My lawyer in Denmark Hill is not on the Leeds Building Society Conveyancing Panel. Is it possible for me to use my family solicitor notwithstanding that they are excluded from the Leeds Building Society approved list?
Your options are as follows:
- Carry on with your preferred Denmark Hill lawyers but Leeds Building Society will need to use a lawyer on their panel. This will inevitably rack up the overall conveyancing fees and cause frustration.
- Find a new lawyer to act in the purchase, not forgetting to check they are Convince your solicitor to use their best endeavours to join the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel
The deeds to our house can not be found. The conveyancers who did the conveyancing in Denmark Hill 5 years ago no longer exist. What are my next steps?
Assuming you have a registered title the details of your ownership will be documented by HMLR with a Title Number. It is possible to execute a search at the Land Registry, find your house and obtain up to date copies of the property title for less than a fiver. If the title is Leasehold then the Land Registry will also normally hold a file copy of the Registered Lease and again, a copy can be ordered for £20 inclusive of VAT.
I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold element on a property I put an offer in a fortnight ago in what was supposed to be a straight forward, no chain conveyancing. Denmark Hill is where the house is located. Is there any guidance you can impart?
Flying freeholds in Denmark Hill are not the norm but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Denmark Hill you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds thoroughly. Your mortgage company may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Denmark Hill may determine that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold property.
In my capacity as executor for the will of my uncle I am disposing of a property in Newport but reside in Denmark Hill. My lawyer (based 235 miles awayrequires that I sign a stat dec before completion. Could you suggest a conveyancing solicitor in Denmark Hill who can witness this legal document for me?
strictly speaking you are not likely to be required to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally any notary public or solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are located in Denmark Hill
How up-to-date is your database of lawyers on the bank conveyancing panel in Denmark Hill? Do the lenders send you an updated list?
Denmark Hill law firm practices and firms conducting conveyancing in Denmark Hill themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the lender conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from the mortgage company directly.