The lawyer who dealt with my previous purchase has quoted £1200 for fixed fee conveyancing in Harwich. I am selling a Edwardian house for £275,000. Are the quoted fees excessive? Is it in excess of the average fee for conveyancing in Harwich?

The charges are a tad high. If you shop around you might reduce the fees slightly by as much as £100 plus VAT. On the other hand, you mightcome to rue choosing an a cheaper solicitor. If is important to ensure the conveyancer can also act for your mortgage company. Do use our search tool to locate a Harwich conveyancing company on the lender’s conveyancing panel which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Harwich.

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

You are right in the requirement set out by your solicitor has nothing to do with conveyancing in Harwich. However these days you will not be able to complete any conveyancing process if you have not supplying proof of your identity. Ordinarily this takes the form of a either your passport or driving licence plus a bank statement. Remember if you are providing your driving licence as proof of ID it must be both the paper section and photo card part, one is not acceptable without the other.

Verification of your source of money is required in accordance with the Money Laundering Regulations. Don’t be offended when when this is requested of you as your conveyancer will need to have this information on record. Your Harwich conveyancing practitioner will require evidence of proof of funds prior to accepting any funds from you into their client account and they may also ask further questions concerning the source of monies.

Do commercial conveyancing searches disclose impending roadworks that could impact a commercial estate in Harwich?

Many commercial conveyancing solicitors in Harwich will perform a SiteSolutions Highways report as it reduces the time that conveyancers expend in researching accurate data on highways that impact buildings and development assets in Harwich. The search result provides definitive information on the adoption status of roads, footpaths and verges, as well as the implication of traffic schemes and the rights of way surrounding a commercial development sites in Harwich.

For every commercial conveyancing transaction in Harwich it is crucial to investigate the adoption status of roads surrounding a site. The absence of identifying developments where adoption procedures have not been addressed adequately may result in delays to Harwich commercial conveyancing deals as well as present a risk to future intentions for the site. These searches are not conducted for domestic conveyancing in Harwich.

Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold element on a house I put an offer in last month in what was supposed to be a straight forward, chain free conveyancing. Harwich is the location of the property. Can you shed any light on this issue?

Flying freeholds in Harwich are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Harwich you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds very carefully. Your mortgage company may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Harwich may ascertain that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold residence.

In my capacity as executor for the will of my aunt I am disposing of a residence in Cardiff but live in Harwich. My conveyancer (based 250 miles from mehas requested that I execute a statutory declaration before the transaction finalising. Could you suggest a conveyancing practitioner in Harwich who can attest this legal document for me?

Technically speaking you should not be required to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally any notary public or solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are located in Harwich