Do the conveyancing solicitors highlighted through your search tool handle right to buy conveyancing in Stansted?
We do have a variety of conveyancing specialists who can handle right to buy conveyancing work You should contact us with a view to secure a costs illustration.
The Stansted conveyancing firm that I appointed last week on my house acquisition in Stansted have without warning shut down. I chose them because I had to have a solicitor on the Bank of Ireland conveyancing panel and my family Stansted lawyer was not. I gave my credit card details for them to take £195 for searches. What should be my next steps?
If you have an estate agent involved then let them know straight away so that they advise the vendors that there may be a slight delay due to the problems encountered. Hopefully they will be sympathetic and urge their lawyer to send a new set of papers to your new solicitors. You will need to appoint new lawyers that are on the Bank of Ireland conveyancing panel and notify the lender. If you have paid over any money, it will hopefully be held by the SRA as money in an intervened firm's bank accounts is transferred to the SRA. Then, the SRA or the intervention agent looks at the intervened firm's accounts to work out who the money belongs to. To claim your money you will need to contact the SRA. If the SRA cannot return money you are owed from the firm's bank accounts, or if they can only return part of the money, you can apply to the Compensation Fund for a grant. Your new solicitors may be able to help.
Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly identified as part of conveyancing in Stansted?
Covenants that are restrictive in nature can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the legal transfer of property in Stansted. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’
How does conveyancing in Stansted differ for newly converted properties?
Most buyers of new build property in Stansted approach us having been asked by the seller to sign contracts and commit to the purchase even before the property is built. This is because developers in Stansted typically purchase the land, plan the estate and want to get the plots sold off as they are building the properties. Buyers, therefore, will have to exchange contracts without actually seeing the house they are buying. To reduce the chances of losing the property, buyers should instruct conveyancing solicitors as soon as the property is reserved and mortgage applications should be submitted quickly. Due to the fact that it could be several months and even years between exchange of contracts and completion, the mortgage offer may need to be extended. It would be wise to use a lawyer who specialises in new build conveyancing especially if they are used to new build conveyancing in Stansted or who has acted in the same development.
I am a sole trader hoping to take over a lease of a shop on a shopping parade. Can you recommend lawyers offering fixed fees for commercial conveyancing in Stansted for under £1,200?
We are happy to recommend firms who have well rounded knowledge of commercial conveyancing in Stansted, including the disposal and acquisition of businesses as well as simply property. If you are hoping to acquire or lease a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail premises or a complete business we can put you in touch with the right firm. As for the charges these will vary based on the structure and heads of terms of the deal. Please provide us with your details or phone so as to enable us to provide you with a fixed commercial conveyancing quote.