After what seems like an age a mortgage offer from NatWest for the refinancing of my single bedroom garden flat is coming imminently. Could you recommend a cheap conveyancing solicitor in Westgate on Sea?
You have arrived at the wrong site to search for the cheapest conveyancing solicitors in Westgate on Sea. Our goal is to offer value for money conveyancing but we do not aim to advertise as being the cheapest. Do not be fooled by companies offering the bait of £100 conveyancing in Westgate on Sea. The optimum outcome, in deciding on cheap conveyancing, you will get your money’s worth and at worst it will result in you spending a lot in extras and still not get the service you were looking for.
I am the only recipient of my late father’s estate with all property in now in my sole name, including the house in Westgate on Sea. The Westgate on Sea property was put into my name in November. I want to move. I understand that there is a Mortgage Lenders 6 month 'rule', meaning my property ownership will be regarded the same way as if I'd bought the house in November. Will no one buy the property for half a year?
The Council of Mortgage Lenders’ handbook requires conveyancers to: "report to us immediately if the owner or registered proprietor has been registered for less than six months." Technically you could be impacted by that. How sensible a view banks take of it, depend on the bank as this obligation is principally there to identify the purchase and immediately sell or the wholesaling and assigning of property.
We have agreed to purchase a house in Westgate on Sea. A rare aspect is that the roof has a solar panel. Solicitors conducting should look into this right? Will my lender Yorkshire BS be concerned?
As you are obtaining a mortgage with Yorkshire BS your lawyer must comply with the conveyancing requirements outlined in Part 2 of UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook for Yorkshire BS. The Council of Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook contains minimum specifications for solar panel roof-space leases, and conveyancers are required to report to Yorkshire BS where a lease fails to comply with these specifications. The conditions relate to the installation of panels on properties countrywide and is not limited to Westgate on Sea.
The formalities of my remortgage has taken place for my property in Westgate on Sea. Conveyancing was a necessary evil but I would like to complain about the lender. How do I make a complaint?
Most banks and building societies have complaints procedures. Your first port of call should be one of the lender’s branches or the Customer Care Department at head office. We understand that complaints to a lender are sorted out very quickly. If you feel the matter is not resolved you can write to Financial Ombudsman Service, South Quay Plaza, 183 Marsh Wall, London E14 9SR who will take matters further.
I used Wolstenholmes a few years past for my conveyancing in Westgate on Sea. I now require my file but the law firm is no longer operating. What do I do?
Do call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Westgate on Sea of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously hired, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
What tools are available to locate a Westgate on Sea solicitor on the Barclays conveyancing panel? I am a keen cyclist and am happy to travel upto 20kilometers to meet the solicitor.
Feel free to make use of the search on this website. Please pick a bank and your location and you will see a number of Westgate on Sea conveyancing lawyers locally. We have listed some Westgate on Sea conveyancing firms towards the end of this page and you can ring them to check if they are on the Barclays approved list
What can I do where I am unhappy with the solicitor who undertook our conveyancing in Westgate on Sea?
Occasionally the level of service you receive is not as you expect, and is is a fact of life that occasionally matters do not go as planned. However there is recourse where you were unhappy with your conveyancing in Westgate on Sea. This varies from trying to resolve matters directly with them, through to reporting a lawyer to their governing body. If you remain dissatisfied you may consider enlisting the help of the Legal Ombudsman.