My IFA requires my Hebden Bridge law firm’s panel reference for the Nat West conveyancing panel. Can you suggest how I discover this. I have tried my local Hebden Bridge office but they don't know it.
You are best placed to get this information from your Hebden Bridge conveyancer . They should have a central record lender panel numbers.
Why do I have to pay up front for my conveyancing in Hebden Bridge?
Where you are retaining lawyers for conveyancing in Hebden Bridge your lawyer will request that you to provide them with monies to cover the search fees. Normally this is called for to cover the fees of the Local Authority Search. If any deposit is payable against the sale price then this should be asked for immediately ahead of contracts are exchanged. The final balance that is needed should be sent to your lawyer a few days prior to the day of completion.
Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold issue on a property I have offered on a fortnight ago in what was supposed to be a straight forward, chain free conveyancing. Hebden Bridge is the location of the property. Can you shed any light on this issue?
Flying freeholds in Hebden Bridge are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Hebden Bridge you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds diligently. Your bank may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Hebden Bridge 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.
In my capacity as executor for the will of my grandfather I am selling a house in Newport but I am based in Hebden Bridge. My conveyancer (based 300 kilometers awayrequires that I execute a statutory declaration prior to the transaction finalising. Could you suggest a conveyancing lawyer in Hebden Bridge who can witness this legal document for me?
strictly speaking you are not likely to be required to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally or notary public or solicitor will do regardless of whether they are Hebden Bridge based
We are in the process of acquiring a home in Hebden Bridge. Could the solicitor keep the amount we are are purchasing for a secret from sites such as Nestoria. Is this achievable and how?
The Land Registry by statute are obliged to reveal price sold data on a register of the title for domestic properties countrywide which includes properties in Hebden Bridge. The register of ownership is an open document, so the Land Registry would be breaking the law excluded certain properties such as your one in Hebden Bridge.
In essence you can make a request of HMLR to hide the price paid data but the response will be a No.