I am planning to acquire a house and need a conveyancing solicitor in Whyteleafe who is on the Accord Mortgages Ltd conveyancing. Can you recommend a local firm?
Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Accord Mortgages Ltd in certain locations such as Whyteleafe. We dont recommend any particular firm.
How does conveyancing in Whyteleafe differ for newly converted properties?
Most buyers of new build property in Whyteleafe come to us having been asked by the housebuilder to sign contracts and commit to the purchase even before the property is finished. This is because builders in Whyteleafe usually acquire the real estate, plan the estate and want to get the plots sold off as they are building the properties. Buyers, therefore, will have to exchange contracts without actually seeing the house they are buying. To reduce the chances of losing the property, buyers should instruct conveyancers as soon as the property is reserved and mortgage applications should be submitted quickly. Due to the fact that it could be several months and even years between exchange of contracts and completion, the mortgage offer may need to be extended. It would be wise to use a lawyer who specialises in new build conveyancing especially if they are used to new build conveyancing in Whyteleafe or who has acted in the same development.
I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold issue on a house I have offered on two weeks back in what was supposed to be a quick, chain free conveyancing. Whyteleafe is where the house is located. Can you shed any light on this issue?
Flying freeholds in Whyteleafe are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Whyteleafe you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds very carefully. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Whyteleafe may determine that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold premises.
I am looking into buying my first house which is in Whyteleafe and I am already nervous. I couldn't find anything specific about Whyteleafe. Conveyancing will be needed in due course but do you know about the Whyteleafe area? or perhaps some other tips you can share?
Rather than looking online forget looking online you should go and have a look at Whyteleafe. In the meantime here are some basic statistics that we found
I am looking for a conveyancing practitioner in Whyteleafe for my home move. Is there any facility to see a firm’s complaints history with the profession’s regulator?
You may read published Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) decisions resulting from investigations from 2008 onwards. Go to Check a solicitor's record. For details about the period before 1 January 2008, or to check a solicitors record, ring 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and 09.30 - 18.00 Tuesday. International callers, dial +44 (0)121 329 6800. The SRA may monitor call for training reasons.
Threeweeks into a sale of a flat in Whyteleafe. Conveyancing is fine but we are being charged a fortune by the freeholder. To date we have issued a cheque for £268 for a leasehold management pack and then another £118 for answers to questions raised by the purchaser's lawyer.
Neither you or your solicitor will have any say over the extent of the fee for this information but the typical costs for the information for Whyteleafe leasehold property is £350. For Whyteleafe conveyancing deals it is usual for the seller to pay for these costs. The freeholder or their agents are under no statutory obligation to address such questions although many will be content to do so - albeit often at exorbitant prices where the fees bear little relation to the work involved. Regretfully there is no statute that requires fixed charges for administrative tasks. There is no prescriptive time frame by which they are duty bound to provide the information.