Why do I have to pay up front for my conveyancing in Woolwich?
If you are buying a property in Woolwich your lawyer will ask you place them with funds to cover the search fees. This will be the total of the cost of the conveyancing searches. If any deposit is payable against the sale price then this should be needed shortly ahead of exchange of contracts. The closing balance that is due should be transferred shortly before completion.
I am helping my aunt sell her property in Woolwich. Does the solicitor arrange an energy performance certificate or do I organise this?
Following the demise of Home Packs, energy performance certificates remained a required part of selling a house. An energy performance certificate needs to be commissioned before the property is advertised. It is not a task that conveyancers normally organise. Where you are instructing a Woolwich conveyancing solicitor they might be able to arrange energy performance certificates given their contacts with reputable Woolwich accredited person
When it comes to lenders such as UBS, do Woolwich solicitors have to pay a yearly amount to be on the list of approved solicitors?
We are unaware of any bank fees to be on their list of approved firms, although some do charge an administration charge to deal with the processing of the conveyancing panel application.
We have a mortgage agreed in principle with Co-operative. Woolwich conveyancing lawyers have been chosen. How long does it take for Co-operative to forward the offer to the solicitor?
There is no definitive answer here. Have Co-operative conducted the valuation? Have you advised Co-operative as to your lawyers' details and checked that your lawyers are on the Co-operative conveyancing panel? Sometimes it can take as long as six weeks for a mortgage offer to be issued.
I am looking for a ground for flat up to £235,500 and identified one close by in Woolwich I like with a park and station in the vicinity, the downside is that it only has 51 remaining years left on the lease. There is not much else in Woolwich suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error purchasing a short lease?
If you need a mortgage the shortness of the lease will be an issue. Discount the price by the expected lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the current owner has owned the property for at least 2 years you can ask them to commence the lease extension formalities and then assign it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the current lease term and have £0 ground rent by law. You should consult your conveyancing lawyer regarding this.
Is it possible to change firm as I need to appoint a firm on the Britannia conveyancing list. I instructed a family conveyancing solicitor in Woolwich five minutes from me but he is not approved by Britannia
It would be our pleasure to help you find a conveyancing solicitor in Woolwich on the Britannia panel. Please note that the law firms that we on the directory do not pay us a referral fee if you instruct them and are fully regulated by the SRA who regulate all conveyancing solicitors in Woolwich. In utilising search facility on this website, you can compare and instruct different solicitors and conveyancers both nationally and in Woolwich.
My father-in-law has encouraged me to use his lawyers for conveyancing in Woolwich. Should I use them?
No doubt the best way to find a conveyancing solicitor is to seek recommendations from friends or family who have actually experience in using the conveyancer you're are thinking of instructing.
Should local authority consent be required to change a single dwelling into a couple of flats in Woolwich? This has occurred to a property next door to my house in Woolwich and was ignorant of it happening until after the works were done.
Planning Consent yes. Building Regulations yes.