Our family solicitor has quoted £1200 for no sale no fee conveyancing in Rainham. I am looking to sell a Georgian detached home for £250,000. Are the quoted fees excessive? Is it above the average fee for conveyancing in Rainham?
The quote is slightly on the expensive side. If you shop around you might get the conveyancing a bit cheaper by perhaps £125. That being said, you couldlive to rue opting for an a cheaper solicitor. If is important to check that the conveyancer can act for your bank. You can utilise our search tool to select a Rainham conveyancing company on the lender’s member panel which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Rainham.
Can the conveyancing solicitors via your comparison service execute attended exchange conveyancing in Rainham?
We do have a number of conveyancing experts carrying out personalised exchanges. You should e-mail us to get a costs illustration and details as to dates.
We had selected conveyancers located in Rainham on the Virgin Money solicitor panel. They have just billed me a supplemental fee for dealing with the Virgin Money mortgage. Is this a supplemental conveyancing fee set by Virgin Money?
As unfair as it may appear, as long as it’s in their Terms and Conditions or Quote then yes your conveyancing practitioner can levy a fee for this. This charge is not set by Virgin Money but by your Rainham property lawyer. Numerous firms on the Virgin Money panel will levy an ‘acting for lender’ fee and others do not.
I was told three weeks ago that my mortgage has been agreed to by Yorkshire BS. Is it usual for Yorkshire BS to only issue the offer once my solicitor in Rainham is approved on their conveyancing panel? Yorkshire BS have asked my solicitor to see a copy of their Professional Indemnity Insurance Schedule.
A lender would not issue an offer until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Yorkshire BS to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Yorkshire BS conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
After shopping around on the internet I have found a Rainham solicitor having checked that they are on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel. Does my lawyer arrange the survey of the property?
Kent Reliance will need an independent valuation of the property. Your lawyer will not arrange this. Usually Kent Reliance will appoint their own surveyor to do this, and you will have to pay for it. Remember that this is a valuation for mortgage purposes and not a survey. You may wish to consider appointing your own Rainham surveyor to carry out a survey or prepare a home buyers report on the property. It is up to you to satisfy yourself that the property is structurally sound before you buy it. If the survey or report reveals that building work is needed, you should tell your solicitor. You may wish to renegotiate with the seller.
It has been four months following my purchase conveyancing in Rainham took place. I have checked the Land Registry site which shows that I paid £175,000 when infact I paid £160,000. Why the discrepancy?
The price paid figure is taken from the application to register the purchase. It is the figure included in the Transfer (the legal deed which transfers the asset from one person to the other) and referred to as the 'consideration' or purchase price. You can report an error in the price paid figure using the LR online form. In most cases errors result from typos so at first glance the figure. Do report it so they can double check and advise.
I am thinking of appointing a conveyancing lawyer in Rainham for my remortgage. Is there any facility to check a solicitor's record with the legal regulator?
You may review presented Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) determinations resulting from investigations started on or after 1 January 2008. Go to Check a solicitor's record. For records about the period before 1 January 2008, or to check a firm's record, call 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 any week day save for Tuesday when lines open at 9.30am. For callers outside the UK, call +44 (0)121 329 6800. The SRA could monitor telephone calls for training purposes.