Is there a search tool that I can use to check that the solicitor conducting my conveyancing in Great Sankey is on the mortgage lender’sconveyancing panel? I am looking to avoid the situation of having one lawyer for me and one for National Westminster Bank thus paying £175.00 in additional legal bill.
Please do take advantage of the find a lender approved solicitor tool on this site. Pick the lender and type ‘Great Sankey’ or your preferred area and you will see a number of lawyer based in Great Sankey or nearest you.
A relative recommended that if I am purchasing in Great Sankey I should ask my conveyancer to carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?
This is a search is sometimes included in the estimate for your Great Sankey conveyancing searches. It is not a small report of about 40 pages, listing and setting out important information about Great Sankey around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the local Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime details, Great Sankey Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data concerning Great Sankey.
I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold issue on a house I put an offer in a fortnight ago in what should have been a quick, chain free conveyancing. Great Sankey is the location of the property. Can you shed any light on this issue?
Flying freeholds in Great Sankey are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Great Sankey you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds thoroughly. Your mortgage company may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Great Sankey may decide that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold property.
I'm remortgaging my current property to a BTL loan with Chelsea Building Society and I will use the rest of the raised equity towards a second house. The area we are interested in is Great Sankey. Will your solicitors be able to act for both sets of lenders and link together the two deals?
Do use our comparison tool on this site to check that the solicitors are on the appropriate lender panels. Assuming that they are the solicitor should be able to tie up the two conveyancing matters but you should have a chat with you lawyer and specify your desired outcome and needs.
In my capacity as executor for the estate of my father I am disposing of a residence in Newport but I am based in Great Sankey. My lawyer (approximately 260 kilometers from mehas requested that I execute a stat dec ahead of completion. Could you suggest a conveyancing lawyer in Great Sankey who can attest and place their company stamp on the document?
Technically speaking you should not be required to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily or notary public or solicitor will do regardless of whether they are Great Sankey based