My partner and I are looking to purchase a house in Stratford Upon Avon and are in fact using a Stratford Upon Avon conveyancing practice. Within the last couple of days our property lawyer has forwarded the sale agreement to be signed with a detailed report with a view to exchanging next week. Norwich and Peterborough Building Society have this evening contacted us to advise us that they have now hit a problem as our Stratford Upon Avon solicitor is not on their conveyancing panel. What do we do from here?
Where you are buying a property with the assistance of a mortgage it is usual for the purchasers' solicitors to also act for the purchaser's lender. In order to act for a bank or building society a law firm has to be on that lender's conveyancing panel. An application has to be made by the law firm to the lender to become a member of the lender's panel and there are increasingly strict criteria which the firm has to satisfy and indeed some lenders now require their panel members to be part of the Law Society’s Conveyancing Accreditation Scheme. Your solicitor should contact your lender and see if they can apply for membership of their conveyancing panel, but if that is not viable they will instruct their own solicitors to act. You don't have to instruct a firm on the bank's conveyancing panel as you are at liberty to use your preferred Stratford Upon Avon lawyers, in which case it will likely add costs, and it may delay matters as you have another set of people involved.
Our bank has suggested solicitors on their panel based in Stratford Upon Avon but I would rather use a conveyancing lawyer in Stratford Upon Avon or nearer to where I live. Are you able to assist?
The minority of Stratford Upon Avon conveyancing practitioners are listed all lender’s conveyancing panel. Please make the most of the above find an approved solicitor tool to choose a Stratford Upon Avon conveyancing conveyancer on the on the mortgage company panel.
My wife and I are intent on selling our home in Stratford Upon Avon and the buyers lawyers are claiming that there is a possibility that the property was constructed on contaminated land. A local conveyancer would know this is not the case. It does beg the question why the buyers instructed an internet conveyancing firm as opposed to a conveyancing solicitor in Stratford Upon Avon. Having lived in Stratford Upon Avon for 5 years we know that this is a non issue. Should we contact our local Authority to get confirmation that there is no issue.
It sounds as though you may have a conveyancing lawyer currently acting for you. Are they able to advise? You must enquire of your lawyer before you do anything. It is very possible that once the local authority has been informed of a potential issue it cannot be insured against (a bit like being diagnosed with a serious illness and then taking out life insurance to cover that same sickness)
2 months have gone by following my purchase conveyancing in Stratford Upon Avon concluded. I have checked the Land Registry site which shows that I paid £150,000 when infact I paid £180,000. Why the discrepancy?
The price paid figure is taken from the application to register the purchase. It is the figure included in the Transfer (the legal deed which transfers the property from one person to the other) and referred to as the 'consideration' or purchase price. You can report an error in the price paid figure using the LR online form. In most cases errors result from typos so at first glance the figure. Do report it so they can double check and advise.
I am a sole trader wishing to lease a unit on a shopping parade. Can you recommend solicitors offering no-sale-no fees for non-domestic conveyancing in Stratford Upon Avon for below £2000?
We are happy to recommend firms who have an in-depth of experience of commercial conveyancing in Stratford Upon Avon, including the sale and acquisition of businesses as well as simply property. If you are intending to buy or lease a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail unit or a whole business we can put you in touch with the right firm. Regarding the fees these will vary based on the structure and complexity of the deal. Please provide us with your details or phone us so that we may furnish you with a detailed commercial conveyancing calculation.