Would the conveyancing practitioners indexed on your site carry out right to buy conveyancing in Foots Cray?
We have identified a number of conveyancing experts carrying out right to buy conveyancing Please call the lawyers listed with a view to get a costs illustration.
Forgive me if this question is silly but I am unseasoned as a 1st time buyer of a ground floor flat in Foots Cray. Do I collect the keys to the property on the completion date from my conveyancer? If this is the case, I will find a local conveyancing solicitor in Foots Cray?
There is no need to visit the lawyers office on the day of completion. Conveyancing lawyers for you will transfer the completion advance to the owner’s conveyancers, and once they have received this, you should be called to receive the keys from the property Agents and move into your new home. This tends to happen early afternoon.
I have a mortgage with Leeds Building Society for my property in Foots Cray. Conveyancing was finalised some time ago. In the event that I decide to rent out my property and do not currently have a buy-to-let mortgage do I need to remortgage to a buy-to-let mortgage or inform Leeds Building Society?
Your original mortgage agreement with Leeds Building Society will provide that you need their approval prior to letting out your property as this is likely to be a breach of Leeds Building Society’s mortgage conditions. It may be that Leeds Building Society will allow you to rent out your former home without needing to switch to a buy-to-let mortgage but some lenders will add a surcharge to your mortgage rate to reflect the higher risk. You should contact Leeds Building Society directly. You need not do this via a Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel solicitor.
My offer on a semi in Foots Cray has been accepted, but there is a chain. The owners have placed an offer on somewhere, but it’s not yet agreed to, and are looking at other apartments booked. I have chosen a bricks and mortar conveyancing solicitor in Foots Cray. What should be my next step? When should I get the mortgage application with Yorkshire BS started?
It is understandable to have concerns where there is a chain as you are unlikely to want to be too out of pocket too early (home loan application is in the region of one thousand pounds, then survey, Foots Cray conveyancing search costs, etc). The first course of action is to ensure that your conveyancer is on the Yorkshire BS approved list. Regarding the subsequent stages this very much dictated by the uniqueness of your transaction, desire for this property and on the state of the market. During a hot market some purchasers will apply for a home loan with Yorkshire BS and arrange for the valuation and only if it was satisfactory would they pay their conveyancer to proceed with the conveyancing in Foots Cray.
My wife and I are planning on selling our house in Foots Cray and the buyers lawyers are claiming that there is a possibility that the property was built on contaminated land. Any high street Foots Cray conveyancer would know this is not the case. For the life of me I don't know why the purchasers instructed an online conveyancing firm as opposed to a conveyancing solicitor in Foots Cray. Having lived in Foots Cray for 5 years we know of no issue. Should we get in touch with our local Authority to get clarification that there is no issue.
It sounds as though you may have a conveyancing firm already. What do they say? You must check with your lawyer before you do anything. It is very possible that once the local authority has been informed of a potential issue it cannot be insured against (a bit like being diagnosed with a serious illness and then taking out health insurance to cover that same illness)
I used Action Conveyancing several years ago for my conveyancing in Foots Cray. Now, I need my documents but the law firm is no longer operating. What do I do?
Do contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracing 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 Foots Cray of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously retained, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
How does conveyancing in Foots Cray differ for newly converted properties?
Most buyers of new build premises in Foots Cray approach us having been asked by the developer to sign contracts and commit to the purchase even before the residence is finished. This is because builders in Foots Cray tend to purchase the site, plan the estate and want to get the plots sold off as they are building the properties. Buyers, therefore, will have to exchange contracts without actually seeing the house they are buying. To reduce the chances of losing the property, buyers should instruct property lawyers as soon as the property is reserved and mortgage applications should be submitted quickly. Due to the fact that it could be several months and even years between exchange of contracts and completion, the mortgage offer may need to be extended. It would be wise to use a lawyer who specialises in new build conveyancing especially if they are accustomed to new build conveyancing in Foots Cray or who has acted in the same development.