I am obtaining a mortgage with Nat West. I intend to instruct a Licensed Conveyancer in Lambeth. Does the Nat West Solicitor panel allow for conveyancers regulated by the CLC?
The Nat West approved solicitor list is, like many other lenders, associated to the Council or Mortgage Lenders or Building Society Association, open to Licensed Conveyancers regulated by the CLC.
We just had an offer accepted to buy with Darlington Building Society. I visited 3 or 4 local companies but cant to find a Lambeth conveyancing firm on the Darlington Building Society approved list. Could you assist?
Please do make the most of the find a conveyancing panel solicitor tool on this page. Pick the building society and type Lambeth or your preferred area and you will discover a number of lawyer located in Lambeth or near you.
A friend advised me that where I am purchasing in Lambeth I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?
This is a search is usually included in the estimate for your Lambeth conveyancing searches. It is a large report of about 40 pages, listing and setting out significant information about Lambeth around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Lambeth Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime details, Lambeth Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information regarding Lambeth.
Me and my brother own a semi-detached Edwardian house in Lambeth. Conveyancing solicitor acted for me and Accord Mortgages Ltd. I did a free Land Registry search last week and there are two entries: one for freehold, the second leasehold under the exact same property. Is it worth asking Accord Mortgages Ltd to clarify?
You should review the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register for mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered owner of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Lambeth and other locations in the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they remortgage they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with buyers. You can also question the position with the conveyancing solicitor who conducted the work.
Taking into account that I am about to part with hundreds of thousands of pounds on a garden flat in Lambeth I wish to have a conversation with the solicitor regarding thehome move ahead of instructing the firm. Is this something that you can arrange?
We could not agree more - we would be happy to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you liaising with the conveyancer due to be doing your conveyancing in Lambeth.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - each client is unique person, not a matter number. The practices that we put you in touch with believe that the figure you are calculated and presented to you for residential conveyancing in Lambeth should be the amount on the final invoice that you are charged.