Our Pontarddulais solicitor has identified a discrepancy when comparing the assumptions in the valuation survey and what is in the title deeds. My lawyer informs me that he is obliged to check that the bank is with this discrepancy and is content to go ahead. Is my solicitor’s approach correct?
Your must comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook provisions which do require that your lawyer disclose any incorrect assumptions in the lender’s valuation report and the legal papers. Should you refuse to allow your lawyer to make the appropriate notification then your lawyer will have no choice but to discontinue acting for you.
Completed the sale of my flat in Pontarddulais last December but the buyer keeps e-mailing every few hours complaining that her conveyancer is waiting to hear from myconveyancer. What should have happened now that I have sold?
Following your disposal your solicitor should send the transfer documentation and all additional paperwork to the buyer’s lawyers. If applicable, your solicitor should also send confirmation that the home loan has been redeemed to the buyers lawyers. There are no post completion procedures peculiar conveyancing in Pontarddulais.
We are downsizing from our house in Pontarddulais and the buyers lawyers are claiming that there is a risk of it being built on contaminated land. Any high street Pontarddulais lawyer would know that there is no such problem. For the life of me I don't know why the purchasers used a national conveyancing outfit as opposed to a conveyancing solicitor in Pontarddulais. Having lived in Pontarddulais for six years we know that this is a non issue. Is it a good idea to get in touch with our local Authority to obtain confirmation need.
It would appear that you have a conveyancing solicitor already. What do they say? You should 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 health insurance to cover that same illness)
My father-in-law has suggested that I appoint his lawyers for conveyancing in Pontarddulais. Should I use them?
No doubt it’s preferable to find a conveyancing solicitor is to seek guidance from friends or relatives who have actually used the solicitor you're considering.
We are in the throes of selling our flat in Pontarddulais. Conveyancing is fine but we are being charged an extortionate amount from the managing agents. To date we have paid £225 for a leasehold management pack and then a further £118 for additional queries supplied by the buyers .
Neither you or your will have any sway over the extent of the fee for this information but the average fee for the information for Pontarddulais leasehold property is £355. For Pontarddulais conveyancing transactions it is standard for the owner to pay for these costs. The landlord or their agents are under no legal obligation to answer such questions although many will agree to do so - albeit often at high prices disproportionate to the work involved. Unfortunately there is no legislation that requires fixed fees for administrative tasks. There is no statutory time limit by which they are duty bound to provide answers.