How do I search for the right lawyer to provide a high level service for my conveyancing in Cottenham?

Option 1 is to ask the people you trust who they used in the past and if they were happy with the service.

Second, search the web for conveyancing in Cottenham. Phone a couple or more firms from the list and ask them to send you their conveyancing costs illustrations and speak to the lawyer who will handle your legal process beforecommitting.

Option 3 is to use this site to assist you in finding the right lawyers taking into account your individual factors including area of the property,timings, complications and who your intended lender is. Don't take the bait of £100 conveyancing in Cottenham

The Cottenham conveyancing firm that just started acting on my purchase in Cottenham have without warning shut down. I only went with them because I needed a lawyer on the Virgin Money conveyancing panel and my family Cottenham lawyer was not. I gave my credit card details for them to take £195 for searches. What should be my next steps?

Assuming that you have an Estate Agent in the equation then let them know straight away so that they can let the sellers know that there may be a slight delay due to the problems encountered. Hopefully they will be sympathetic and urge their lawyer to send a new set of papers to your new solicitors. You will need to appoint new lawyers that are on the Virgin Money conveyancing panel and notify the lender. If you have paid over any money, it will hopefully be held by the SRA as money in an intervened firm's bank accounts is transferred to the SRA. Then, the SRA or the intervention agent looks at the intervened firm's accounts to work out who the money belongs to. To claim your money you will need to contact the SRA. If the SRA cannot return money you are owed from the firm's bank accounts, or if they can only return part of the money, you can apply to the Compensation Fund for a grant. Your new solicitors should be in a position to assist.

It has been three months following my purchase conveyancing in Cottenham concluded. I have checked the Land Registry website which shows that I paid £200,000 when infact I paid £160,000. 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 property 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.

I am looking for a flat up to £245,000 and identified one close by in Cottenham I like with a park and station nearby, however it only has 52 years unexpired on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Cottenham for this price, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake purchasing a lease with such few years left?

Should you need a home loan the remaining unexpired lease term may be an issue. Reduce the offer by the anticipated lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the current owner has owned the premises for a minimum of 2 years you can request that they start the process of the extension and pass it to you. You can add 90 years to the existing lease and have £0 ground rent by law. You should consult your conveyancing lawyer concerning this.

Are there any apps to assist me to identify a Cottenham solicitor on the Nottingham Building Society conveyancing panel? I am a keen cyclist and am willing to travel upto 20kilometers to meet the lawyer.

You can use the tool on this website. Please choose the bank and your location and you will see a number of Cottenham conveyancing lawyers locally. We have detailed some Cottenham conveyancing firms at the bottom of this page and you can call them to check whether they are on the Nottingham Building Society panel