Can I use your services to find a Conveyancing solicitor in Hanley even if I’m not buying or selling a house, for example where I want to acquire a shop in Hanley with a loan from The Royal Bank of Scotland?

The service is predominantly utilised to get a quote from domestic conveyancing solicitors in Hanley but we have recorded towards the bottom of this page a selection of Hanley commercial conveyancing firms. You will need to speak with the firm directly to see if they can also act for The Royal Bank of Scotland

The Hanley conveyancing solicitors that I appointed last week on my purchase in Hanley have without warning closed. They were on acting for me because I needed a lawyer on the Co-operative conveyancing panel and my family Hanley lawyer was not. I gave my credit card details for them to take £195 for searches. What do I do now?

If you have an estate agent involved then let them know immediately so that they advise the vendors that there may be a slight delay due to reasons beyond your control. Most sellers would be sympathetic and urge their lawyer to send a new set of papers to your new solicitors. You should appoint new lawyers that are on the Co-operative conveyancing panel and notify the lender. If you have paid over any money, it will hopefully be held by the SRA as money in an intervened firm's bank accounts is transferred to the SRA. Then, the SRA or the intervention agent looks at the intervened firm's accounts to work out who the money belongs to. To claim your money you will need to contact the SRA. If the SRA cannot return money you are owed from the firm's bank accounts, or if they can only return part of the money, you can apply to the Compensation Fund for a grant. Your new solicitors should be in a position to assist.

Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly identified as part of conveyancing in Hanley?

Restrictive covenants can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the process of conveyancing in Hanley. 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…’

We are 18 days into a residential purchase having been directed to a firm by the estate agent to handle our conveyancing in Hanley. I am not happy. Could you help me find new lawyers?

They would need to be very poor in order to consider changing them. Has the mortgage offer been sent? If so you will need to inform them of the new contact details and have the offer are re-sent. Your new conveyancer should be on the lenders panel to avoid supplemental charges and frustration. That should be your starting point. Our find a solicitor tool can help you find a lender approved solicitor for your home move in Hanley

Can you provide any top tips for leasehold conveyancing in Hanley from the perspective of saving time on the sale process?

• Much of the delay in leasehold conveyancing in Hanley can be reduced if you get in touch lawyers the minute your agents start marketing the property and ask them to collate the leasehold information which will be required by the purchasers’ solicitors.
If you have the benefit of shareholding in the Management Company, you should make sure that you have the original share document. Organising a replacement share certificate can be a lengthy process and slows down many a Hanley home move. Where a reissued share certificate is required, you should approach the company director and secretary or managing agents (where applicable) for this sooner rather than later. If you have had conflict with your landlord or managing agents it is essential that these are settled prior to the flat being put on the market. The purchasers and their solicitors will be reluctant to purchase a property where there is an ongoing dispute. You may need to swallow your pride and discharge any arrears of service charge or resolve the dispute prior to the buyers completing the purchase. It is therefore preferable to have any dispute settled prior to the contract papers being issued to the buyers’ solicitors. You are still duty bound to disclose particulars of the dispute to the buyers, but it is better to present the dispute as historic rather than unsettled. Many landlords or Management Companies in Hanley charge for providing management packs for a leasehold property. You or your lawyers should find out the actual amount of the charges. The management pack can be applied for on or before finding a buyer, thus accelerating the process. The average time it takes to receive management information is three weeks. It is the most frequent reason for frustration in leasehold conveyancing in Hanley.

Hanley Leasehold Conveyancing - A selection of Questions you should consider Prior to buying

If a Hanley lease has no more than eighty years it will affect the value of the apartment. Check with your mortgage company that they are willing to to proceed given the lease term. A short lease means that you will most likely have to extend the lease at some point and it is worth finding out what this will be. Remember, in most cases you would be required to have been the owner of the residence for 24 months before you are eligible to extend the lease. What prohibitions are contained in the Hanley Lease? Is the freehold reversion owned jointly by the leaseholders?