As someone unfamiliar with conveyancing in Handsworth what is your top tip you can give me for the house moving process in Handsworth

Not many law firms shout this from the rooftops but conveyancing in Handsworth or throughout England and Wales is often a confrontational experience. In other words, when it comes to conveyancing there is lots of opportunity for confrontation between you and other parties involved in the ownership transfer. For example, the seller, property agent and on occasion the bank. Appointing a lawyer for your conveyancing in Handsworth an important selection as your conveyancer is your adviser, and is the ONE party in the transaction whose role it is to look after your best interests and to protect you.

On occasion a potential adversary may attempt to convince you that you should follow their advice. For instance, the estate agent may claim to be helping by claiming that your conveyancer is dragging his heels. Or your financial adviser may try to convince you to do take action that is contrary to your conveyancers recommendation. You should always trust your lawyer above all other parties when it comes to the legal transfer of property.

Can you point me to a directory of Yorkshire BS panel conveyancers in Handsworth on the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook Website?

Unfortunately not yet. There is no such tool on the Council of Mortgage Lenders or Building Society Association sites. Very few banks make their panel listings visible over the internet. Where you are seeking to appoint a Handsworth solicitor on the Yorkshire BS please make the most of our facility.

My wife and I have organised the release of further monies on our home loan from Coventry BS as we want to conduct alterations to our home in Handsworth. Are we obliged to appoint a local Handsworth solicitor on the Coventry BS conveyancing panel to deal with the legals?

Coventry BS would not normally require a member of their conveyancing panel to deal with the formalities. If they do require any legal work then you would need to ensure that such a lawyer was on the Coventry BS conveyancing panel.

After shopping around on the internet I have found a Handsworth conveyancing practitioner having made sure that they are on the Coventry BS conveyancing panel. Does my lawyer arrange the survey of the property?

Coventry BS will need an independent valuation of the property. Your lawyer will not arrange this. Usually Coventry BS will appoint their own surveyor to do this, and you will have to pay for it. Remember that this is a valuation for mortgage purposes and not a survey. Your property lawyer will not organise the survey but they may be able to put you in touch with a local one that they recommend. RICS offers a find a surveyor service (just google it) where you can search for a qualified surveyor by your Handsworth postcode. As you are getting a mortgage with Coventry BS, you could contact them to see if they have a list of approved surveyors in Handsworth.

A friend suggested that where I am purchasing in Handsworth I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?

This is a search is usually included in the estimate for your Handsworth conveyancing searches. It is a large report of more than thirty pages, listing and setting out significant information about Handsworth around the property and the people living there. It incorporates 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 House Prices, Crime details, Local Education with plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information about Handsworth.

Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly identified during conveyancing in Handsworth?

Covenants that are restrictive in nature can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the legal transfer of property in Handsworth. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’

How difficult is it to change solicitor as I need to choose one who is on the Aldermore conveyancing panel. I had appointed a family conveyancing solicitor in Handsworth round the corner but he is not accepted by Aldermore

It would be our pleasure to help you find a conveyancing solicitor in Handsworth on the Aldermore panel. Please note that the property lawyers that we on the directory do not pay us a referral fee if you instruct them and are authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority who oversee all conveyancing solicitors in Handsworth. In utilising the find a conveyancing solicitor tool on this page, you can scrutinise charges for conveyancing solicitors in Handsworth and throughout England and Wales.