My friend's step-father is a property lawyer. I am hopeful that I can be offered mate’s fee for conveyancing, but if not, what level of costs would I typically be looking at for conveyancing in Edmonton?
It’s advisable to seek multiple conveyancing estimates. Do use our search tool on this site. Whilst quotes may vary but the service one can expect differ between law firms as is true with most professions.
I am acquiring a property for cash in Edmonton. I have been residing for the last 15 years in Edmonton. Conveyancing searches are exorbitant. As I know the road and vicinity intimately must I have all the conveyancing searches?
In the absence of a home loan, then the vast majority of the Edmonton conveyancing searches are optional. Your lawyer will ’encourage you, no-doubt strongly, that you should have searches done, but she has a professional duty to do this. Do take into account; if you are going to dispose of the house at a future date, it will be of relevance to your prospective purchaser what the searches reveal. Sometimes houses with apparent issues can still show up detrimental search results. A competent conveyancing solicitor in Edmonton will be able to give you some constructive guidance concerning this.
My flat in Edmonton is up for sale and I have a buyer. Does the lawyer have to be required to be on the Yorkshire BS conveyancing panel in order to deal with repayment of my mortgage?
Ordinarily, even if your lawyer is not on the Yorkshire BS conveyancing panel they can still act for you on your sale. It might be that the lender will not release the original deeds (if applicable and increasingly irrelevant) until after the mortgage is paid off. You should speak to your lawyer directly before you start the process though to ensure that there is no problem as lenders are changing their requirements fairly frequently at the moment.
My wife and I purchased a renovated Victorian house in Edmonton. Conveyancing lawyer represented me and Clydesdale. I happened to do a free search for it on the Land Registry database and I saw two entries: one for freehold, another for leasehold with the matching property. I'd like to know for sure, how can I find out??
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 Edmonton and other areas of the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they mortgage they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with buyers. You can also enquire as to the position with your conveyancing solicitor who completed the work.
I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold issue on a property I put an offer in two weeks back in what should have been a simple, chain free conveyancing. Edmonton is the location of the property. Can you shed any light on this issue?
Flying freeholds in Edmonton are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Edmonton you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds very carefully. Your mortgage company may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Edmonton may ascertain 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.