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Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Barnes

Can the conveyancing solicitors indexed on your site handle right to buy conveyancing in Barnes?

We have identified a variety of conveyancing practitioners carrying out right to buy conveyancing matters Please get in touch with the lawyers listed in order to secure a conveyancing quote.

Why is leasehold purchase conveyancing in Barnes costs more?

Barnes leasehold properties involve far more paperwork than a freehold purchase, and therefore takes more time to examine and advise upon.Conveyancing will involve the lease having to be checked which is usually a lengthy document, queries raised to ensure that the covenants and conditions have been observed. If it is a flat there will be a management company in existence and the accounts of this will need to be checked and enquiries raised to ensure it is operating efficiently and that all monies due have been paid by the Seller to the company and if not ensuring that money is paid up to date or the appropriate undertakings obtained.

Forgive me if this question is silly but I am wet behind the ears as a first time buyer of a two bedroom flat in Barnes. Do I collect the keys to the property on completion from my solicitor? If this is the case, I will appoint a High Street conveyancing solicitor in Barnes?

On the day of completion you will not be required to go to the conveyancers office in Barnes. Your solicitors will transfer the completion advance to the seller's conveyancers, and shortly after the monies have arrived, you should be called to receive the keys from the selling Agents and start moving into the property. Usually this occurs early afternoon.

We have a mortgage agreed in principle with Principality. Barnes conveyancing solicitors were selected. What is the average time that one could expect to receive a mortgage offer from Principality?

There is no definitive answer here. Have Principality conducted the valuation? Have you advised Principality as to your lawyers' details and checked that your lawyers are on the Principality conveyancing panel? Sometimes it can take as long as six weeks for a mortgage offer to be issued.

Planning on purchasing a apartment in Barnes. I have received an online quote from a licenced conveyancer, which states: "There will be no charge for dealing with the Building Society if you are obtaining a mortgage". I take this to mean that there will be no additional fee if the solicitor is on the Co-operative conveyancing panel. I wanted to make sure it means there will be no additional fees for dealing with the mortgage.

They are simply saying that the cost for acting for the lender is included in the fee being quoted. It is worth you checking that the Barnes lawyer is on the Co-operative conveyancing panel.

I understand that there are debates on Chancel Insurance on online forums. Am I compelled to take this when buying a property in Barnes? or I am told that there is an ancient law that means some house owners living in a parish church boundary may be liable to pay for repairs towards the chancel in proximity to the church. Is this relevant for conveyancing in Barnes?

Unless a prior acquisition of the premises took place post 12 October 2013 you may take it that conveyancing practitioners delivering conveyancing in Barnes to remain encouraging a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.

A licensed conveyancer handled my conveyancing in Barnes seven years past having stored my deeds but has now closed – how do I retreive these?

Title deeds, as such, no longer exist as the majority of homes in Barnes are archived digitally at Land Registry. Should you need to prove ownership or are selling or refinancing your property lawyer can 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.

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