In what way does my ID and proof of funds have anything to do with my conveyancing in St John's Wood? What am I being asked for?
It is indeed that case that the requirement set out by your lawyer has nothing to do with conveyancing in St John's Wood. However these days you can not complete any conveyancing deal in the absence supplying evidence of your identity. This usually takes the form of a either your passport or driving licence and a council tax bill. Remember if you are supplying your driving licence as evidence of ID it needs to be both the paper part as well as the photo card part, one is not sufficient in the absence of the other.
Proof of your source of monies is required under Money Laundering Regulations. Don’t be offended when when this is requested of you as your conveyancing solicitor will need to retain this information on file. Your St John's Wood conveyancing solicitor will need to see evidence of proof of funds before they are able to accept any funds from you into their client account and they should also ask additional queries regarding the origin of funds.
I am planning to acquire a flat and need a conveyancing solicitor in St John's Wood who is on the Godiva Mortgages Ltd approved. Can you recommend a local firm?
Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Godiva Mortgages Ltd in certain locations such as St John's Wood. We dont recommend any particular firm.
I decided to have a survey carried out on a house in St John's Wood prior to retaining solicitors. I have been told that there is a flying freehold element to the house. Our surveyor advised that some lenders will refuse to give a mortgage on a flying freehold home.
It varies from the lender to lender. HSBC has different instructions from Birmingham Midshires. If you e-mail us we can look into this further via the relevant bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in St John's Wood. Conveyancing will be smoother if you use a solicitor in St John's Wood especially if they are accustomed to such properties in St John's Wood.
Hoping to buy a property located in St John's Wood and I am already nervous. I couldn't find anything specific about St John's Wood. Conveyancing will be needed in due course but do you know about the St John's Wood area? or perhaps some other tips you can share?
Rather than looking online forget looking online you should go and have a look at St John's Wood. In the meantime here are some basic statistics that we found
A licensed conveyancer handled my conveyancing in St John's Wood 8 years past having archived my registration documents but has now closed – how do I get hold of them?
Title deeds, as such, are no longer appropriate for the majority of homes in St John's Wood are recorded digitally at Land Registry. If you need to show evidence of proprietorship or are disposing of or refinancing your conveyancer should obtain up to date copies of the register from the Land Registry in any case.
If you feel there may be other documents or you have any other queries please e-mail your request with details of the transaction and documents you need to filerequest@clc-uk.org. The CLC will let you know what information they have and any additional information they may need before they are in a position to identify and send the documents to you. Following an intervention it may take some time for the CLC to access archived files and documents, but your request will be actioned with reasonable haste.