My wife and I are buying a apartment in Wooburn Green. It might be a silly question but how we can trust a conveyancer? At some point we have to send our life savings into their account. What is the protection we have from them run away with our monies?
Be assured that all money in a Solicitors client account is 100% safe, and even if your Solicitor ran off with it, the Law Society would reimburse you fully.
After much negotiation I have agreed a price on a house in Wooburn Green. My mortgage broker suggested a property lawyer. I paid an upfront payment of £150. Shortly after, the solicitor called me sheepishly admitting that they were not on the Barclays conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?
You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the Barclays panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.
My offer on a semi in Wooburn Green has been accepted, the owners do however have a dependent purchase. The owners have placed an offer on on an apartment, however it’s not yet agreed to, and are looking at other properties booked. I have instructed a nearby conveyancing solicitor in Wooburn Green. What should be my next step? At what stage should I apply for the mortgage with Kent Reliance?
It is normal to have anxieties where there is a chain as you are unlikely to want to be too out of pocket too early (home loan application is in the region of one thousand pounds, then valuation, Wooburn Green conveyancing search charges, etc). The first course of action is to check that your conveyancing practitioner is on the Kent Reliance approved list. As to the subsequent phase this very much dictated by the circumstances of your case, desire for the property and on the state of the market. In a rising market the majority of home buyers would apply for the mortgage with Kent Reliance and arrange for the valuation and only if it was satisfactory would they pay their solicitor to press on with searches.
I note that there are debates on Chancel Insurance on online forums. Do I need this when acquiring a property in Wooburn Green? or I am told that there is a law dating back centuries that could mean that owners of property living in a parish church boundary may be liable to contribute towards maintenance to the chancel within the church. Is this appropriate for conveyancing in Wooburn Green?
Unless a prior acquisition of the property completed after 12 October 2013 you can take it that conveyancing practitioners delivering conveyancing in Wooburn Green to continue to advocate a chancel search and or chancel repair liability policy.
The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build apartment in Wooburn Green. Conveyancing is a frightening process at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build legal work.
Set out below are examples of a selection of leasehold new build questions that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Wooburn Green
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The Vendor must covenant to keep unsold units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore. Please supply a car parking plan. Where service of notices and proceedings can be at the property demised please confirm that this can be amended to include simultaneous services at the Lessees’ solicitors’ offices where the Lessee from time to time is not resident in the UK - such solicitors may be varied by notice in writing to the Landlord from time to time but otherwise will be as previously specified. There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants. The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme.
I am looking for a ground for flat up to £195,000 and found one near me in Wooburn Green I like with amenity areas and station nearby, however it's only got 52 years on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Wooburn Green in this price bracket, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error buying a lease with such few years left?
Should you require a mortgage the remaining unexpired lease term will likely be problematic. Reduce the offer by the expected lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the existing proprietor has owned the property for a minimum of 2 years you could 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.
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I am 18 days into a freehold purchase having been recommend to solicitors by the selling agent to execute conveyancing in Wooburn Green. I am am extremely disappointed with the quality of service. Could you you assist me in finding new lawyers?
They would have to be really poor in order to consider diss instructing them. Has your mortgage been issued? If so you need to advise them of the new contact details and have the offer are issued to the new lawyers. The solicitor ideally needs to be on the mortgage company approved list to avoid added expenses and frustration. That should be your starting point. The search tool will help you find a lender approved lawyer for your conveyancing in Wooburn Green