I am purchasing a property for cash in Crofton Park. I have lived for the last 15 years in Crofton Park. Conveyancing searches are expensive. Given that I have knowledge of the road and vicinity intimately must I have all the conveyancing searches?
In the absence of a home loan, then the vast majority of the Crofton Park conveyancing searches are non-obligatory. Your lawyer will ’encourage you, no-doubt strongly, that you should have searches completed, but he is duty bound to take that path of advice. Do consider; if you are going to dispose of the house in the future, it could be of interest to your prospective buyer what the searches determine. On occasion premises with day to day issues can still throw up negative search results. A competent conveyancing solicitor in Crofton Park should be able to give you some practical guidance in this regard.
We are buying a apartment in Crofton Park. It might be a silly question but how we can trust a conveyancer? On completion day we will need to send our life savings into their account. What protection do 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.
Can I be sure that the Crofton Park conveyancing solicitor on the Leeds Building Society panel is any good?
When it comes to conveyancing in Crofton Park seeking recommendations is a sensible start. Before you go ahead, check if they offer a no sale no fee offer. Also, you often get what you pay for - a firm which quotes more, will often provide a better service than one which is cheap as chips. We would always advise that you speak with the lawyer carrying out your transaction.
After months of negotiation I have agreed a price on an apartment in Crofton Park. My mortgage broker pressured me to appoint their conveyancing practitioner. I paid an upfront payment of £175. A couple of days later, the property lawyer contacted me sheepishly admitting that they were not on the Skipton 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 Skipton 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.
Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly picked up during conveyancing in Crofton Park?
Covenants that are restrictive in nature can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the legal transfer of property in Crofton Park. 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…’
Due to the input of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a property in Crofton Park ahead of retaining lawyers. I have been told that there is a flying freehold overhang to the house. My surveyor advised that some mortgage companies tend not grant a loan on such a property.
It depends who your proposed lender is. Lloyds has different instructions for example to Birmingham Midshires. Should you wish to call us we can look into this further with the appropriate lender. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Crofton Park. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Crofton Park to see if the conveyancing will be more expensive.
I was advised by numerous selling agents in Crofton Park to locate a solicitor using your seach tool. What’s the financial inducement for Estate Agents to offer your lawyers rather than alternative conveyancing organisations?
We don’t give any referral fee for directing people to this site. We found it would be just too difficult to pay a commission because a client could think, ‘How come the agent getting a kickback? Why am I not receiving any benefit too?’ So we decided to step away from that.