I am acquiring a house without a mortgage in Foots Cray. I have lived for the last 15 years in Foots Cray. Conveyancing searches are exorbitant. As I know the area and road intimately should I not bother getting the solicitor to do all the conveyancing searches?
Provided that you do not need a home loan, then all but one or two of the Foots Cray conveyancing searches are non-obligatory. Your lawyer will ’encourage you, perhaps strongly, that you should have searches done, but she is duty bound to take that path of advice. One thing to take into account; if you are going to dispose of the house at a future date, it may be of interest to your prospective buyer what the searches contain. On occasion houses with apparent issues can still show up adverse search results. A competent conveyancing solicitor in Foots Cray should be able to give you some constructive advice concerning this.
The deeds to our home can not be found. The conveyancers who handled the conveyancing in Foots Cray 4 years ago no longer exist. What are my next steps?
As long as the title is registered the information relating to your proprietorship will be recorded by the Land Registry under a Title Number. It is possible to execute a search at the Land Registry, locate your property and order up to date copies of the Registered Entries for a small fee. Where the property is Leasehold then the Land Registry will in most cases hold a certified duplicate of the Registered Lease and again, a copy can be retrieved for £20 inclusive of VAT.
How does conveyancing in Foots Cray differ for new build properties?
Most buyers of new build residence in Foots Cray come to us having been asked by the builder to sign contracts and commit to the purchase even before the property is finished. This is because house builders in Foots Cray tend to purchase the site, plan the estate and want to get the plots sold off as they are building the properties. Buyers, therefore, will have to exchange contracts without actually seeing the house they are buying. To reduce the chances of losing the property, buyers should instruct conveyancing solicitors as soon as the property is reserved and mortgage applications should be submitted quickly. Due to the fact that it could be several months and even years between exchange of contracts and completion, the mortgage offer may need to be extended. It would be wise to use a lawyer who specialises in new build conveyancing especially if they are used to new build conveyancing in Foots Cray or who has acted in the same development.
How easy is it to swap solicitor as I need to retain a firm on the Clydesdale conveyancing list. I had appointed a high street conveyancing solicitor in Foots Cray five minutes from me but the firm is not accepted by Clydesdale
It would be our pleasure to assist you find a conveyancing solicitor in Foots Cray on the Clydesdale panel. Please note that the conveyancers that we list do not pay us fee if you instruct them and are fully regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority who oversee all conveyancing solicitors in Foots Cray. Using the find a conveyancing solicitor tool on this site, you can compare fees for conveyancing solicitors in Foots Cray and beyond.
My husband and I are novice buyers - agreed a price, yet the selling agent informed us that the vendor will only issue a contract if we use their recommended lawyers as they want a ‘quick sale’. My instinct tells me that we should use a family solicitor who is accustomed to conveyancing in Foots Cray
We suspect that the owner is not behind this demand. If they require ‘a quick sale', alienating a motivated buyer is going to damage their objectives. Try to communicate with the sellers directly and make sure they comprehend that (a)you are genuine purchasers (b)you are excited to move forward, with mortgage lined up © you do not need to sell (d) you intend to proceed fast (e)however you are going to instruct your preferred Foots Cray conveyancing lawyers - rather thanthose that will give the negotiator at the agency a commission or meet his conveyancing targets pre-set by senior management.