I am purchasing a house mortgage free in Thames View. I have resided for the previous dozen years in Thames View. Conveyancing searches are expensive. Given that I know the area and road intimately must I have all the conveyancing searches?
Provided that you do not need a mortgage, then almost all of the Thames View conveyancing searches are at your discretion. Your lawyer will 'advise', no-doubt strongly, that you should have searches done, but she is duty bound to take that path of guidance. Do bear in mind; if you are likely to dispose of the house one day, it will likely be be of importance to your prospective buyer what the searches disclose. Sometimes properties with day to day issues can still reveal adverse search results. A competent conveyancing solicitor in Thames View should be able to give you some practical guidance here.
We wish to acquire a 2 bedroom flat in Thames View with a loan from Barnsley Building Society.We use our Thames View conveyancing solicitor but Barnsley Building Society advised that he's not listed on their "panel". It seems we are left with no choice but to instruct a Barnsley Building Society panel solicitor or keep our preferred solicitor and fork out for one of their panel ones to act for them. This seems very unfair; Can we not simply insist that Barnsley Building Society use our lawyer?
No, not really. The loan issued to you contains terms and conditions, one of which will be that conveyancers needs to be on the Barnsley Building Society conveyancing panel. in the past, most banks had large numbers of solicitors on their panels: a borrower could choose one for themselves, as long as it was on the lender's panel. The lender would then simply instruct the borrower's lawyers to act for the lender, too. You can use your lender's panel lawyers or you could borrow from another lender which does not restrict your choice. A further alternative is for your solicitors to apply to be on the conveyancing panel for Barnsley Building Society
My relative recommended that where I am buying in Thames View I should ask my conveyancer to perform a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?
This is a search is sometimes quoted for as part of the standard Thames View conveyancing searches. It is a large report of about 40 pages, listing and detailing significant information about Thames View around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Thames View Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime statistics, Local Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data concerning Thames View.
I have justfound out that Wolstenholmes have closed. They carried out my conveyancing in Thames View for a purchase of a freehold house 18 months ago. How can I be sure that my home is registered correctly in the name of the former proprietor?
The easiest method to see if the property is registered to you, you can carry out a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Thames View conveyancing specialists.
In my capacity as executor for the estate of my father I am selling a residence in Swansea but reside in Thames View. My lawyer (who is 235 miles awayhas requested that I sign a stat dec before completion. Could you suggest a conveyancing solicitor in Thames View to attest this legal document for me?
Technically speaking you are not likely to need to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily or notary public or qualified solicitor will suffice regardless of whether they are based in Thames View