As someone not used to the Crosby conveyancing process what’s your top tip you can impart for the legal transfer of property in Crosby

Not many law firms shout this from the rooftops but conveyancing in Crosby and elsewhere in England and Wales is often a confrontational experience. Put another way, when it comes to conveyancing there exists an abundance of opportunity for confrontation between you and other parties involved in the house moving process. For example, the seller, estate agent and on occasion a mortgage company. Selecting a law firm for your conveyancing in Crosby an important selection as your conveyancer is your adviser, and is the ONLY person in the process whose role it is to look after your best interests and to keep you safe.

We are witnessing a distinct ongoing adversarial element to conveyancing- someone has to be blamed for the process taking so long. We recommend that you should always trust your solicitor ahead of the other players when it comes to the legal assignment of property.

Is it necessary during the course of the conveyancing process to attend the offices of the solicitor to sign the legal charge? If so, I will instruct a firm who offer conveyancing in Crosby so that I can attend their offices if necessary.

Nowadays conveyancing panel lawyers for mortgage companies carry out the vast majority of communications through the post, e-mail or over the phone. This enables them to undertake the conveyancing transaction no matter where you live in the country. Nevertheless you can see if you can still book an appointment to visit conveyancing lawyer if just in case this is required.

Due to the advice of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a property in Crosby in advance of appointing solicitors. I have been informed that there is a flying freehold element to the house. My surveyor has said that some mortgage companies tend not give a loan on this type of property.

It depends who your proposed lender is. HSBC has different requirements from Halifax. Should you wish to telephone us we can look into this further via the relevant mortgage company. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Crosby. Conveyancing will be smoother if you use a solicitor in Crosby especially if they regularly deal with such properties in Crosby.

As co-executor for the will of my father I am disposing of a residence in Neath but live in Crosby. My solicitor (based 300 kilometers awayrequires that I execute a stat dec before completion. Can you recommend a conveyancing solicitor in Crosby who can attest this legal document for me?

Technically speaking you should not need to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally any notary public or qualified solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are based in Crosby

Is planning consent necessary to split a house into two flats in Crosby? This has been carried out to a property next door to a relative in Crosby and was unaware of it happening until it was done.

Planning Permission yes. Building Regulations yes.