My Solicitor in Reddish has never been on on the Barclays Direct Approved Panel. Is it possible for me to continue with my family solicitor even though they are not on the Barclays Direct approved list?
The limited options available to you here include:
- Carry on with your preferred Reddish lawyers but Barclays Direct will need to retain a conveyancer on their panel. This will result in additional overall legal fees as well as result in frustration.
- Choose a new solicitor to to deal with the purchase, remembering to check they are Barclays Direct approved.
- Persuade your Barclays Direct solicitor to attempt to join the Barclays Direct panel
My colleague recommended that where I am purchasing in Reddish I should ask my conveyancer to 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 Reddish conveyancing searches. It is a large report of more than thirty pages, listing and detailing important information about Reddish around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Reddish 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 maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information about Reddish.
Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold element on a property I put an offer in last month in what was supposed to be a straight forward, chain free conveyancing. Reddish is where the house is located. Is there any advice you can give?
Flying freeholds in Reddish are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Reddish you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds thoroughly. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Reddish may determine 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 premises.
Given that I am about to spend hundreds of thousands of pounds on a garden flat in Reddish I would like to talk to a conveyancer regarding thehouse move before appointing the firm. Is this something that you can arrange?
We could not agree more - it is our preference to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you speaking to the solicitor due to be carrying out your property ownership legalities in Reddish.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - every client is unique individual, not a case reference. The law firms that we put you in touch with believe that the figure you are calculated and presented to you for residential conveyancing in Reddish should be the figure that you are charged.
I need to swap lawyers as my Reddish lawyer is not on the lender's panel of conveyancing solicitors. How simple is it to change conveyancer?
If you haven't yet instructed a solicitor to commence the conveyancing and have just received an estimate as to costs, you're perfectly free to choose a different solicitor to carry out your work for you. The best way is to get recommendations from friends or family who have actually used the solicitor or conveyancer in Reddish that you're considering.