I have justdiscovered that Arc property Solicitors have closed. They conducted my conveyancing in Mayfair for a purchase of a leasehold apartment 10 months ago. How can I establish that my home is in my name in the name of the previous owner?
The quickest way to see if the premises is registered to you, you can make a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Mayfair conveyancing specialists.
I opted to have a survey completed on a property in Mayfair prior to appointing solicitors. I have been informed that there is a flying freehold element to the house. The surveyor advised that some banks tend not grant a mortgage on this type of house.
It depends who your proposed lender is. Lloyds has different requirements from Halifax. Should you wish to call us we can investigate further with 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 Mayfair. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Mayfair to see if the conveyancing costs will increase in light of this.
Hoping to buy a property located in Mayfair and I am already nervous. I couldn't find anything specific about Mayfair. Conveyancing will be needed in due course but do you know about the Mayfair area? or perhaps some other tips you can share?
Rather than looking online forget looking online you should go and have a look at Mayfair. In the meantime here are some basic statistics that we found
Am I best advised to instruct a Mayfair conveyancing solicitor who is local to the property I am purchasing? An old friend can perform the conveyancing but her office is over three hundred miles drive away.
The primary upside of using a local Mayfair conveyancing practice is that you can pop in to execute documents, present your ID and apply pressure on them where appropriate. They will also have local intelligence which is a benefit. However nothing is more important than finding someone that will do a good and efficient job. If you know people who instructed your friend and in the main were happy that should outweigh using an unfamiliar Mayfair conveyancing solicitor solely due to them being round the corner.
Having used your search tool I can't find the lawyer I was hoping to instruct as being on the lender conveyancing panel. My lawyer has said that they are on the bank approved panel. How can I be sure given that they are not listed on your directory?
Not all firms are yet listed on our lender panel search tool which is still relatively new. Law firms are listing on a daily basis and it is probably the case that your lawyer is on the bank conveyancing lawyer and you should probably take them at their word. Please do feel free to suggest that they completing their listing on our site as it would only cost them £1 a month to list themselves as being on the lender solicitor panel.