Can your site be used to locate a Conveyancing solicitor in Towcester even where I’m not purchasing or disposing of a house, for instance if I wish to acquire an office in Towcester with a mortgage from Coventry Building Society?

Our search tool is primarily utilised to select domestic conveyancing solicitors in Towcester but we have set out at the end of this page a few Towcester commercial conveyancing firms. You should make contact with the solicitors directly to establish if they are also authorised to represent Coventry Building Society

Having invested time reading consumer advice sites for a high-quality lawyer in Towcester, most advise that I should instruct a CQS kitemarked lawyer. Can you explain what CQS is?

The Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) provides a kitemark for residential conveyancing practices issued by the Law Society. Membership achievement establishes a level of credibility for member firms with stakeholders (regulators, lenders, insurers and consumers) based upon: * the integrity of the senior responsible officer and other key conveyancing staff * the firm's adherence to good practice management standards * adherence to prudent and efficient conveyancing procedures via the scheme protocol Membership includes many companies who carry out conveyancing in Towcester.

This question may be naive but I am wet behind the ears as FTB of a ground floor flat in Towcester. Do I collect the keys to the premises on completion from my solicitor? If so, I will appoint a local conveyancing solicitor in Towcester?

There is no need to visit the lawyers office on the day of completion. Conveyancing lawyers for you will electronically transfer the completion advance to the seller's lawyers, and once they have received this, you should be called to pick up the keys from the Estate Agents and start moving into the property. This tends to happen early afternoon.

I am buying a property in Towcester. One unusual aspect is that the roof has a solar panel. Solicitors conducting should look into this right? Will my lender Principality be concerned?

As you are obtaining a mortgage with Principality your lawyer must comply with the formal instructions contained in Section two of UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook for Principality. The CML Handbook contains minimum conditions for solar panel roof-space leases, and property lawyers are required to report to Principality where a lease does not meet these conditions. The specifications relate to the installation of panels on properties countrywide and is not isolated to Towcester.

After what feels like an age I have had an offer on an apartment in Towcester accepted, but there is a chain. The vendors have offered on a property, however it’s not been accepted yet, and have viewings of other apartments booked. I have selected a bricks and mortar conveyancing solicitor in Towcester. What should be my next step? When do I get the mortgage application with Barclays started?

It is usual to have concerns where there is a chain as you are unlikely to want to be too out of pocket prematurely (home loan application is in the region of £1k, then valuation, Towcester conveyancing search fees, etc). The first course of action is to check that your lawyer is on the Barclays conveyancing panel. Concerning the subsequent stages this very much depends on the uniqueness of your transaction, motivation for this property and on the state of the market. During a rising market some purchasers will apply for the mortgage with Barclays and pay for the valuation and only if it was satisfactory would they ask their conveyancer to proceed with searches.

I require quick conveyancing in Towcester as I am under an ultimatum to exchange contracts inside one month. A mortgage is not required. Can I avoid the conveyancing searches to save fees and time?

As you are not getting a home loan you have the choice not to have searches conducted although no lawyer would advise that you don't. Drawing on our experience of conveyancing in Towcester the following are instances of what can show up and adversely impact the marketability of the property: Refused Planning Applications, Outstanding Charges, Overdue Grants, Road Schemes,...

Are Towcester conveyancing solicitors under an obligation to the Law Society to publish clear conveyancing costs?

Contained within the Solicitors Code of Conduct are prescriptive rules and regulations as to how the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) allow solicitors to publicise their fees to clients.The Law Society have a practice note giving advice on how to publicise transparent charges to avoid breaching any such rule. Practice notes are not legal advice issued by the Law Society and is not intended as the only standard of good practice a conveyancing solicitor should adhere to. The Practice Note does, nevertheless, represent the Law Society’s perspective of acceptable practice for publicising conveyancing charges, and accordingly it’s a recommended read for any solicitor or conveyancer in Towcester or or elsewhere in the country.