Why do I have to pay up front when it comes to conveyancing in Ladywood?

If you are buying a property in Ladywood your solicitor will ask you put them with funds to cover the search fees. This will be the total of the cost of the conveyancing searches. When the deposit is payable against the sale price then this should be needed shortly ahead of contracts are exchanged. Any further balance that is due will be payable a couple of days prior to the completion date.

My friend advised me that where I am buying in Ladywood I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?

A search of this type is sometimes quoted for as part of the standard Ladywood conveyancing searches. It is a large report of more than thirty pages, listing and setting out significant information about Ladywood around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Ladywood Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime statistics, Ladywood Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information about Ladywood.

About to purchase a new build flat in Ladywood. Conveyancing is a frightening process at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build legal work.

Set out below is a sample of a selection of leasehold new build questions that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Ladywood

The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme. Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose? Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company? The Lease must contain a provision on behalf of the Vendor to pay the service charges in respect of unoccupied units in order to ensure that all services can be provided. Please confirm the Lease plans are architect prepared.

I have been advised by a number of property agents in Ladywood to locate a property lawyer on your site. Is there a financial inducement for Estate Agents to promote your services over alternative conveyancing organisations?

We refuse to offer any referral fee for sending work in our direction. We found it would be just too difficult a fee as home movers will think, ‘Why is the agent getting a kickback? Why aren’t I receiving any benefit too?’ We would prefer to grow our business on genuine recommendations.

Are there any apps to help search for a Ladywood conveyancing solicitor on the lender conveyancing panel? I have a car and am prepared to travel up to twentykilometers to attend the conveyancer.

You can use the find a conveyancing panel tool on this page. Please choose the lender and your location, in this case Ladywood and you will see a number of lawyer located nearest Ladywood. Alternatively you can type in the name of your proposed law firm and see if they are listed as being on the mortgage company solicitor panel.