We are buying a property and require a conveyancing solicitor in Malmesbury who is on the Coventry BS conveyancing panel. Can you recommend a local conveyancing firm?
Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Coventry BS . We don't recommend any particular firms conducting conveyancing in Malmesbury.
My Solicitor in Malmesbury is not on the Platform Home Loans Ltd Approved Panel. Is it possible for me to use my prefered solicitor notwithstanding that they are not on the Platform Home Loans Ltd panel of approved conveyancing solicitors?
Your options are as follows:
- Carry on with your preferred Malmesbury lawyers but Platform Home Loans Ltd will need to use a conveyancer on their list of acceptable firms. This will result in additional total legal charges as well as result in frustration.
- Get an alternative practitioner to act in the purchase, not forgetting to check they are Platform Home Loans Ltd approved.
- Persuade your Platform Home Loans Ltd solicitor to try to join the Platform Home Loans Ltd panel
The deeds to my home can not be found. The conveyancers who dealt with the conveyancing in Malmesbury 5 years ago are no longer around. What are my next steps?
Assuming you have a registered title the details of your proprietorship will be documented by the Land Registry under a Title Number. It is easy to carry out a search at the Land Registry, locate your property and secure current copies of the property title for less than a fiver. If the property is Leasehold then the Land Registry will in most cases retain a certified copy of the Registered Lease and again, a copy can be retrieved for a small fee.
Is it simple use your search tool to find a conveyancing solicitor in Malmesbury on the approved list for my lender?
Step one is to choose a lender such as Halifax, Leeds Building Society or Godiva Mortgages Ltd then choose your location for instance Malmesbury. Conveyancing firms in Malmesbury and further afield will then be shown.
We are midway through buying a property in Malmesbury. Conveyancing solicitor has told us the title is "Leasehold". Will this likely impact the marketability of the house?
Malmesbury conveyancing does not normally involve leasehold houses. The main consideration here is the length of lease and the ground rent. If there are over a hundred years remaining with a nominal rent, it's essentially freehold, so it shouldn't impact the value significantly.
At the other end of the spectrum, if it's, say, Sixty years it is bound to have a significant impact on the saleability, and most likely wouldn't be acceptable to the bank. The remaining lease term and ground rent will be stated in the lease to be supplied to your conveyancing practitioner.