I was recommended to a lawyer who has quoted £1350 for freehold conveyancing in West Yorkshire. I am hoping to downsize from a modern house for £125,000. Are the quoted fees excessive? Is it above what I should be paying for conveyancing in West Yorkshire?
The costs illustration is fractionally on the steep side. If you shop around you may be able to get the conveyancing a bit cheaper by as much as £125. That being said, you couldlive to regret choosing an an unknown solicitor. Don't forget to enquire the conveyancer can also act for your lender. Do make use of our search tool to find a West Yorkshire conveyancing firm on the lender’s member panel which can often include conveyancing solicitors in West Yorkshire.
We are due to complete on the purchase of a house in West Yorkshire but as a consequence of damage from a small fire at the property I have was able negotiate recompense from the owner in the sum of £2k in the form of a deduction in the price. This was going to be addressed as part of a side agreement however RBS are not allowing this. Why were they involved?
Any conveyancing practitioner that is on the RBS conveyancing panel is required to disclose to RBS of any variations to the purchase price. If you prohibit your solicitor to notify the price change to RBS then they would have to discontinue acting for you. In addition, RBS and you would have to appoint a new solicitor for your conveyancing in West Yorkshire.
It is a dozen years since I bought my property in West Yorkshire. Conveyancing lawyers have just been appointed on the sale but I am unable to find my deeds. Will this cause complications?
Don’t worry too much. Firstly there is a chance that the deeds will be with the mortgage company or they could be archived with the conveyancers who handled your purchase. Secondly in most cases the land will be recorded at the land registry and you will be able to establish that you own the property by your conveyancing solicitors acquiring up to date copy of the land registers. Almost all conveyancing in West Yorkshire relates to registered property but in the rare situation where your home is unregistered it adds to the complexity but is not insurmountable.
Is there a search tool that I can utilise to investigate if the solicitor conducting my conveyancing in West Yorkshire is on the mortgage lender’sapproved panel? I am looking to avoid the situation of having one lawyer for me and one for Nottingham Building Society thus spending £192.00 in further conveyancing fees.
Please do make use of the search tool on this site. Please choose the lender and type ‘West Yorkshire’ or your preferred area and you will see numerous conveyancers offices in West Yorkshire or nearest you.
I have justbecome aware that Wolstenholmes have closed. They carried out my conveyancing in West Yorkshire for a purchase of a freehold house 18 months ago. How can I check that my home is not still registered in the name of the former proprietor?
The quickest way to see if the premises is in your name, you can make a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of West Yorkshire conveyancing specialists.
My husband and I have had DIP from Lloyds TSB Bank who suggested that they will loan up to £117k. At what point do we need to appoint a practitioner for conveyancing? West Yorkshire is where we plan to move to.
You can appoint a lawyer now and ask them to open a file for you. This will kickstart: 1) the estate agent to send out the Sales Memorandum to all parties 2) the seller’s solicitor to submit the draft paperwork. However, do not ask your lawyer to order searches until you have your valuation report via Lloyds TSB Bank and you are willing to move forward.