Our family lawyer has quoted £995 for no sale no fee conveyancing in Ashton under Lyne. I’m selling a Victorian detached home for £250,000. Is this overpriced? Is it in excess of what I should be paying for conveyancing in Ashton under Lyne?
The charges are a tad high. If you shop around you may be able to trim some of the expense by say a hundred pounds. That being said, you mightcome to rue choosing an a cheaper lawyer. If is important to enquire the solicitor can act for your lender. Do employ our comparison tool to choose a Ashton under Lyne conveyancing firm on the lender’s conveyancing panel which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Ashton under Lyne.
We are due to move house in April. Should my conveyancing solicitor liaise with the removal company on the completion day. As an aside, can you put forward a removal company in Ashton under Lyne. Conveyancing firm was found prior to coming across this site.
On the day of completion you can collect the house keys from your property agent however this should only happen after the previous owners lawyers inform the agent that they have the completion monies and the keys can be released. Subsequently you can advise the removal company that you are ready to move in. As a matter of policy we do not recommend a specific removal company but can assist you in choosing a conveyancing in Ashton under Lyne or a solicitor that specialises in conveyancing in Ashton under Lyne.
My husband and I have arranged the release of further funds on our mortgage from Bank of Ireland as we want to carry out renovations to our property in Ashton under Lyne. Are we obliged to select a local Ashton under Lyne solicitor on the Bank of Ireland conveyancing panel to deal with the paperwork?
Bank of Ireland do not ordinarily require firms on their approved list of lawyers to handle the formalities. If they do require any legal work then you would need to ensure that such a lawyer was on the Bank of Ireland list.
Clydesdale have agreed my mortgage in principle, my offer on a house in Ashton under Lyne has been agreed to, what are the next steps?
The estate agent will want to be informed of your solicitor's details (make sure the conveyancing practitioners are on the bank’s panel). Contact Clydesdale or the financial adviser and finalise any outstanding paperwork. Clydesdale will sellect a valuer who will get in contact with the estate agent or seller to book an appointment. Once conducted (assuming no problems) it takes about a week for the mortgage offer to be issued. Clydesdale will issue the offer to you and your property lawyers. The transaction will then take it’s course according the nature and complexity of the conveyancing in Ashton under Lyne.
I am planning on selling our property in Ashton under Lyne and according to the buyers it appears that there is a possibility that the property was built on contaminated land. Any high street Ashton under Lyne lawyer would know that there is no such problem. For the life of me I don't know why the buyers used a nationwide conveyancing outfit rather than a conveyancing solicitor in Ashton under Lyne. Having lived in Ashton under Lyne for 5 years we know that this is a non issue. Should we contact our local Authority to seek confirmation that the buyers are looking for.
It sounds as though you may have a conveyancing solicitor currently acting for you. What do they say? You must check with your lawyer before you do anything. It is very possible that once the local authority has been informed of a potential issue it cannot be insured against (a bit like being diagnosed with a serious illness and then taking out health insurance to cover that same illness)
Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly picked up as part of conveyancing in Ashton under Lyne?
Restrictive covenants can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the process of conveyancing in Ashton under Lyne. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’
I have been pointed in your direction by three or four local estate agents in Ashton under Lyne to locate a conveyancer using your seach tool. What’s the financial upside for Estate Agents to offer your lawyers over and above a competitor’s?
We refuse to offer any commission for directing people our way. We thought it would be too underhand to pay a commission as members of the public would think, ‘Why is the agent getting a kickback? Why am I not getting any benefit too?’ We would prefer to grow our business on genuine recommendations.