When will exchange of contracts take place for sale conveyancing in Botany Bay and do I need to attend the lawyers branch?
Where you are in close proximity to our conveyancing solicitors in Botany Bay you are welcome to attend to sign contracts. That being said, the law practices we recommend offer countrywide coverage for conveyancing and give just as detailed and professional a job for you when communicating with you by post or email. The signing of the contract is not the point of no return. A signed contract is just a prerequisite for the firm to exchange contracts at the appropriate time, which is ordinarily shortly after signing. The procedure is nowadays normally dealt with by telephone and can be very rapid, although where a long "chain" is involved, since the process requires the relevant party's solicitor (not necessarily a conveyancing solicitor in Botany Bay)to be in the office at the appropriate time.
How do I find out if the solicitor conducting my conveyancing in Botany Bay is on the bank’sapproved panel? I am looking to avoid the situation of having one lawyer for me and one for Platform Home Loans Ltd thus paying £175.00 in another set of conveyancing bill.
Please do take advantage of the find a conveyancing panel solicitor tool on this page. Please choose the mortgage company and type ‘Botany Bay’ or your location and you will discover numerous conveyancers offices in Botany Bay or near you.
Is it the case that all Botany Bay conveyancing solicitors on the Co-operative conveyancing panel are overseen by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority?
As a firm of solicitors, in order to be on the Co-operative approved list of solicitors they would need to be overseen by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority. The majority of lenders do permit licenced conveyancers on their panel and in that case the practice would be overseen by the CLC.
I have today made my last payment due on my mortgage with UBS. I assume I don't need a Botany Bay solicitor on the UBS panel to remove the mortgage at the Land Registry. Please confirm.
If you have finished paying off your UBS mortgage, they may send you evidence showing that you have paid it off. Alternatively they may notify the Land Registry directly. The Land Registry need to see this evidence before they will remove the UBS mortgage from the register. UBS, and any evidence they send you, will determine the action you need to take. In cases where no conveyancer is acting for you and you have paid off your mortgage:
- but are not moving to another property
- where UBS has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
- UBS has instructed the Land Registry to do so
After shopping around on the internet I have found a Botany Bay solicitor having checked that they are on the Yorkshire BS conveyancing panel. Does my lawyer arrange the survey of the property?
Yorkshire BS will need an independent valuation of the property. Your lawyer will not arrange this. Usually Yorkshire BS will appoint their own surveyor to do this, and you will have to pay for it. Remember that this is a valuation for mortgage purposes and not a survey. You may wish to consider appointing your own Botany Bay surveyor to carry out a survey or prepare a home buyers report on the property. It is up to you to satisfy yourself that the property is structurally sound before you buy it. If the survey or report reveals that building work is needed, you should tell your solicitor. You may wish to renegotiate with the seller.
I have justbecome aware that Arc property Solicitors have closed. They carried out my conveyancing in Botany Bay for a purchase of a leasehold flat 10 months ago. How can I check that the property is registered correctly in the name of the former proprietor?
The quickest method to see if the property is in your name, you can carry out a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Botany Bay conveyancing specialists.
My father-in-law has recommend that I use his conveyancing solicitors in Botany Bay. Should I use them?
Much as we are happy to recommend a Botany Bay conveyancing lawyer the ideal way to find a conveyancing lawyer is to get guidance from friends or family who have previously instructed the firm that you are contemplating using.