Some advice if I may. My Haddenham conveyancer is advising me that she is duty bound toapply for Haddenham conveyancing searches asthe firm are on the Nat Westsolicitor panel. Do I not have any options here?
You have limited options available to you. Given that you are taking out a loan with a mortgage company your conveyancing practitioner has to comply with their conditions as set out in their version of the CML Conveyancing Handbook. Your lawyer would have previously signed the Terms and Conditions of your lender’s conveyancing panel appointment which obliges them to follow the Council of Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook requirements . Even if you were a cash buyer you would be ill advised not to carry out Haddenham conveyancing searches.
Finally the sale completed on my house in Haddenham last March but our buyer keeps Skype messaging every few hours to moan that her lawyer is waiting to hear from mine. What should have happened following completion?
Post completion of your house sale your lawyer should send the transfer documentation and all additional paperwork to the purchaser's solicitors. Where relevant, your lawyer must also send confirmation that the legal charge in favour of the lender has been repaid to the buyers conveyancers. There are no post completion procedures peculiar conveyancing in Haddenham.
Have just purchased a repossessed house at auction in Haddenham. Conveyancing is required. What is next?
Now that you have to all intents and purposes signed on the dotted line you must hire the services of a conveyancing solicitor soon as you are facing a tight a fixed date to complete the deal. All auction property should have a bespoke legal set of papers. This will include the copy title deeds, local authority and drainage searches. Where you are dealing with leasehold property the auction papers should provide a copy of the lease, management information and a sellers leasehold information form and other conveyancing documentation relating to leasehold premises. You should pass this on to the lawyer working for you at the earliest opportunity. You also need to ensure that you have funds in order to complete the transaction on the set completion date.
is it true that all Haddenham solicitor practices on the UBS conveyancing panel are governed by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority?
As a firm of solicitors, in order to be on the UBS conveyancing panel they would need to be overseen by the SRA. Some banks do permit licenced conveyancers on their panel in which case such organisation would be overseen by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers.
My husband and I have organised the release of further monies on our home loan from Clydesdale as we wish to carry out a loft conversion to our home in Haddenham. Do we need to select a local Haddenham solicitor on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel to handle the paperwork?
Clydesdale would not normally appoint firms on their conveyancing panel to handle the formalities. If they do require any legal work then you would need to ensure that such a lawyer was on the Clydesdale panel.
I require fast conveyancing in Haddenham as I am under an ultimatum to sign on the dotted line in less than one month. A home loan is not required. Is it possible to decline from having conveyancing searches to save money and time?
As you are are a mortgage free purchaser you have the choice not to have searches conducted although no lawyer would recommend that you don't. With plenty of history conveyancing in Haddenham the following are examples of what can crop up and adversely affect future mortgageability: Refused Planning Applications, Outstanding Fees, Overdue Grants, Road Schemes,...
I used Action Conveyancing a few years past for my conveyancing in Haddenham. I now require my file but cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?
Do call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate 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 Haddenham of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously hired, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.