Should lawyers ask for an advanced payment for my conveyancing in Halstead?

If you are buying a property in Halstead your solicitor will ask you to provide them with funds to cover the search fees. This will be the total of the cost of the conveyancing searches. If any down payment is payable against the total price then this will be needed immediately in advance of exchange of contracts. The closing balance that is due should be sent to your lawyer a few days prior to the day of completion.

I am helping my step-mother sell her property in Halstead. Will the conveyancing solicitor commission an energy performance certificate or should I organise this?

After the demise of Home Information Packs, EPC’s was maintained a compulsory element of selling a property. An EPC should be to hand prior to the property being placed on the market. It is not something that lawyers normally arrange. Where you are instructing a Halstead conveyancing practitioner they may help arrange energy assessments due to their relationships with reputable Halstead energy assessors

Have just purchased a repossessed house at auction in Halstead. Conveyancing is necessary. What happens now?

Given that you have now exchanged you now have to instruct a conveyancing practitioner as a matter of urgency as you now have a pending deadline in which to complete the purchase. All auction property will ordinarily have an associated legal set of papers. This should include evidence of title and search results. If you have purchased leasehold premises the legal papers may provide a copy of the lease, management information and a sellers leasehold information form and associated conveyancing documentation relating to leasehold premises. You should give this to your appointed conveyancing solicitor as soon as possible. You also need to ensure that your finances are in place to complete the transaction on the set completion date.

We have agreed to purchase a house in Halstead. A rare aspect is that the roof has a solar panel. Solicitors conducting should look into this right? Will my lender Coventry BS be concerned?

As your lender is Coventry BS your lawyer must comply with the conveyancing requirements outlined in Part 2 of UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook for Coventry BS. The CML Handbook stipulates minimum provisions for solar panel roof-space leases, and conveyancers are required to report to Coventry BS where a lease does not comply with these provisions. The conditions relate to the installation of panels on properties countrywide and is not restricted to Halstead.

The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build apartment in Halstead. Conveyancing is daunting at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build legal work.

Here are examples of a selection of leasehold new build questions that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Halstead

Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. The Lease must contain a provision on behalf of the Vendor to pay the service charges in respect of unoccupied units in order to ensure that all services can be provided. If there are lifts in the building, please confirm that the owners of flats on the ground and basement floors will not be required to contribute towards the cost of maintenance and renewal. The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme.

How simple is it to swap firm as I have to find a firm on the Virgin Money conveyancing list. I was using a family conveyancing solicitor in Halstead five minutes from me but she is not accepted by Virgin Money

We will our best to assist in finding you a conveyancing solicitor in Halstead on the Virgin Money panel. Please note that the conveyancers that we list do not pay us fee if you instruct them and are under regulation of the Solicitors Regulation Authority who oversee all conveyancing solicitors in Halstead. In utilising the find a conveyancing solicitor tool on this page, you can contrast fees for conveyancing solicitors in Halstead and throughout England and Wales.

Why do Halstead conveyancing charges differ for leasehold and freehold properties?

Leasehold conveyancing in Halstead will often involve additional work for instance investigating the lease, corresponding with the landlord, obtaining up to date rent receipts, landlord’s consents, management company’s accounts amongst other tasks.