In the event thatI were to buy a simple residential propertyin Seaford for cash and dispense with a survey and no local authority searches how much would I expect to have to pay for conveyancing in Seaford?
The only saving you would achieve is the disbursement for searches. A property lawyer is obliged to do the vast majority of work - money laundering, correspond with your vendors solicitor, SDLT return, register the property etc. A marginal saving might be made by not having to register a charge however it won't be significant.
Can you explain why leasehold purchase conveyancing in Seaford is more expensive?
Seaford leasehold conveyancing transactions usually involve additional investigations than freeholds including investigating the Lease, liaising with the Landlord such as serving relevant notices on the Landlord or managing agent, obtaining up-to-date service charge and management information, obtaining Landlord’s consents and reviewing management accounts and formation documents.
The Seaford conveyancing lawyers that I recently instructed on my purchase in Seaford have without warning closed. I only went with them because I had to have a solicitor on the RBS conveyancing panel and my family Seaford lawyer was not. I gave my credit card details for them to take one hundred and fifty pounds for searches. What do I do now?
Assuming that you have an Estate Agent in the equation then inform them immediately so that they can let the sellers know that there may be a slight delay due to the problems encountered. Hopefully they will be sympathetic and urge their lawyer to send a new set of papers to your new solicitors. You will need to appoint new lawyers that are on the RBS conveyancing panel and notify the lender. If you have paid over any money, it will hopefully be held by the SRA as money in an intervened firm's bank accounts is transferred to the SRA. Then, the SRA or the intervention agent looks at the intervened firm's accounts to work out who the money belongs to. To claim your money you will need to contact the SRA. If the SRA cannot return money you are owed from the firm's bank accounts, or if they can only return part of the money, you can apply to the Compensation Fund for a grant. Your new lawyers should be in a position to assist.
Is it possible to swap firm as I need to retain one who is on the Nationwide Building Society conveyancing list. I hired a high street conveyancing solicitor in Seaford five minutes from me but she is not approved by Nationwide Building Society
It would be our pleasure to assist you find a conveyancing solicitor in Seaford on the Nationwide Building Society panel. Please note that the property lawyers that we list do not pay us fee if you instruct them and are under regulation of the Solicitors Regulation Authority who regulate all conveyancing solicitors in Seaford. Using the find a conveyancing solicitor tool on this website, you can compare and instruct different solicitors and conveyancers both nationally and in Seaford.
As co-executor for the will of my aunt I am disposing of a house in Neath but I am based in Seaford. My solicitor (based 260 miles awayneeds me to execute a stat dec ahead of completion. Could you suggest a conveyancing lawyer in Seaford who can attest this legal document for me?
strictly speaking you should not be required to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally or notary public or solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are based in Seaford