When can the exchange of contracts occur in domestic conveyancing in Ottershaw and am I required to attend the solicitors branch?

Where you are local to one of the conveyancing solicitors in Ottershaw you are welcome to come in to sign the paperwork. However, the law practices we work with offer a nationwide conveyancing service and give as equally diligent and professional a job for you when communicating with you electronically. The executing of the contract is not when everything is set in stone. A signed contract is just a prerequisite for the conveyancer to exchange contracts when the time is right, which is ordinarily shortly after signing. The procedure is is usually a five minute process, although where an extended "chain" is in the mix, since the process requires the relevant party's solicitor (not necessarily a conveyancing solicitor in Ottershaw)to be in the office at the appropriate time.

I'm buying a new build house in Ottershaw with the aid of help to buy. The builders would not reduce the price so I negotiated five thousand pounds worth of extras instead. The estate agent suggested that I not inform my conveyancer about the deal as it would impact my loan with the bank. Is this normal?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the developer of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.

Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.

Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.

I have been pointed in your direction by two or three local selling agents in Ottershaw to get a quote from a property lawyer on your site. Is there a financial upside for Estate Agents to recommend your site over and above another?

We refuse to make any referral fee for directing people in our direction. We found it would be just too difficult to pay a commission as home movers will think, ‘How come the agent getting a kickback? Why am I not getting any benefit too?’ So we decided to step away from that.

As co-executor for the estate of my aunt I am selling a house in Monmouth but live in Ottershaw. My solicitor (who is 250 kilometers from meneeds me to execute a stat dec before completion. Can you recommend a conveyancing lawyer in Ottershaw to attest and place their company stamp on the document?

strictly speaking you are unlikely to need to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily any notary public or qualified solicitor will suffice regardless of whether they are located in Ottershaw

I have chosen a Ottershaw conveyancing solicitor for our home move (novice purchasers) and have picked up in the Ts and Cs that they are not covered by the Financial Conduct Authority. Should I be concerned or is that standard with conveyancing practitioner?

We can't see why they should be. Most conveyancer don't lend money. You should check that they are regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, who dictate specific stipulations regulating funds deposited by them.