Would the conveyancing lawyers identified via your search tool conduct auction conveyancing in Kingsdown?
There are a few auction solicitors we can put you in touch with those conducting auction conveyancing. Kingsdown is one of our areas of where our lawyers have offices.
We are aiming to move property in March. Will my conveyancing solicitor call the removal company on the day of completion. On a separate note, can you suggest a removal company in Kingsdown. Conveyancing solicitor was found prior to coming across this site.
On the day of completion you will need to collect the keys from your selling agent however this should only be done when the sellers conveyancers inform the agent that they have the completion monies and the keys can be released. After that you will need to tell the removal men that they can start moving you in. We do not suggest a particular removal organisation but can help you find a residential property solicitor in Kingsdown or a firm that specialises in conveyancing in Kingsdown.
After much negotiation I have agreed a price on an apartment in Kingsdown. My mortgage broker pressured me to appoint their solicitor. I paid an upfront payment of £175. A couple of days later, the conveyancer called me embarrassingly acknowledging that they were not on the HSBC conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?
You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the HSBC panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.
After shopping around on the internet I have found a Kingsdown conveyancer having made sure that they are on the Lloyds conveyancing panel. Does my lawyer arrange the survey of the property?
Lloyds will need an independent valuation of the property. Your lawyer will not arrange this. Usually Lloyds will appoint their own surveyor to do this, and you will have to pay for it. Remember that this is a valuation for mortgage purposes and not a survey. Your lawyer will not organise the survey but they may be able to put you in touch with a local one that they recommend. RICS offers a find a surveyor service (just google it) where you can search for a qualified surveyor by your Kingsdown postcode. As you are getting a mortgage with Lloyds, you could contact them to see if they have a list of approved surveyors in Kingsdown.
I own a renovated Georgian house in Kingsdown. Conveyancing solicitor represented me and Bank of Ireland. I did a free Land Registry search last week and I saw two entries: one for freehold, another for leasehold with the matching property. I'd like to know for sure, how can I find out??
You need to review the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register for mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered proprietor of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Kingsdown and other locations in the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they mortgage they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with buyers. You can also question the situation with the conveyancing solicitor who conducted the purchase.
I have been on the look out for a ground for flat up to £195,000 and found one close by in Kingsdown I like with amenity areas and railway links nearby, the downside is that it's only got 49 years on the lease. There is not much else in Kingsdown for this price, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake acquiring a lease with such few years left?
If you need a home loan that many years may be a potential deal breaker. Reduce the price by the amount the lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the current proprietor has owned the property for at least 2 years you may ask them to commence the lease extension formalities and then assign it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the current lease term and have £0 ground rent by law. You should speak to your conveyancing lawyer about this.
Is it possible to switch solicitor as I need to find one who is on the Bank of Ireland conveyancing list. I hired a local conveyancing solicitor in Kingsdown round the corner but he is not accepted by Bank of Ireland
It would be our pleasure to assist you select a conveyancing solicitor in Kingsdown on the Bank of Ireland panel. Please note that the conveyancers that we on the directory do not pay us fee if you instruct them and are authorised and regulated by the SRA who regulate all conveyancing solicitors in Kingsdown. In making use of search facility on this page, you can scrutinise costs for conveyancing solicitors in Kingsdown and beyond.