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Common questions asked concerning the Platform Home Loans Conveyancing Panel
My lawyer is not listed on the Platform Home Loans Approved Panel. Is it possible for me to continue with my family solicitor notwithstanding that they are excluded from the Platform Home Loans approved list?
You will need to have a conveyancer complete the legal work required when you take out a Platform Home Loans mortgage to buy your property. They’ll carry out all the necessary legal checks on the property, make sure that you’re properly registered as the owner and ensure that all the necessary mortgage documentation is in place. You can instruct a conveyancing firm of your choice. However, if the firm selected is not a member of the Platform Home Loans conveyancing panel additional costs will be incurred as separate legal representation will be required by Platform Home Loans. Conveyancing panel applications can be submitted, so if your conveyancer has not previously applied for membership they can do so.
My fiance and I changing mortgage lender for our penthouse with Platform Home Loans. We have a son 19 who lives with us. The solicitor on the Platform Home Loans conveyancing panel requested us to identify anyone over the age of 17 other than ourselves who reside at the property. Our lawyer has now e-mailed a document for our son to sign, waiving any legal rights in the event that the property is forfeited by the lender. I have a couple of concerns (1) Is this form unique to the Platform Home Loans conveyancing panel as he did not need to sign this form when we remortgaged 4 years ago (2) Does our son by signing this giving up his rights to inherit the property?
On the face of it your lawyer has done nothing wrong as it is established procedure for any occupier who is aged 17 or over to sign the necessary Consent Form, which is purely to state that any rights he has in the property are postponed and secondary to Platform Home Loans .This is solely used to protect the Platform Home Loans if the property were re-possessed so that in such circumstances, your son would be legally obliged to leave.
It does not impact your son’s right to inherit the apartment. Please note that if your son were to inherit and the mortgage in favour of Platform Home Loans had not been discharged, he would be liable to take over the loan or pay it off, but other than that, there is nothing stopping him from keeping the property in accordance with your will or the rules of intestacy.
Having used your search tool I can't find the lawyer I was hoping to instruct as being on the Platform Home Loans conveyancing panel. My lawyer has said that they are on the Platform Home Loans approved panel. How can I be sure given that they are not listed on your directory?
Not all firms are yet listed on our lender panel search tool which is still relatively new. Law firms are listing on a daily basis and it is probably the case that your lawyer is on the Platform Home Loans conveyancing lawyer and you should probably take them at their word. Please do feel free to suggest that they completing their listing on our site as it would only cost them £1 a month to list themselves as being on the Platform Home Loans solicitor panel.
I am buying a garden flat and getting a mortgage with Platform Home Loans. Can I do my own conveyancing?
Leaving aside the complexities and merits of DIY conveyancing you will have to appoint a solicitor on the Platform Home Loans conveyancing panel to look after their interests. Most people therefore find it easier to let the solicitor act for them and the lender. Furthermore there is minimal cost savings to made in you doing to conveyancing for yourself and another lawyer conducting the conveyancing for the lender. Please feel free to use the search tool to find a lawyer on the Platform Home Loans conveyancing panel in your location.
When it comes to lenders such as Platform Home Loans do lawyers have to be pay a fee to be on the conveyancing panel?
We are not aware of any lender fees to be on their panel although some do charge an administration charge to deal with the processing of the conveyancing panel application.
We are getting a further advance on our mortgage from Platform Home Loans as we wish to carry out alterations or improvements our home. Do we need to appoint a solicitor on the Platform Home Loans conveyancing panel to deal with the legals?
Platform Home Loans would not normally instruct a member of their conveyancing panel to deal with such a matter. If they did require any legal work then you would need to ensure that such a lawyer was on the Platform Home Loans list
On the whole I have been dissatisfied with the level or service received from my lawyer. Is there a Platform Home Loans conveyancing panel complaints department or do I complain directly to the law firm?
Complaining to Platform Home Loans about their conveyancing panel is unlikely to yield much of a response. All solicitors and conveyancer must have a complaints procedure. Usually one can find this information from the solicitor’s or conveyancer’s website or ask at their office. They must tell you about it if you ask.
The Legal Ombudsman will make sure that your complaint is addressed by the solicitor. It can also advise you how to complain.
If a licensed conveyancer does not have a complaints procedure or will not tell you about it, contact the Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC), which will make sure that your complaint is properly dealt with by the conveyancer. Please see below for more information.
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