Finally the sale completed on my house in Mortlake last December but our buyer keeps e-mailing me complaining that his solicitor is waiting to hear from myconveyancer. What are the post completion sale legalities following completion?

Following your house sale your lawyer should send the transfer documentation and all supplemental paperwork to the buyer’s lawyers. If applicable, your lawyer must also evidence that the mortgage has been repaid to the purchasers lawyers. There is unlikely to be post completion formalities unique to conveyancing in Mortlake.

Is there a search tool that I can utilise to check that the solicitor conducting my conveyancing in Mortlake is on the lender’sconveyancing panel? I am looking to avoid the situation of having one lawyer for me and one for Bank of Ireland thus paying £187.00 plus VAT in another set of legal invoice.

Please do make the most of the find a conveyancing panel solicitor tool on this web page. Please choose the lender and type ‘Mortlake’ or your location and you will be presented with a number of lawyer based in Mortlake or nearest you.

I have justbeen informed that Action Conveyancing have closed. They conducted my conveyancing in Mortlake for a purchase of a freehold house 18 months ago. How can I be sure that my home is registered correctly in the name of the former proprietor?

The quickest method 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 Mortlake conveyancing specialists.

I am purchasing a new build house in Mortlake with the aid of help to buy. The builders refused to move on the amount so I negotiated 6k of additionals instead. The property agent advised me not to tell my lawyer about this extras as it would impact my loan with the bank. Do I keep my lawyer in the dark?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.

Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.

Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.

Can a conveyancer remove a person from the title of my home in Mortlake ?

Extracting or adding someone to the title of your home is relatively straightforward. You’ll need to appoint a conveyancing practitioner to discuss your legal rights before you can proceed with a transfer of property. Contact us to book a free consultation with one a property lawyer