I was advised recently by my estate agent that my North East London solicitor is not on the bank Solicitor panel. What can I do to be sure whether this is correct?
The first thing you need to do is to contact your North East London conveyancer. It is reasonable to expect your lawyer to notify you what has happened. Where they are not on the panel they may recommend you to a North East London conveyancing practice that is on the conveyancing panel for your lender.
My wife and I are intent on selling our house in North East London and according to the buyers it appears that there is a risk of it being built on contaminated land. Any high street North East London conveyancer would know that there is no such problem. For the life of me I don't know why the purchasers used a nationwide conveyancing outfit rather than a conveyancing solicitor in North East London. Having lived in North East London for 4 years we know that this is a non issue. Should we get in touch with our local Authority to obtain clarification need.
It would appear that you have a conveyancing firm already. What do they say? You need to check with your lawyer before you do anything. It is very possible that once the local authority has been informed of a potential issue it cannot be insured against (a bit like being diagnosed with a serious illness and then taking out life insurance to cover that same sickness)
I have been on the look out for a flat up to £235,500 and found one round the corner in North East London I like with amenity areas and railway links nearby, however it only has 51 remaining years left on the lease. I can't really find anything else in North East London for this price, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake buying a short lease?
If you require a mortgage that many years will likely be an issue. Discount the price by the amount the lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the current owner has owned the premises for at least 2 years you could ask them to start the process of the extension and pass it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the current lease and have £0 ground rent by law. You should consult your conveyancing lawyer concerning this.
How do I search for a North East London law firm on the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society conveyancing panel? I am a keen cyclist and am happy to travel upto 20miles to meet the lawyer.
Feel free to make use of the facility on this page. Please select a lender and your location and you will see a number of North East London conveyancing lawyers based on proximity. We have detailed some North East London conveyancing firms towards the end of this page and you can ring them to see whether they are on the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society panel
We're new to the buying process - had an offer accepted, yet the property agent advised that the seller will only go ahead if we use the agent's chosen conveyancers as they need a ‘quick sale’. We would rather use a family solicitor used to conveyancing in North East London
We suspect that the owner is not behind this request. If they require ‘a quick sale', turning down a serious purchaser is likely to cause more damage than good. Try to communicate with the sellers directly and make the point that (a)you are serious buyers (b)you are ready to progress, with mortgage lined up © you have nothing to sell (d) you wish to move quickly (e)however you intend to use your own,trusted North East London conveyancing solicitors - not the ones that will give the negotiator at the agency a referral fee or hit his conveyancing thresholds demanded by HQ.