Having been told to check out your company we were going to go ahead with a conveyancing solicitor in Colindale listed on your site but have come across some other quotes on the internet seem less pricey – how come?

One can find plenty of firms promoting pretending to offer cut-price conveyancing, unfortunately it’s common in such cases for supplementalcosts result in the final fee markedly uplifted. In accordance with regulatory requirements costs listed in terms and conditions should be honest and reasonable and be applied The solicitors that we list for conveyancing in Colindale set out all charges for the property you plan tobuy.

The Colindale conveyancing firm handling our Colindale conveyancing has uncovered a discrepancy between the surveyor’s assumptions in the home valuation survey and what is revealed within the conveyancing documents. My solicitor has advised that he must check that the bank is OK with this discrepancy and is still content to lend. Is my lawyer’s course or action appropriate?

Your conveyancer must comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook specifications which do require that your lawyer disclose any incorrect assumptions in the lender’s valuation report and the legal papers. Should you refuse to allow your lawyer to make the appropriate notification then your lawyer will have no choice but to discontinue acting for both parties.

Have just purchased a probate house at auction in Colindale. Conveyancing is needed. What happens now?

Having legally committed yourself to purchase you will need to instruct a conveyancing practitioner as a matter of urgency as you are facing a fast approaching deadline in which to complete the transaction. An auction property will ordinarily have an associated legal set of papers. This will likely include evidence of title and search results. Where you are dealing with leasehold premises the conveyancing pack should include a copy of the lease, management information and a sellers leasehold information form and other conveyancing documentation specific to leasehold premises. You must give this to the solicitor instructed by you at the earliest opportunity. You also need to ensure that you have funds in order to complete the transaction on the set completion date.

Is it the case that all Colindale conveyancing solicitors on the Coventry BS conveyancing panel are overseen by the SRA?

As a firm of solicitors, in order to be on the Coventry BS approved list of solicitors they would need to be governed by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority. Some mortgage companies do allow licenced conveyancers on their panel in which case such organisation would be regulated by the CLC.

My wife and I are in the process of looking at apartments in Colindale and I am about to put in an offer. Is it advisable to have a solicitor on ‘stand by’? I will be getting a mortgage with Coventry BS.

You should start obtaining conveyancing estimates from solicitors ASAP. After you have chosen your lawyer and once your offer is accepted you can instruct them to work for you and pass their contact information on to the selling agent. As you are seeking a mortgage with Coventry BS, ask your prospective lawyers if they are on the Coventry BS conveyancing panel otherwise they can't do the mortgage legal work.

As co-executor for the estate of my aunt I am disposing of a property in Newport but I am based in Colindale. My lawyer (based 235 kilometers awayneeds me to execute a stat dec prior to completion. Could you suggest a conveyancing practitioner in Colindale who can attest this legal document for me?

strictly speaking you should not be required to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally any notary public or qualified solicitor will do regardless of whether they are Colindale based

My lender have just issued us with a mortgage offer. We appointed a reputable conveyancer in Colindale last week. Today, our financial adviser phoned to advise us that the mortgage company said that we cannot use our solicitor as they aren't on their panel. As FTB's, we had no idea that the lender had some control over our choice Is this permitted?

You can actually appoint any conveyancing solicitor you prefer to use including the said conveyancer in Colindale however if they are not on the your lender's panel you would have to fork out additional cost so the bank can instruct their own lawyers. It may be conceivable that your preferred conveyancing firm to get added to the lender panel. Do make the most of online search facilities such as lenderpanel.com to find a conveyancing solcitor in Colindale on the lender panel. You can go into your local bank branch in Colindale. They can recommend conveyancing solicitors in Colindale on the panel for your bank.