Do I need to pay for insurance to address the risk of chancel repairs when buying a residence in Chinatown?
Unless a previous purchase of the property completed after 12 October 2013 you could take it that solicitors conducting conveyancing in Chinatown to continue to advocate a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.
It has been 2 months following my purchase conveyancing in Chinatown took place. I have checked the Land Registry website which shows that I paid £150,000 when infact I paid £180,000. Why the discrepancy?
The price paid figure is taken from the application to register the purchase. It is the figure included in the Transfer (the legal deed which transfers the asset from one person to the other) and referred to as the 'consideration' or purchase price. You can report an error in the price paid figure using the LR online form. In most cases errors result from typos so at first glance the figure. Do report it so they can double check and advise.
How easy is it to swap solicitor as I need to select a firm on the Bank of Ireland conveyancing panel. I hired a local conveyancing solicitor in Chinatown round the corner but she is not approved by Bank of Ireland
We will our best to assist in finding you a conveyancing solicitor in Chinatown on the Bank of Ireland panel. Please note that the law firms that we on the directory do not pay us fee if you instruct them and are fully regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority who oversee all conveyancing solicitors in Chinatown. In making use of search facility on this website, you can scrutinise charges for conveyancing solicitors in Chinatown and throughout England and Wales.
As co-executor for the will of my aunt I am selling a residence in Newport but I am based in Chinatown. My lawyer (who is 200 miles from meneeds me to execute a stat dec prior to the transaction finalising. Can you recommend a conveyancing solicitor in Chinatown who can attest and place their company stamp on the document?
strictly speaking you are not likely to be required to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily or notary public or qualified solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are based in Chinatown
Partway through the sale of a leasehold flat in Chinatown. Conveyancing is fine but we are being charged an extortionate amount from the managing agents. So far we have issued a cheque for £275 for a leasehold management pack and then a further £200 plus VAT for supplemental questions supplied by the purchaser's solicitor.
Neither you or your conveyancer will have any say over the level of the bill for this information but the typical fee for the information for Chinatown leasehold premises is £355. For Chinatown conveyancing deals it is customary for the vendor to cover the charges. The freeholder or their agents are not duty bound to answer such questions although many will agree to do so - albeit often at exorbitant prices disproportionate to the work involved. Regretfully there is no statute that requires capped charges for administrative tasks. There is no prescriptive time limit by which they are obliged to supply answers.