Please help. My Elephant and Castle lawyer is advising me that he is legally obliged toconduct Elephant and Castle conveyancing searches asthe firm are on the Lloydsconveyancing panel. These Elephant and Castle checks cost a lot of money can this be avoided?
You have limited options available to you. Given that you are taking out a loan with a lender your lawyer has to comply with their conditions as set out in their version of the CML Conveyancing Handbook. Your conveyancing practitioner would have previously signed the Terms and Conditions of your lender’s conveyancing panel appointment which obliges them to comply with the CML Handbook conditions . Even if you were a cash buyer you would be ill advised not to carry out Elephant and Castle conveyancing searches.
Can I use your services to locate a Conveyancing solicitor in Elephant and Castle even where I’m not purchasing or selling a house, for instance if I wish to acquire a shop in Elephant and Castle with a loan from Bank of Scotland?
Our comparison service is predominantly there to select residential conveyancing solicitors in Elephant and Castle but we have listed towards the bottom of this page a few Elephant and Castle commercial conveyancing firms. You will need to enquire with the solicitors directly to check if they can also act for Bank of Scotland
Have just purchased a repossessed house at auction in Elephant and Castle. Conveyancing is required. What is next?
Having to all intents and purposes signed on the dotted line you should retain a conveyancing lawyer soon as you are facing a tight deadline in which to complete the property. All auction property will have a corresponding auction set of papers. This should include most,if not all of the documents that your lawyer requires. If you have purchased leasehold premises the conveyancing papers should contain a copy of the lease, management information and a sellers leasehold information form and other conveyancing documentation pertinent to leasehold premises. You should hand this to the lawyer working for you as soon as possible. Do make sure that your finances are in place to complete the transaction on the set completion date.
We are due to move house in September. Does my conveyancing solicitor call the removal company on the completion day. Incidentally, can you recommend a removal company in Elephant and Castle. Conveyancing solicitor was organised prior to coming across your website.
On the day of completion you will need to collect the house keys from the estate agent however this should only be done when the vendors conveyancers confirm to the agent that the monies to complete are in and the keys can be collected. Subsequently you will need to inform the removal men that they can start moving you in. We are not in a position to recommend a particular removal company but can help you find a conveyancing in Elephant and Castle or a solicitor that specialises in conveyancing in Elephant and Castle.
I am buying a terrace house in Elephant and Castle. Our aim is to carry out a loft conversion at the property.Will the conveyancing process include investigations to ascertain if these alterations were previously refused?
Your solicitor will check the deeds as conveyancing in Elephant and Castle will sometimes identify restrictions in the title deeds which prohibit categories of alterations or necessitated the consent of a 3rd party. Certain additions require local authority planning consent and approval in compliance with building regulations. Many locations are designated conservation areas and special planning restrictions apply which frequently prevent or impact extensions. You should check these things with a surveyor prior to committing yourself to a purchase.
Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold element on a property I put an offer in a fortnight ago in what should have been a straight forward, no chain conveyancing. Elephant and Castle is where the house is located. Is there any guidance you can impart?
Flying freeholds in Elephant and Castle are not the norm but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Elephant and Castle you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds diligently. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Elephant and Castle may decide 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 premises.
Should I use a Elephant and Castle conveyancing solicitor who is local to the property I am hoping to buy? I have an old university friend who can carry out the legal formalities however her office is a couple of hundredmiles away.
The primary upside of using a high street Elephant and Castle conveyancing practice is that you can drop in to execute paperwork, deliver your ID and apply pressure on them where appropriate. They will also have local knowledge which is a bonus. However nothing is more important than finding someone that will pull out all the stops for you. If you know people who used your friend and they were impressed that should trump using an unknown Elephant and Castle conveyancing lawyer solely due to them being round the corner.