Can I use your services to locate a Conveyancing solicitor in Barbican even where I’m not buying or selling a house, for instance if I wish to buy a shop in Barbican with a mortgage from Aldermore?
The service is mainly used to locate domestic conveyancing solicitors in Barbican but we have listed towards the bottom of this page a few Barbican commercial conveyancing firms. You should make contact with the solicitors directly to check if they can also act for Aldermore
we are a couple who wish to acquire a newly converted apartment in Barbican with a loan from Barclays .We would like to retain our Barbican conveyancing solicitor but Barclays says she’s not listed on their approved list of member firms. We have to appoint a Barclays panel firm or retain our preferred solicitor and fork out for a Barclays panel lawyer to represent them. We feel as though this is unjust; Can we not simply insist that Barclays use our lawyer?
Unfortunately,no. The mortgage issued to you is subject to its terms and conditions, one of which will be that lawyers must be on the Barclays approved list. Until recently, most lenders had large numbers of solicitors on their panels: a borrower could find one for themselves, as long as it was on the lender's panel. The lender would then simply instruct the borrower's lawyers to act for the lender, too. You can use your lender's panel lawyers or you could borrow from another lender which does not restrict your choice. A further alternative is for your solicitors to apply to be on the conveyancing panel for Barclays
I purchased a terraced Victorian house in Barbican. Conveyancing lawyer acted for me and Britannia. I happened to do a free search for it on the Land Registry database and there are two entries: one for freehold, another for leasehold with the exact same property. Is it worth asking Britannia to clarify?
You should assess the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register as there may be mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered proprietor of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Barbican and other locations in the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they remortgage they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with buyers. You can also check the situation with your conveyancing solicitor who conducted the conveyancing.
My cousin has urged me to use his conveyancing solicitors in Barbican. Do I follow his recommendation?
There are no two ways about it it’s preferable to select a conveyancing practitioner is to seek guidance from friends or family who have experience in using the solicitor you're are thinking of instructing.
Me and my fiance have just had an offer agreed on a flat and had an appointment on Tuesday with Leeds Building Society for the mortgage. They advised us that when it comes to selecting a lawyer that if they are not on their approved panel of conveyancers then we will be subject to an a further fee of about two hundred pounds. This is is due to the fact that they will then have to appoint a conveyancer to act for them in addition to the one we choose to act for ourselves and we are liable for their costs. I have asked Leeds Building Society to supply me with a list so I can seek estimates only from their approved conveyancers but was told they dont have such a list to hand over. Is there a simple way of finding out who is on a lender panel?
Ask Leeds Building Society what their criteria for panel membership is for a conveyancer.Then ask the solicitor of your choice whether they fit that criteria and have they acted on loans for Leeds Building Society in the past. Where the answer to those is yes, then just double check with Leeds Building Society. Another option is to utilise our search tool and we may be able to locate a property lawyer in Barbican on the approved list for Leeds Building Society.