Do lawyers request an advanced payment for conveyancing in Dollis Hill?

Where you are retaining lawyers for conveyancing in Dollis Hill your solicitor will ask you place them with monies to cover the the cost of the conveyancing searches. This will be the total of the cost of the Local Authority Search. When the deposit is as part of the sale price then this should be needed shortly in advance of contracts are exchanged. Any further balance that is needed should be sent to your lawyer shortly before completion.

Do I need to pop into the offices of the solicitor to sign the legal charge? If so, I will choose one who does conveyancing in Dollis Hill so that I can attend their offices if required.

These days approved lawyers for banks conduct the vast majority of communications through Royal Mail, internet or over the phone. This means that they can undertake the legal work for your home move regardless of where you live in the country. However you should check if you can still book an appointment to visit conveyancing lawyer if you prefer.

Me and my brother purchased a 4 bedroom Victorian house in Dollis Hill. Conveyancing lawyer acted for me and Britannia. I happened to do a free search for it on the Land Registry database and there are two entries: the first freehold, the second leasehold under the matching address. Is it worth asking Britannia to clarify?

You need to assess the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register as there may be mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered proprietor of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Dollis Hill and other locations in the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they buy they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with purchasers. You can also enquire as to the position with the conveyancing solicitor who conducted the work.

I am purchasing a new build house in Dollis Hill with the aid of help to buy. The sellers would not reduce the price so I negotiated £7000 of fixtures and fittings instead. The house builders rep suggested that I not to tell my conveyancer about the side-deal as it would put at risk my mortgage with Barclays . Is this normal?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.

Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.

Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.

Due to the input of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a house in Dollis Hill in advance of appointing conveyancers. I have been told that there is a flying freehold aspect to the property. The surveyor advised that some mortgage companies may refuse to give a mortgage on this type of house.

It depends who your proposed lender is. Bank of Scotland has different requirements from Birmingham Midshires. Should you wish to telephone us we can check via the appropriate lender. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Dollis Hill. Conveyancing may be slightly more expensive based on your lender's requirements.