How do I find the right solicitor to give a high level service for my conveyancing in Holbeach?

First ask your friends and family who they used in the past and if they were happy with the service.

Second, use a search tool on the internet for conveyancing in Holbeach. Pick up the phone to a couple or more firms from the list and request that they send you their conveyancing fees and discuss your needs with the solicitor who will handle the conveyancing beforecommitting.

Option 3 is to make use of this site to help you find the right solicitors taking into account your individual expectations including location,timings, complications and who your intended mortgage company is. Don't take the bait of ninety nine pound conveyancing in Holbeach

My wife and I intend to remortgage our penthouse in Holbeach with Co-operative. We have a son approaching twenty who lives with us. Our solicitor requested us to identify any adults other than ourselves who reside at the property. The solicitor has now sent a form for our son to sign, waiving any legal rights in the event that the property is repossessed. I have a couple of questions (1) Is this document specific to the Co-operative conveyancing panel as he never had to sign this form when we remortgaged 4 years ago (2) In signing this form is our son in any way compromising his right to inherit the property?

On the face of it your lawyer has done nothing wrong as it is established procedure for any occupier who is aged 17 or over to sign the necessary Consent Form, which is purely to state that any rights he has in the property are postponed and secondary to Co-operative. This is solely used to protect Co-operative if the property were re-possessed so that in such circumstances, your son would be legally obliged to leave. It does not impact your son’s right to inherit the apartment. Please note that if your son were to inherit and the mortgage in favour of Co-operative had not been discharged, he would be liable to take over the loan or pay it off, but other than that, there is nothing stopping him from keeping the property in accordance with your will or the rules of intestacy.

I am assisting my mother sell her house in Holbeach. Will the conveyancing solicitor arrange the energy assessment or it is for me to see to?

After the demise of Home Information Packs, EPC’s was kept a compulsory part of moving house. An energy assessment must be to hand in advance of the property being advertised. This is not a task that law firms ordinarily arrange. Where you are using a Holbeach conveyancing practitioner they may be able to arrange EPC’s given their contacts with long established Holbeach assessors

This question may be naive but I am wet behind the ears as FTB of a ground floor flat in Holbeach. Do I collect the keys to the property on the completion date from my conveyancer? If so, I will find a local conveyancing solicitor in Holbeach?

On the day of completion you do not need to attend the conveyancers office in Holbeach. Conveyancing lawyers for you will arrange to send the purchase money to the seller's solicitors, and shortly after the monies have arrived, you should be called to pick up the keys from the selling Agents and start moving into the property. This tends to happen between 1 and 3pm.

Can I be sure that the Holbeach conveyancing solicitor on the Yorkshire BS panel is any good?

When it comes to conveyancing in Holbeach seeking recommendations is a sensible starting point. Before you go ahead, check if they offer a no sale no fee offer. Also, you often get what you pay for - a firm which quotes more, will often provide a better service than one which is cheap as chips. We would always advocate that you speak with the lawyer carrying out your transaction.

We are purchasing a house and the solicitor has referenced Chancel Repair to which the house may be liable as it falls into the area of such a church. He has mentioned insurance. Is this really required for conveyancing in Holbeach

Unless a previous acquisition of the property completed post 12 October 2013 you may assume that solicitors conducting conveyancing in Holbeach to continue to propose a a chancel search and or chancel repair liability insurance.

I am thinking of appointing a conveyancing practitioner in Holbeach for my home move. Can I review a firm’s record with the profession’s regulator?

One can find documented Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) determinations stemming from inquisitions from 2008 onwards. Visit Check a solicitor's record. To find information about the period before 1 January 2008, or to check a solicitors history, ring 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and 09.30 - 18.00 Tuesday. For non-uk callers, call +44 (0)121 329 6800. The SRA may recorded call for training reasons.