As someone not used to the East Preston conveyancing process what’s the number one tip you can give me concerning the legal transfer of property in East Preston
Not many law firms shout this from the rooftops but conveyancing in East Preston or throughout England and Wales is often a confrontational experience. In other words, when it comes to conveyancing there is an abundance of opportunity for friction between you and other parties involved in the transaction. E.g., the seller, selling agent and on occasion a bank. Selecting a solicitor for your conveyancing in East Preston an important selection as your conveyancer is your adviser, and is the ONLY person in the process whose interest is to protect your best interests and to protect you.
Sometimes a potential adversary will attempt to persuade you that it is in your interests to do things their way. For instance, the selling agent may claim to be helping by suggesting your lawyer is dragging his heels. Or your mortgage broker may tell you to do take action that is against your lawyers recommendation. You should always trust your lawyer above all other parties in the conveyancing process.
My Conveyancer in East Preston is not on the Santander Solicitor Panel. Can I still use my prefered solicitor notwithstanding that they are not on the Santander list of approved lawyers?
Your options are as follows:
- Carry on with your existing East Preston solicitors but Santander will need to use a conveyancer on their panel. This will inevitably rack up the total conveyancing fees as well as result in delays.
- Choose an alternative practitioner to to deal with the purchase, obviously checking they are on the Santander panel
I appreciate that there are debates on Chancel Insurance on online forums. Am I compelled to take this when buying a house in East Preston? or Apparently there is a law dating back centuries that could mean that homeowners residing in a parish church boundary will be compelled to pay for maintenance towards the chancel within the church. Is this relevant for conveyancing in East Preston?
Unless a prior purchase of the property completed post 12 October 2013 you may take it that conveyancing practitioners delivering conveyancing in East Preston to remain recommending a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.
I purchased my home on 13 September and my personal details are still not on the land registry website. Any reason for this? My conveyancing solicitor in East Preston expressed confidence that it should be recorded inside ten days. Are transfers in East Preston particularly slow to register?
There is nothing unique about conveyancing in East Preston registration formalities. As opposed to being determined by geographic area, timescales can adjust according to the party submitting the application, whether there are errors and whether the Land registry have to notify any interested persons or bodies. At present approximately 80% of submission are completed within 12 days but occasionally there can be longer delays. Registration takes place once the buyer has moved in to the property so post completion formalities is not usually top priority yet if there is a degree of urgency associated with the registration then you or your conveyancer must communicate with the Registry to express the reasoning for the application to be prioritised.
I have checked your search tool I can't find the lawyer I was hoping to instruct as being on the mortgage company conveyancing panel. My lawyer has said that they are on the mortgage company approved panel. How can I be sure given that they are not listed on your directory?
Not all firms are yet listed on our lender panel search tool which is still relatively new. Law firms are listing on a daily basis and it is probably the case that your lawyer is on the mortgage company conveyancing lawyer and you should probably take them at their word. Please do feel free to suggest that they completing their listing on our site as it would only cost them £1 a month to list themselves as being on the bank solicitor panel.