I am acquiring a house without a mortgage in Stratford. I have been residing for the last twelve years in Stratford. Conveyancing searches are a lot of money. As I have knowledge of the road and vicinity very well should I not bother getting the solicitor to do all the conveyancing searches?
Provided that you do not need a home loan, then all but one or two of the Stratford conveyancing searches are at your discretion. Your solicitor will ’encourage you, perhaps strongly, that you should have searches completed, but she has a professional duty to do this. Do take into account; if you are going to sell the house at a future date, it will be of interest to your prospective buyer what the searches reveal. Sometimes premises with no practical issues can still throw up adverse search results. A good conveyancing solicitor in Stratford will be able to give you some constructive advice here.
Are the BSA intent on creating a searchable register to list solicitors on the Melton Mowbray Building Society conveyancing panel for instance in Stratford?
Lexsure has not been advised of any plans on the part of the BSA to promote such a register.
The deeds to our home are lost. The solicitors who dealt with the conveyancing in Stratford 10 years ago no longer exist. What are my options?
Gone are the days when you need to hold title deeds to evidence that you are the owner of your registered land or premises, given that the Land Registry have everything they need in a digital format.
I have been advised by a couple of local selling agents in Stratford to find a solicitor on your site. What’s the financial incentive for Estate Agents to recommend your services rather than another?
We refuse to offer any commission for directing people our way. We thought it would be too underhand to pay a commission because members of the public would think, ‘Why is the agent getting a kickback? Why aren’t I getting any benefit too?’ We would prefer to grow our business on genuine recommendations.
What do I do if I am unhappy with the solicitor who conducted my conveyancing in Stratford?
Occasionally the level of service you receive is not as you expect, and is is a fact of life that sometimes matters do not go as planned. That being said there is recourse where you were unhappy with your conveyancing in Stratford. This varies from trying to resolve matters directly with them, through to reporting a solicitor to their regulator. If you remain dissatisfied you may consider enlisting the help of the Legal Ombudsman.