My Conveyancer in Eastwood is not listed on the Accord Mortgages Ltd Conveyancing Panel. Can I still use my prefered solicitor even though they are excluded from the Accord Mortgages Ltd panel of approved conveyancing solicitors?
Your options are as follows:
- Carry on with your existing Eastwood lawyers but Accord Mortgages Ltd will need to instruct a solicitor on their panel. This will result in additional total conveyancing fees as well as result in frustration.
- Get a new solicitor to act in the purchase, obviously checking they are Accord Mortgages Ltd approved.
- Persuade your Accord Mortgages Ltd solicitor to seek to join the Accord Mortgages Ltd panel
Due to the encouragement of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a house in Eastwood in advance of retaining lawyers. I have been advised that there is a flying freehold overhang to the property. My surveyor advised that some mortgage companies tend refuse to grant a loan on a flying freehold home.
It depends who your proposed lender is. Bank of Scotland has different instructions from Birmingham Midshires. If you e-mail us we can investigate further via the relevant lender. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Eastwood. Conveyancing may be slightly more expensive based on your lender's requirements.
Taking into account that I will soon spend over three hundred thousand on a house in Eastwood I would like to have a conversation with the conveyancer concerning thehome move in advance of giving the go ahead to the firm. Is this something that you can arrange?
Absolutely - it is our preference to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you first talking to the lawyer who will be doing your property ownership legalities in Eastwood.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - every client is unique individual, not a file reference. The solicitors that we put you in touch with believe that the fees you are calculated and presented to you for your conveyancing in Eastwood should be the amount on the final invoice that you end up paying.
As co-executor for the will of my grandfather I am selling a property in Cardiff but reside in Eastwood. My solicitor (based 235 miles awayhas requested that I sign a statutory declaration before the transaction finalising. Can you recommend a conveyancing solicitor in Eastwood to attest this legal document for me?
strictly speaking you are not likely to need to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily any notary public or qualified solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are Eastwood based
What can I do where I am dissatisfied with the property lawyer who did my conveyancing in Eastwood?
We live in an imperfect world, and unfortunately occasionally things do go wrong. However there is recourse if you were not happy with your conveyancing in Eastwood. This varies from trying to resolve matters directly with them, through to reporting a solicitor to their regulator. If things still aren’t resolved you may consider enlisting the help of the Legal Ombudsman.