Having been recommended your organisation we were about to go ahead with a conveyancing solicitor in Honor Oak listed on your site but have come across alternative estimates on the internet seem less pricey – why is this?
There are plenty of conveyancing organisations advertising so-called cut-price conveyancing, yet more often than not additionalfees result in the closing invoice totally different to the one you expected. According to the Legal Ombudsman fees contained in terms of business should be honest and reasonable raised The law firms that we list for conveyancing in Honor Oak genuinely set out all charges for the property you plan topurchase.
Please help. My Honor Oak lawyer is assuring me that she is duty bound toorder Honor Oak conveyancing searches asthe firm are on the Nat Westsolicitor panel. Is my lawyer correct?
You have limited options available to you. As you are obtaining a mortgage with a lender your conveyancer has to comply with their conditions as set out in their version of the CML Conveyancing Handbook. Your property lawyer would have previously signed the Terms and Conditions of your bank’s conveyancing panel appointment which obliges them to comply with the CML Handbook conditions . Even if you were a cash buyer you would be ill advised not to carry out Honor Oak conveyancing searches.
It is is a decade since I acquired my property in Honor Oak. Conveyancing lawyers have recently been retained on the sale but I can't find the deeds. Is this a major issue?
Don’t worry too much. Firstly the deeds may be with your lender or they may be in the possession of the conveyancers who handled your purchase. Secondly the chances are that the land will be recorded at the land registry and you will be able to prove you own the property by your conveyancing lawyers obtaining current official copies of the land registers. Nearly all conveyancing in Honor Oak involves registered property but in the unlikely event that your property is unregistered it is more problematic but is resolvable.
Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly picked up as part of conveyancing in Honor Oak?
Covenants that are restrictive in nature can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the legal transfer of property in Honor Oak. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’
Do online conveyancing organisations do everything a local Honor Oak solicitor does or must I use a solicitor for the final stages for my conveyancing in Honor Oak?
If you instruct an online conveyancer they will cover all the things your Honor Oak solicitor would cover.