Having been told to check out your organisation we were going to go ahead with a conveyancing solicitor in Croydon recommended using your search tool but stumbled across alternative quotes via the web seem cheaper – why is this?
There are hundreds of conveyancers marketing at first sight what seems to be very low prices. We suggest that you give due consideration as to how important this transaction is to you that want to take 'cheap' risks in relation to the standard of the conveyancing. Some embed fees well inside the terms of business. The conveyancers that we put forward for conveyancing in Croydon will notdo this.
My Croydon solicitor has identified an inconsistency when comparing the surveyor’s assumptions in the home valuation survey and what is revealed within the title deeds. My solicitor informs me that he is duty bound to check that the lender is happy with this discrepancy and is still content to lend. Is my lawyer’s course or action right?
Your solicitor must comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook provisions which do require that your lawyer disclose any incorrect assumptions in the lender’s valuation report and the legal papers. Should you refuse to allow your lawyer to make the appropriate notification then your lawyer will have no choice but to discontinue acting for both parties.
I used Arc property Solicitors several years past for my conveyancing in Croydon. I now require my papers however the law firm is no longer operating. What do I do?
You should call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Croydon of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously instructed, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
I have been on the look out for a flat up to £245,000 and identified one round the corner in Croydon I like with open areas and railway links in the vicinity, however it only has 61 years unexpired on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Croydon for this price, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error purchasing a short lease?
Should you need a home loan that many years may be an issue. Discount the price by the expected lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the existing proprietor has owned the premises for a minimum of 2 years you could ask them to 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 solicitor regarding this.
I am looking for a conveyancing solicitor in Croydon for my house move. Is there any facility to see a firm’s complaints history with the legal regulator?
One may search for published Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) determinations arising from inquisitions started on or after Jan 2008. Go to Check a solicitor's record. To find information Pre 2008, or to check a solicitors history, telephone 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and 09.30 - 18.00 Tuesday. International callers, call +44 (0)121 329 6800. The regulator sometimes monitor telephone calls for training purposes.