; and the original parties. From a conveyancing perspective such details then enable any prospective buyer and lender to confirm that any lease they are looking at is the one relevant to that title. For any other purpose, such as confirming how long the term was granted for and calculating what is left, then the register should be sufficient on it's own.
After years of dialogue we simply can't agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Upton. Can we issue an application to the Residential Property Tribunal Service?
You certainly can. We are happy to put you in touch with a Upton conveyancing firm who can help.
An example of a Lease Extension decision for a Upton residence is Various @ Colombus Square in January 2012. the Tribunal calculated the premiums to be paid for new leases for each of the flats in Mariners Walk to be £3822 and the premium to be paid for the new lease of 2 Knights Court to be £4439. This case related to 13 flats. The unexpired term as at the valuation date was 76 years.