I selected a high street lawyer for my conveyancing in Englefield Green yesterday. Reviewing the Ts and Cs I notewe are responsible for fees even where the conveyance does not complete. Would I be best advised to select an internet conveyancing company promising no completion no charge conveyancing in Englefield Green?
It is usually a trade off in that if "No Completion No Fee" is available then the fee levels will tend to be be more expensive to counteract those conveyances that do not go ahead. Please beware that these schemes rarely cover disbursements e.g. Englefield Green conveyancing search charges.
My grandfather passed away last year and as sole heir and executor I was left the property in Englefield Green. The house had a relatively small loan remaining of approximately £4500. I want to transfer the title deeds into my name whilst I re-mortgage to Santander, pay off the mortgage. Is this possible?
If you plan to re-mortgage then Santander will insist on your using a conveyancer on the Santander conveyancing panel. Here is link to the Land Registry online guidance around what to do when a property owner dies. This will help you to understand the registration process behind changing the details re the registered title. in your case it would appear that you are effectively purchasing the property from the estate. Your Santander conveyancing panel solicitor pays the new mortgage money into the estate, the estate pays off the old mortgage, the charge is released and you become the owner and the Santander mortgage is registered as a charge at the Land Registry.
My friend recommended that if I am purchasing in Englefield Green I should ask my conveyancer to execute a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?
This is a search is sometimes quoted for as part of the standard Englefield Green conveyancing searches. It is a large report of more than thirty pages, listing and detailing important information about Englefield Green around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Englefield Green 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 regarding Englefield Green.
I used Wolstenholmes several years ago for my conveyancing in Englefield Green. Now, I need my documents however the law firm has closed. What do I do?
Do contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracing 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 Englefield Green of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously retained, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
My husband and I are new on the property ladder - agreed a price, but the selling agent advised that the seller will only proceed if we instruct their chosen conveyancers as they need an ‘expedited deal’. We would rather use a local solicitor who is accustomed to conveyancing in Englefield Green
We suspect that the owner is unaware of this requirement. Should the seller require ‘a quick sale', taking such a hostile approach to a serious purchaser is counter productive. Try to communicate with the owners directly and explain that (a)you are keen to buy (b)you are ready to go, with mortgage lined up © you are chain free (d) you wish to move quickly (e)however you will continue to use your own,trusted Englefield Green conveyancing firm - as opposed tothose that will provide their estate agent a kickback or meet his conveyancing figures pre-set by senior management.