Can I use your services to find a Conveyancing solicitor in New Covent Garden even if I’m not purchasing or selling a house, for instance if I intend to buy an office in New Covent Garden with a loan from The Royal Bank of Scotland?
The service is predominantly utilised to select domestic conveyancing solicitors in New Covent Garden but we have set out at the end of this page a few New Covent Garden commercial conveyancing firms. You should make contact with the solicitors directly to establish if they are also authorised to represent The Royal Bank of Scotland
I used Wolstenholmes a few years past for my conveyancing in New Covent Garden. I now require my papers but cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?
You should call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in New Covent Garden of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously instructed, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
Due to the guidance of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a house in New Covent Garden before retaining lawyers. I have been advised that there is a flying freehold aspect to the house. The surveyor advised that some lenders will refuse to give a loan on a flying freehold home.
It depends who your proposed lender is. Bank of Scotland has different instructions from Halifax. Should you wish to telephone us we can check via 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 New Covent Garden. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in New Covent Garden to see if the conveyancing will be more expensive.
Am I right to be wary that estate agents that I am dealing with are encouraging me to use a factory type conveyancing firm as opposed to a High Street New Covent Garden conveyancing firm?
As is the case with lots of service providers, often suggestions from connections can be very helpful. Yet there are lots of people with a vested interest in a conveyancing transaction; estate agents, mortgage brokers and mortgage companies might all suggest lawyers to instruct. Sometimes the solicitors might be known to one of the organisations as one of the best in their field, but sometimes there behind the scenes financial incentive behind the endorsement. You have the discretion to appoint your own lawyer. However, bear in mind that the majority of mortgage providers specify a panel list of lawyers you have to use for the lender related work in your house move.
What can I expect to pay for conveyancing in New Covent Garden?
The total sum charged for conveyancing in New Covent Garden are likely to be calculated at:
- a set charge; or
- on a time spent basis (i.e. the time spent on the particular case).
In practice you seldom hear of New Covent Garden conveyancing solicitors invoice on time basis