My bank has recommended solicitors on their panel based in Great Dunmow but I would rather instruct a conveyancing lawyer in Great Dunmow local to me. Can you assist?
It is by no means the case that all Great Dunmow conveyancing firms are approved and listed on all lender’s conveyancing panel. Use our find an approved solicitor tool to identify a Great Dunmow conveyancing solicitor on the on the mortgage company panel.
This question may be naive but I am new to the house moving as FTB of a ground floor flat in Great Dunmow. Do I receive the keys to the house on the completion date from my solicitor? If this is the case, I will instruct a High Street conveyancing solicitor in Great Dunmow?
On the day of completion you will not be required to attend the conveyancers office in Great Dunmow. Your solicitors will arrange to send the purchase money to the seller's conveyancers, and once they have received this, you will be called to receive the keys from the Estate Agents and start moving into the property. Usually this happens between 1 and 3pm.
Please help - my lawyer advises that restrictive coveneant insurance is required on my purchase. What is the typical level of cover needed for conveyancing in Great Dunmow?
The right level of restrictive coveneant indemnity insurance depends on who your lender is. It would differ for example between HSBC Bank and Virgin Money. Conveyancing solicitors as opposed to borrowers take out such policies.
We have agreed to purchase a house in Great Dunmow. A rare aspect is that the roof has a solar panel. Kent Reliance have issued a mortgage offer so presumably this is not a concern to them. Why is my solicitor raising questions about the panel?
Given that your lender is Kent Reliance your lawyer must follow the conveyancing instructions set out in Section two of UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook for Kent Reliance. The Council of Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook sets out minimum specifications for solar panel roof-space leases, and conveyancing practitioners are required to report to Kent Reliance where a lease fails to meet these requirements. The specifications relate to the installation of panels on properties in England and Wales and is not limited to Great Dunmow.
I need some expedited conveyancing in Great Dunmow as I am under an ultimatum to sign on the dotted line inside one month. A mortgage is not required. Is it possible to avoid the conveyancing searches to save fees and time?
If.Given you are are a mortgage free purchaser you have the choice not to do searches although no solicitor would suggest that you don't. Drawing on years of experience of conveyancing in Great Dunmow the following are instances of what can crop up and adversely impact future saleability: Enforcement Actions, Overdue Charges, Overdue Grants, Railway Schemes,...
I used Action Conveyancing a few years past for my conveyancing in Great Dunmow. I now require my papers but cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?
Do contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracking down 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 Great Dunmow 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.
Due to the encouragement of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a property in Great Dunmow ahead of instructing lawyers. I have been informed that there is a flying freehold aspect to the property. Our surveyor has said that some banks tend not issue a mortgage on this type of property.
It depends who your proposed lender is. HSBC has different requirements for example to Nationwide. If you call us we can check via the relevant lender. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Great Dunmow. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Great Dunmow to see if the conveyancing costs will increase in light of this.