Having been recommended your company we were going to go ahead with a conveyancing solicitor in Ventnor endorsed on your site but stumbled across some other fee calculations on the internet look less expensive – how come?
You can find many firms of firms advertising self styled cheap conveyancing, but supplementalfees end up with the closing bill markedly uplifted. Conveyancers are obliged to make sure that fees outlined in terms of engagement should be fair and reasonable invoiced The solicitors that we put forward for conveyancing in Ventnor set out all charges for a domestic conveyancing case.
I have been recommended a conveyancing solicitor in Ventnor. I need to find out whether they are accepted on the Chelsea Building Society conveyancing panel. Could you or the lender confirm if they are on the panel?
The first thing to do is e-mail the solicitor and ask them whether they are on the lender panel. Alternatively you should get in touch with Chelsea Building Society who may be able to confirm.
Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly identified as part of conveyancing in Ventnor?
Covenants that are restrictive in nature can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the legal transfer of property in Ventnor. 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…’
I am looking for a flat up to £195,000 and identified one round the corner in Ventnor I like with amenity areas and railway links in the vicinity, the downside is that it only has 52 years unexpired on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Ventnor for this price, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake buying a lease with such few years left?
Should you require a home loan that many years will be a potential deal breaker. Reduce the offer by the amount the lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the existing proprietor has owned the property for a minimum of 2 years you may ask them to start the process of the extension and pass it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the existing lease with a zero ground rent applied. You should speak to your conveyancing solicitor concerning this matter.
As co-executor for the estate of my grandfather I am selling a house in Swansea but live in Ventnor. My conveyancer (who is 235 kilometers awayrequires that I sign a statutory declaration before the transaction finalising. Can you recommend a conveyancing solicitor in Ventnor to attest and place their company stamp on the document?
strictly speaking you are unlikely to be required to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily any notary public or solicitor will suffice regardless of whether they are Ventnor based
I need to assess quotes for conveyancing in Ventnor from numerous solicitor and appoint one. Am I right to tell them to sit tight until I have found somewhere to purchase.
You should wait to ask your lawyer to start work and apply for searches after the offer has been agreed to on the property particularly as Ventnor conveyancing searches are a couple of hundred pounds.