My property lawyer in Northwich is not on the Birmingham Midshires Conveyancing Panel. Is it possible for me to retain my family solicitor notwithstanding that they are not on the Birmingham Midshires approved list?
Your options are as follows:
- Carry on with your existing Northwich lawyers but Birmingham Midshires will need to use a solicitor on their panel. This will inevitably rack up the total legal fees as well as result in delays.
- Get an alternative lawyer to to deal with the purchase, obviously checking they are Persuade your solicitor to use their best endeavours to join the Birmingham Midshires conveyancing panel
We are buying a property and the solicitor has identified Chancel Repair to which the house could be obligated to contribute to as it falls into the area of such a church. She has mentioned insurance. Is this really required for conveyancing in Northwich
Unless a previous purchase of the house took place after 12 October 2013 you can assume that lawyers conducting conveyancing in Northwich to continue to advocate a chancel search and or chancel repair liability insurance.
Over the last few months I have been searching for a leasehold apartment up to £235,500 and found one near me in Northwich I like with amenity areas and station in the vicinity, however it's only got 51 years unexpired on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Northwich in this price bracket, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake acquiring a lease with such few years left?
Should you require a mortgage that many years may be a potential deal breaker. Discount the price by the expected lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the existing proprietor has owned the property for at least 2 years you could ask them to start the process of the extension and then assign it to you. You can add 90 years to the existing lease term with a zero ground rent applied. You should speak to your conveyancing lawyer concerning this matter.
Is it possible to switch conveyancer as I have to appoint a firm on the Barclays conveyancing panel. I was using a family conveyancing solicitor in Northwich five minutes from me but she is not accepted by Barclays
It would be our pleasure to assist you select a conveyancing solicitor in Northwich on the Barclays panel. Please note that the law firms that we work with do not pay us a referral fee if you instruct them and are regulated by the SRA who oversee all conveyancing solicitors in Northwich. In making use of search facility on this page, you can contrast charges for conveyancing solicitors in Northwich and throughout England and Wales.
I have noted on various online forums that when choosing a conveyancing firm they must be approved by your mortgage company. It happens to be my first home move but I have an AIP from Santander and I already have a family conveyancing solicitor in Northwich in place. Will Birmingham Midhshires require an approved conveyancer to be used? Does a directory of panel conveyancers even exist so I can choose a conveyancing lawyer in Northwich?
You need to choose a solicitor that is on the Birmingham Midhshires panel. Just telephone your preferred Northwich conveyancing lawyer to check if they are on the Birmingham Midhshires panel. If they are not on the panel you have a couple of options open to you here:
- Complete the deal with your chosen Northwich conveyancing practitioner but Birmingham Midhshires will no doubt use a solicitor on their approved list. This will result in additional fees and potential delay.
- Appoint a fresh solicitor to act in the purchase, obviously checking they are on the Birmingham Midhshires conveyancing panel.
- Convince your property lawyer to pull out all the stops to get accepted on the Birmingham Midhshires panel of solicitors.