I sincerely hope you can assist me. My St Nicholas lawyer is informing me me that he has toorder St Nicholas conveyancing searches stemming from the fact thatthe firm are on the Nat Westconveyancing panel. Is this really necessary?
Unfortunately both you and your lawyer have little choice here. Given that you are taking out a loan with a mortgage company your conveyancing practitioner has to comply with their conditions as set out in their version of the CML Conveyancing Handbook. Your solicitor would have previously signed the Terms and Conditions of your bank’s conveyancing panel appointment which obliges them to follow the CML Handbook specifications . Even if you were a cash buyer you would be ill advised not to carry out St Nicholas conveyancing searches.
I used Wolstenholmes a few years past for my conveyancing in St Nicholas. Now, I need the documents however cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?
You should call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracing your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in St Nicholas of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously retained, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold issue on a house I put an offer in a fortnight ago in what should have been a straight forward, no chain conveyancing. St Nicholas is the location of the property. Is there any guidance you can give?
Flying freeholds in St Nicholas are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside St Nicholas you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds diligently. Your bank may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in St Nicholas may determine that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold premises.
Hoping to buy a property located in St Nicholas and I am already nervous. I couldn't find anything specific about St Nicholas. Conveyancing will be needed in due course but do you know about the St Nicholas area? or perhaps some other tips you can share?
Rather than looking online forget looking online you should go and have a look at St Nicholas. In the meantime here are some basic statistics that we found
As co-executor for the will of my aunt I am disposing of a residence in Neath but reside in St Nicholas. My lawyer (approximately 300 miles from meneeds me to sign a stat dec ahead of completion. Can you recommend a conveyancing solicitor in St Nicholas who can attest and place their company stamp on the document?
Technically speaking you are unlikely to be required to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally any notary public or solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are St Nicholas based