The solicitor who assisted with my previous purchase has quoted £1700 for fixed fee conveyancing in Morpeth. I’m hoping to downsize from a modern detached home for £200,000. This sounds over the top. Is it in excess of the norm for conveyancing in Morpeth?

The charges are a bit high. Where you are prepared to spend time comparing prices you may be able to decrease the fees marginally by say a hundred pounds. That being said, you maylive to regret opting for an an unknown conveyancer. If is important to ensure that the conveyancer can represent your bank. Do employ our search tool to choose a Morpeth conveyancing company on the lender’s approved list of lawyers which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Morpeth.

I am helping my aunt sell her house in Morpeth. Does the conveyancer commission the energy performance certificate or it is for the owner to coordinate?

Following the demise of Home Information Packs, energy performance certificates became a mandatory component of selling a property. An EPC should be to hand prior to the property being marketed. It is not something that solicitors ordinarily arrange. If you are using a Morpeth conveyancing solicitor they may help arrange energy performance certificates given their relationships with reputable Morpeth accredited person

Forgive me if this question is silly but I am unseasoned as FTB of a two bedroom flat in Morpeth. Do I receive the keys to the house on the completion date from my lawyer? If this is the case, I will instruct a local conveyancing solicitor in Morpeth?

There is no need to visit the lawyers office on the day of completion. Your solicitors will electronically transfer the completion advance to the vendor’s conveyancers, and once they have received this, you will be able to receive the keys from the Estate Agents and start moving into the property. This tends to happen early afternoon.

I have a mortgage with Nationwide for my property in Morpeth. Conveyancing has been completed months ago. In the event that I decide to rent out the flat and do not currently have a buy-to-let mortgage do I need to remortgage to a buy-to-let mortgage or inform Nationwide?

Nationwide must be informed of your intention before letting out your property as this is likely to be a breach of Nationwide’s mortgage conditions. It may be that Nationwide will permit you to let out your former home without needing to switch to a buy-to-let mortgage but some lenders will add a surcharge to your mortgage rate to reflect the higher risk. You should contact Nationwide directly. It should not be necessary to do this via a Nationwide conveyancing panel firm.

I have justbecome aware that Action Conveyancing have closed. They carried out my conveyancing in Morpeth for a purchase of a leasehold apartment 10 months ago. How can I establish that the property is registered correctly in the name of the previous owner?

The easiest way to see if the property is registered to you, you can carry out a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Morpeth conveyancing specialists.

What does commercial conveyancing in Morpeth cover?

Commercial conveyancing in Morpeth incorporates a broad array of guidance, supplied by regulated solicitors, relating to business premises. By way of example, this type of conveyancing can cover the sale or purchase of freehold business premises or, more usually, the assignment of existing leases or the drafting of new leasing arrangements. Commercial conveyancing solicitors can also offer advice on the sale of business assets, commercial loans and the termination of tenancies.

How do I determine who is the owner of a property in Morpeth?

Provided the premises is registered with HMLR, and you have the information of the address of the premises, you will be able to see results from the HM Land Registry of the registered owner for a for less than a fiver.