My lawyer in East Grinstead is not listed on the National Westminster Bank Approved Panel. Can I still use my family solicitor even though they are not on the National Westminster Bank panel?
The limited options open to you here include:
- Complete the purchase with your preferred East Grinstead solicitors but National Westminster Bank will need to use a conveyancer on their panel. This will inevitably rack up the overall conveyancing fees as well as cause frustration.
- Get a new practitioner to act in the purchase, not forgetting to check they are National Westminster Bank approved.
- Persuade your National Westminster Bank based solicitor to seek to join the National Westminster Bank panel
I am purchasing a house and the lawyer has identified Chancel Repair to which the house could be obligated to pay given it’s proximity to the area of such a church. She has suggested insurance. Is this strictly required for conveyancing in East Grinstead
Unless a previous acquisition of the house took place post 12 October 2013 you can expect conveyancing practitioners carrying out conveyancing in East Grinstead to remain recommending a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.
How easy is it to use your search tool to choose a conveyancing practitioner in East Grinstead on the panel for my lender?
First select a bank such as Accord Mortgages Ltd, Chelsea Building Society or Godiva Mortgages Ltd then specify your location such as East Grinstead. Conveyancing firms in East Grinstead and beyond will then be listed.
Am I better off to appoint a East Grinstead conveyancing solicitor in close proximity to the house I am buying? An old friend can deal with the conveyancing however his firm is located 300miles drive away.
The primary upside of using a local East Grinstead conveyancing firm is that you can attend the office to execute documents, deliver your identification documents and pester them where appropriate. They will also have local insight which is a plus. That being said it's more important to get someone that will do a good and efficient job. If if people you trust instructed your friend and they were content that must outweigh using an unfamiliar East Grinstead conveyancing lawyer solely due to them being based in the area.
Please can you clarify what my options are where my East Grinstead conveyancing searches reveals negative entries?
On the whole, the majority of adverse entries arising from East Grinstead conveyancing search results can be addressed ahead of completion or title insurance may be obtained. You need to remember that regardless of the fact that you are purchasing the property and might be content to live with the search results, your building society or bank may not, and when all said and done the decision rests with them.