Willappointing a Walton on the Naze conveyancing solicitor make the ownership transfer easier?

Walton on the Naze is a unique place, where regional knowledge counts for a lot. The laid-back lifestyle has an upside – but not for your conveyancing. The solicitors that we recommend possess vast Walton on the Naze intelligence with a positive, can doapproach that ensures everything runs smoothly. It is a distinct advantage where they benefit from well established rapport with financial advisers, estate agents, valuers and other Walton on the Naze conveyancing firms

I am helping my mother sell her flat in Walton on the Naze. Does the solicitor order an energy performance certificate or do I organise this?

Following the abolition of Home Information Packs, energy assessments remained a compulsory component of moving property. An EPC must be commissioned prior to the property being marketed. It is not something that solicitors ordinarily organise. If you are instructing a Walton on the Naze conveyancing practitioner they might be willing to arrange energy assessments due to their contacts with long established Walton on the Naze assessors

I am expecting a DIP from Lloyds this week so we know how much we could potentially offer as otherwise we only have online calculators to go by (which aren't taking into account credit checks etc). Do Lloyds recommend any Walton on the Naze solicitors on the Lloyds conveyancing panel, or is it better to find our own lawyer?

You will need to appoint Walton on the Naze solicitors independently although you'll need to choose one on the Lloyds conveyancing panel. The solicitor represents both you and Lloyds through the process.

I have today made my last payment due on my mortgage with Aldermore. I assume I don't need a Walton on the Naze conveyancing practitioner on the Aldermore panel to discharge the mortgage at the Land Registry. Please confirm.

If you have finished paying off your Aldermore mortgage, they may send you evidence showing that you have paid it off. Alternatively they may notify the Land Registry directly. The Land Registry need to see this evidence before they will remove the Aldermore mortgage from the register. Aldermore, and any evidence they send you, will determine the action you need to take. In cases where no conveyancer is acting for you and you have paid off your mortgage:

1. but are not moving to another property
2. where Aldermore has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
3. Aldermore has instructed the Land Registry to do so

Will our solicitor be asking questions concerning flooding during the conveyancing in Walton on the Naze.

The risk of flooding is if increasing concern for lawyers conducting conveyancing in Walton on the Naze. There are those who buy a house in Walton on the Naze, completely expectant that at some time, it may suffer from flooding. However, leaving to one side the physical destruction, where a house is at risk of flooding, it may be difficult to get a mortgage, satisfactory insurance cover, or dispose of the premises. There are steps that can be taken as part of the conveyancing process to forewarn the purchaser.

Conveyancers are not qualified to impart advice on flood risk, but there are a various checks that can be undertaken by the purchaser or by their lawyers which will give them a better appreciation of the risks in Walton on the Naze. The standard information given to a purchaser’s solicitor (where the Conveyancing Protocol is adopted) includes a usual question of the seller to determine whether the premises has ever been flooded. If flooding has previously occurred which is not disclosed by the seller, then a purchaser could commence a legal claim for losses as a result of such an incorrect reply. The purchaser’s lawyers should also carry out an environmental search. This will higlight whether there is any known flood risk. If so, additional investigations should be initiated.

I used Wolstenholmes a few years past for my conveyancing in Walton on the Naze. I now require my file however cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?

You should call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Walton on the Naze of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously used, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

How much experience do your Walton on the Naze conveyancing solicitors have with Help To Buy, Shared Equity and similar schemes?

Walton on the Naze conveyancing lawyers help thousands of buyers move home every year and supported plenty of clients through the Help To Buy scheme. The chances are that whatever makes your case unique Walton on the Naze conveyancers have worked on recent similar cases.