Should lawyers ask for an advanced payment for conveyancing in Morriston?
Where you are retaining lawyers for conveyancing in Morriston your solicitor will request that you put them with monies to cover the search fees. Normally this is needed to cover the fees of the Local Authority Search. When the down payment is as part of the sale price then this will be required immediately in advance of contracts are exchanged. Any further balance that is due will be payable a couple of days prior to the day of completion.
I am purchasing a garden flat in Morriston. Can I do my own conveyancing?
Leaving aside the complexities and merits of DIY conveyancing in Morriston you will have to appoint a solicitor on your mortgage company's conveyancing panel to look after their interests. Most people therefore find it easier to let the solicitor act for them and the lender. Furthermore there is minimal cost savings to be made in you doing conveyancing for yourself and another lawyer conducting the conveyancing for the lender. Please feel free to use the search tool to find a lawyer on your lender panel in Morriston.
We are close to exchanging contracts on the sale of our property in Morriston and the buyers lawyers are claiming that there is a risk of it being constructed land that was not decontaminated. Any local conveyancer would know that there is no such problem. For the life of me I don't know why the purchasers instructed a nationwide conveyancing outfit rather than a conveyancing solicitor in Morriston. Having lived in Morriston for three years we know of no issue. Do we get in touch with our local Authority to get confirmation that the buyers are looking for.
It would appear that you have a conveyancing firm currently acting for you. What do they say? You need to enquire of your lawyer before you do anything. It is very possible that once the local authority has been informed of a potential issue it cannot be insured against (a bit like being diagnosed with a serious illness and then taking out health insurance to cover that same ailment)
I decided to have a survey done on a property in Morriston ahead of instructing conveyancers. I have been told that there is a flying freehold overhang to the house. Our surveyor has said that some lenders may not issue a loan on a flying freehold property.
It varies from the lender to lender. Bank of Scotland has different requirements from Halifax. If you call us we can investigate further with the relevant mortgage company. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Morriston. Conveyancing may be slightly more expensive based on your lender's requirements.
Am I best advised to go with a Morriston conveyancing practitioner who is local to the property I am purchasing? An old friend can conduct the legal formalities but her office is over three hundred kilometers away.
The benefit of a local Morriston conveyancing firm is that you can drop in to sign paperwork, present your identification documents and apply pressure on them where appropriate. Having local Morriston know how is a benefit. However it's more important to get someone that will do a good and efficient job. If if people you trust used your friend and the majority were impressed that must surpass using an unknown Morriston conveyancing lawyer solely due to them being local.