I was told recently by my estate agent that my Old Colwyn the law firm I have appointed is not on the lender Conveyancing panel. How can I be sure whether this is correct?
Your first step should be to contact your Old Colwyn conveyancer. You lawyer should inform you what has happened. If they are not on the panel they could put your in touch with solicitors on the approved list of lawyers for your lender.
Do the conveyancing lawyers via your comparison service handle attended exchange conveyancing in Old Colwyn?
We do have a number of conveyancing specialists who can conduct attended exchanges. Please e-mail us to receive a conveyancing quote and details as to availability.
I am helping my aunt sell her house in Old Colwyn. Will the solicitor arrange an energy assessment or should I organise this?
After the abolition of Home Packs, EPC’s was left as a mandatory component of selling a house. An energy assessment should be commissioned before the property is marketed. This is not a task that lawyers ordinarily arrange. Where you are instructing a Old Colwyn conveyancing solicitor they may help arrange energy performance certificates given their relationships with reputable Old Colwyn providers
I just acquired a house at auction in Old Colwyn. Conveyancing is needed. What are my next steps?
Having exchanged you must find a conveyancing practitioner as a matter of urgency as you are faced with a tight deadline in which to complete the transaction. Every auction property will have a bespoke auction set of papers. This will likely include the copy title deeds, local authority and drainage searches. If you have purchased leasehold premises the auction pack should include a copy of the lease, management information and a sellers leasehold information form and other conveyancing documentation relating to a leasehold property. You must give this to the conveyancer working for you as soon as possible. Do make sure that you have funds in place to complete on the on the contractual date .
After much negotiation I have agreed a price on a house in Old Colwyn. My mortgage broker recommended their conveyancers. I paid an advanced payment of £150. Soon after, the property lawyer contacted me to say that they were not on the HSBC conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?
You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the HSBC panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.
My colleague recommended that if I am buying in Old Colwyn I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?
A search of this type is usually quoted for as part of the standard Old Colwyn conveyancing searches. It is not a small report of more than thirty pages, listing and detailing important information about Old Colwyn around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Old Colwyn Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime statistics, Local Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data concerning Old Colwyn.
I am looking into buying my first house which is in Old Colwyn and I am already nervous. I couldn't find anything specific about Old Colwyn. Conveyancing will be needed in due course but do you know about the Old Colwyn area? or perhaps some other tips you can share?
Rather than looking online forget looking online you should go and have a look at Old Colwyn. In the meantime here are some basic statistics that we found