Finally the sale completed on my house in Frenchay last May yet the purchaser is SMS messaging daily to say their solicitor is waiting to hear from mine. What are the post completion sale formalities now that I have sold?
Post completion of your disposal your lawyer is duty bound to send the transfer documentation and all additional paperwork to the purchaser's lawyers. If applicable, your conveyancer must also send confirmation that the home loan has been discharged to the purchasers lawyers. There is unlikely to be post completion procedures peculiar conveyancing in Frenchay.
I have been told that property searches are a common cause of obstruction in Frenchay house deals. Is this right?
The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) has noted the determinations of research by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not figure within the most frequent causes of delays in the conveyancing process. Local searches are unlikely to feature in any slowing down conveyancing in Frenchay.
Due to the encouragement of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a house in Frenchay ahead of instructing conveyancers. I have been advised that there is a flying freehold element to the house. The surveyor has said that some lenders will not issue a mortgage on such a house.
It varies from the lender to lender. Santander has different instructions for example to Nationwide. If you call us we can investigate further with the relevant bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Frenchay. Conveyancing may be slightly more expensive based on your lender's requirements.
How do I locate a Frenchay solicitor on the Bank of Ireland conveyancing panel? I am a keen cyclist and am happy to travel upto 20kilometers to meet the lawyer.
Feel free to make use of the facility on this page. Please pick a bank and your location and you will see a number of Frenchay conveyancing lawyers located nearest you. We have detailed some Frenchay conveyancing firms at the bottom of this page and you can ring them to verify whether they are on the Bank of Ireland panel
Are Frenchay conveyancing solicitors duty bound by the Law Society to supply clear conveyancing costs?
Contained within the Solicitors Code of Conduct are specific rules and regulations as to how the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) allow solicitors to publicise their fees to clients.The Law Society have practice note giving advice on how to publicise transparent charges to avoid breaching any such rule. Practice notes are not legal advice issued by the Law Society and is not intended as the only standard of good practice a conveyancing solicitor should adhere to. The Practice Note does, nevertheless, represent the Law Society’s perspective of acceptable practice for publicising conveyancing charges, and accordingly it’s a recommended read for any solicitor or conveyancer in Frenchay or across England and Wales.