The solicitor who helped my former purchase has quoted £1400 for no move no fee conveyancing in West Smithfield. I am selling a Edwardian property for £200,000. This appears too much. Is it in excess of what I should be paying for conveyancing in West Smithfield?
The charges are a bit high. Where you are willing to invest time contrasting costs you could trim some of the cost by as much as £100 plus VAT. That being said, you mightcome to regret choosing an an untested solicitor. Don't forget to check the conveyancer can represent your lender. You can make use of our comparison tool to select a West Smithfield conveyancing company on the banks conveyancing panel which can often include conveyancing solicitors in West Smithfield.
My colleague recommended that where I am buying in West Smithfield I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?
This is a search is occasionally quoted for as part of the standard West Smithfield conveyancing searches. It is a large document of about 40 pages, listing and detailing significant information about West Smithfield around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the West Smithfield Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime details, Local Education with plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information about West Smithfield.
Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly identified as part of conveyancing in West Smithfield?
Covenants that are restrictive in nature can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the process of conveyancing in West Smithfield. 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…’
I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold issue on a house I put an offer in two weeks back in what was supposed to be a quick, chain free conveyancing. West Smithfield is where the house is located. Can you shed any light on this issue?
Flying freeholds in West Smithfield are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside West Smithfield you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds diligently. Your mortgage company may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in West Smithfield may decide 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 residence.
Am I better off to choose a West Smithfield conveyancing solicitor based in the location that I am hoping to buy? An old friend can conduct the legal work but they are based a couple of hundredmiles away.
The benefit of a local West Smithfield conveyancing practice is that you can pop in to sign documents, present your ID and pester them where appropriate. Having local West Smithfield know how is a benefit. That being said it's more important to get someone that will do a good and efficient job. If you know people who instructed your friend and on the whole were happy that must outweigh using an unfamiliar West Smithfield conveyancing solicitor just because they are West Smithfield based.