The lawyer who dealt with my previous purchase has sent a quote for £1350 for fixed fee conveyancing in North Somerset. I’m selling a Victorian property for £275,000. Are these estimated fees excessive? Is it in excess of what I should be paying for conveyancing in North Somerset?
The quote is slightly on the high side. If you are willing to spend time comparing prices you may be able to get the conveyancing a bit cheaper by say a hundred pounds. That being said, you maylive to regret choosing an a cheaper conveyancer. Don't forget to check the conveyancer can represent your mortgage company. Do use our comparison tool to choose a North Somerset conveyancing firm on the banks member panel which can often include conveyancing solicitors in North Somerset.
Our grandson is buying a newly built flat in North Somerset with a home loan from Kent Reliance. His conveyancer has said that there is a delay in receiving the ‘Disclosure of Incentive Form’. Who needs to receive the form?
The document is intended to provide information to the main parties engaged in the purchase. Therefore, it will be provided to your son’s lawyer who should be on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel as a standard part of the process, and to the valuer when asked. The developer will be required to start the process by downloading the form and completing it. The form will therefore need to be available for the valuer at the time of his or her site visit. The form should be sent to the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel solicitor as early as possible, in order to avoid any last minute delays, and no later than at exchange of contracts.
I am helping my mother sell her house in North Somerset. Will the conveyancer arrange an energy assessment or should I organise this?
After the demise of Home Packs, EPC’s was retained a compulsory element of selling a house. An energy performance certificate needs to be to hand prior to the property being marketed. It is not something that solicitors ordinarily arrange. Where you are instructing a North Somerset conveyancing solicitor they might be willing to arrange energy performance certificates due to their contacts with reputable local accredited person
We had selected conveyancers based in North Somerset on the Leeds Building Society solicitor panel. They have just invoiced me a supplemental sum for dealing with the Leeds Building Society mortgage. Is this an additional conveyancing fee set by Leeds Building Society?
As unfair as it may seem, as long as it’s in their Terms and Conditions or Quote then yes your conveyancing practitioner is entitled to levy a fee for this. This fee is not dictated by Leeds Building Society but by your North Somerset property lawyer. Numerous firms on the Leeds Building Society panel will charge an ‘acting for lender’ fee but many firms incorporate it on their overall fee.
Our sealed bid on a property in North Somerset has been accepted, but there is a chain. The vendors have offered on a flat, but it’s not yet tied up, and have viewings of other flats booked. I have chosen a high street conveyancing solicitor in North Somerset. What do I do now? At what point should I apply for the mortgage with HSBC?
It is normal to have apprehensions where there is a chain as you are unlikely to want to be too out of pocket too early (home loan application is in the region of one thousand pounds, then valuation, North Somerset conveyancing search fees, etc). First, you must ensure that your solicitor is on the HSBC approved list. Regarding the subsequent phase this very much dictated by the circumstances of your case, attraction to this property and on the state of the market. During a buoyant market many buyers will apply for a home loan with HSBC and pay for the valuation and only if it was satisfactory would they request their property lawyer to move forward with searches.
A relative advised me that where I am purchasing in North Somerset I should ask my conveyancer to carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?
A search of this type is occasionally included in the estimate for your North Somerset conveyancing searches. It is a large document of about 40 pages, listing and setting out important information about North Somerset around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the North Somerset Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime details, North Somerset Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data concerning North Somerset.
I have justbeen informed that Stirling Law have been shut down. They conducted my conveyancing in North Somerset for a purchase of a freehold house 18 months ago. How can I be sure that the property is in my name in the name of the former proprietor?
The easiest way to see if the property 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 North Somerset conveyancing specialists.