Willretaining a Burwash conveyancing solicitor make my purchase more efficient?

Established third party connections is an important consideration when choosing conveyancing lawyers. Burwash law firms enjoy long term relationships with financial advisers and property, local authorities, surveyors and other law firms meaning the whole process is going to be much smoother for you. Having a well rounded knowledge of the local area is also a plus .

Is it the case that all Burwash CQS (Conveyancing Quality Scheme) solicitors are on the Co-operative conveyancing panel?

A selection of lenders now utilise the accreditation scheme as the kick off point for Panel membership such as HSBC and Santander. The Law Society’s CQS membership however is no guarantee to lender panel acceptance. That being said,the Council of Mortgage Lenders have indicated that it is likely to become a pre-requisite for solicitors wishing to remain on their panels.

I have today made my last payment due on my mortgage with UBS. I assume I don't need a Burwash solicitor on the UBS panel to remove the mortgage at the Land Registry. Am I right?

If you have finished paying off your UBS mortgage, they may send you evidence showing that you have paid it off. Alternatively they may notify the Land Registry directly. The Land Registry need to see this evidence before they will remove the UBS mortgage from the register. UBS, and any evidence they send you, will determine the action you need to take. In cases where no conveyancer is acting for you and you have paid off your mortgage:

1. but are not moving to another property
2. where UBS has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
3. UBS has instructed the Land Registry to do so

I am due to exchange contracts on my apartment. I had a double glazing fitted in July 2010, but did not receive a FENSA certificate or Building Regulation Certificate. My buyer's mortgage company, Santander are being difficult. The Burwash solicitor who is on the Santander conveyancing panel is saying indemnity insurance will be fine but Santander are requiring a building regulation certificate. Why do Santander have a conveyancing panel if they don't accept advice from them?

It is probably the case that Santander have referred the matter to their valuer. The reason why Santander may not want to accept indemnity insurance is because it does not give them any reassurance that the double glazing was correctly and safely installed. The indemnity insurance merely protects against enforcement action which is very unlikely anyway.

Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly picked up during conveyancing in Burwash?

Restrictive covenants can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the legal transfer of property in Burwash. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’

Are there any apps to assist me to locate a Burwash law firm on the Chelsea Building Society conveyancing panel? I have a car and am happy to travel upto 25kilometers to meet the solicitor.

You can use the search on this website. Please choose the mortgage company and your location and you will see a number of Burwash conveyancing lawyers based on proximity. We have detailed some Burwash conveyancing firms at the bottom of this page and you can ring them to verify if they are on the Chelsea Building Society approved list

I own a leasehold house in Burwash. Conveyancing and The Royal Bank of Scotland mortgage went though with no issue. I have received a letter from someone claiming to own the reversionary interest in the property. Attached was a demand for arrears of ground rent dating back to 1993. The conveyancing solicitor in Burwash who previously acted has now retired. Any advice?

The first thing you should do is contact HMLR to be sure that the individual purporting to own the freehold is indeed the registered owner of the freehold reversion. You do not need to incur the fees of a Burwash conveyancing firm to do this as you can do this on the Land Registry website for £3. Rest assured that in any event, even if this is the legitimate freeholder, under the Limitation Act 1980 no more than 6 years of rent can be collected.

Burwash Leasehold Conveyancing - A selection of Questions you should consider Prior to buying

How long is the Lease? How much is the yearly maintenance fee and ground rent? Plenty Burwash leasehold apartments will have a service bill for maintenance of the block levied by the landlord. Where you purchase the flat you will have to meet this contribution, usually periodically throughout the year. This may vary from a few hundred pounds to thousands of pounds for large purpose-built blocks. In all probability there will be a rentcharge for you to pay yearly, this is usually not a significant sum, say around £25-£75 but you should to enquire it because occasionally it could be surprisingly expensive.