My best friend’s mother is a conveyancing practitioner. I suspect that I will be offered friends and family pricing for conveyancing, but if not, what level of fees would I typically be looking at for conveyancing in Glenfield?

You should contrast pricing. Do use our search tool on this page. You will notice that estimates may contrast greatly but service levels do are distinct between property lawyers as is true with the vast majority of professional services.

What does my ID and proof of funds have anything to do with my conveyancing in Glenfield? Is this really necessary?

You are right in the requirement set out by your solicitor has nothing to do with conveyancing in Glenfield. However these days you can not proceed with any conveyancing process in the absence submitting evidence of your identity. This usually takes the form of a either your passport or driving licence as well as a bank statement. Please note that if you are providing your driving licence as evidence of ID it needs to be both the paper element and photo card part, one is not acceptable in the absence of the other.

Proof of the source of money is mandated in accordance with the Money Laundering Regulations. Please do not be offended when you are asked to produce this as your conveyancer must have this information on file. Your Glenfield conveyancing solicitor will need to see evidence of proof of funds prior to accepting any money from you into their client account and they may also ask further questions regarding the origin of monies.

Just bought a semi-detached house in Glenfield , how long should it take for the Land Registry to deal with the formalities evidencing my title? My Glenfield conveyancing solicitor works at snail pace, so I want to be sure the registration is dealt with.

As far as conveyancing in Glenfield is concerned, registration is no faster or slower than anywhere else in the country. Rather than based on location, timeframes can differ according to the party submitting the application, whether there are errors and if the Land registry communicate with any interested parties. As of today approximately 80% of such applications are fully addressed in less than three weeks but occasionally there can be longer delays. Registration occurs once the purchaser is living at the property therefore 'speed' is not usually an essential issue yet where there is a degree of urgency associated with the registration then you or your conveyancer should communicate with the Registry to express the reasoning for the application to be prioritised.

I opted to have a survey carried out on a house in Glenfield in advance of instructing solicitors. I have been told that there is a flying freehold overhang to the property. The surveyor has said that some mortgage companies tend not grant a loan on this type of property.

It depends who your proposed lender is. HSBC has different instructions from Halifax. If you e-mail us we can check with the appropriate mortgage company. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Glenfield. Conveyancing may be slightly more expensive based on your lender's requirements.

I need to instruct a conveyancing solicitor for purchase conveyancing in Glenfield. I have stumble across a site which appears to be the perfect offering If it is possible to get all formalities completed via phone that would be ideal. Should I be concerned? What should out be looking out for?

As usual with these online conveyancers you need to read ALL the small print - did you notice the extra charge for dealing with the mortgage?