My partner and I are planning to acquire a property in Wilmslow and are in fact using a Wilmslow conveyancing practice. Within the last couple of days our solicitor has forwarded the sale agreement to be signed with a detailed report with the expectation that exchange is imminent. Aldermore have this evening contacted us to inform me that they have now hit a problem as our Wilmslow lawyer is not on their conveyancing panel. Is this a problem?
When purchasing a property with the benefit of a mortgage it is conventional for the purchasers' solicitors to also act for the purchaser's lender. In order to act for a bank or building society a law firm has to be on that lender's conveyancing panel. An application has to be made by the law firm to the lender to become a member of the lender's panel and there are increasingly strict criteria which the firm has to satisfy and indeed some lenders now require their panel members to be part of the Law Society’s Conveyancing Accreditation Scheme. Your solicitor should contact your lender and see if they can apply for membership of their conveyancing panel, but if that is not viable they will instruct their own lawyers to represent them. You are not legally obliged to appoint a law firm on the lender’s conveyancing panel and you may continue to use your own Wilmslow solicitors, in which case your legal fees may increase, and it may delay matters as you have another set of people involved.
Should my conveyancer be asking questions concerning flooding during the conveyancing in Wilmslow.
The risk of flooding is if increasing concern for conveyancers specialising in conveyancing in Wilmslow. Some people will buy a house in Wilmslow, fully expectant that at some time, it may be flooded. However, leaving to one side the physical damage, if a property is at risk of flooding, it may be difficult to obtain a mortgage, satisfactory building insurance, or sell the property. There are steps that can be taken during the course of a property purchase to forewarn the buyer.
Solicitors are not best placed to offer advice on flood risk, but there are a various searches that may be initiated by the purchaser or by their solicitors which will figure out the risks in Wilmslow. The conventional set of completed inquiry forms given to a purchaser’s lawyer (where the Conveyancing Protocol is adopted) includes a standard inquiry of the seller to discover if the premises has suffered from flooding. In the event that the premises has been flooded in past and is not notified by the seller, then a purchaser could commence a compensation claim as a result of such an incorrect answer. A purchaser’s lawyers should also conduct an enviro search. This will indicate whether there is a recorded flood risk. If so, more detailed investigations will need to be conducted.
I used Arc property Solicitors a few years past for my conveyancing in Wilmslow. I now require my papers but the law firm is no longer operating. What do I do?
You should contact 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 Wilmslow of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously instructed, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
I have been on the look out for a ground for flat up to £305k and found one round the corner in Wilmslow I like with a park and transport links nearby, the downside is that it's only got 61 years on the lease. There is not much else in Wilmslow suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error acquiring a short lease?
Should you require a mortgage the remaining unexpired lease term will be problematic. Reduce the price by the anticipated lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the existing proprietor has owned the property for a minimum of twenty four months you may ask them to start the process of the extension and then assign it to you. You can add 90 years to the existing lease and have £0 ground rent by law. You should speak to your conveyancing solicitor concerning this.
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I previously told by my mortgage company that their panel conveyancers operate no move no fee basis for conveyancing in Wilmslow. Our purchase did not proceed and now the lawyers have invoiced for search fees! They are stating that the fees are nothing to do with their fees!
Wilmslow conveyancing search costs are disbursements not solicitors costs as these are payable to a third party.