We were about to retain a conveyancing solicitor in Northwick Park listed on your site but stumbled across alternative fee calculations via the web seem less pricey – how come?
You can find hundreds of conveyancers marketing at first sight what seems to be very low prices. We suggest that you think long and hard about how much you respect your own move to want to take 'cheap' risks in relation to the quality of the conveyancing. Some hide fees deep into the terms and conditions. The conveyancers that we put forward for conveyancing in Northwick Park will notdo this.
We're in Northwick Park, FTBs purchasing with a mortgage (lender is RBS , and our solicitor is on the RBS conveyancing panel). How long should the conveyancing process take?
The fact that your lawyer is on the RBS conveyancing panel is a help. It would almost certainly delay matters if they were not. However, no conveyancing practitioner should guarantee a timeframe for your conveyancing, due to third parties outside of your control such as delays caused by lenders,conveyancing search providers or by the other side’s solicitors. The time taken is often determined by the number of parties in a chain.
My wife and I have a 4 bedroom Victorian house in Northwick Park. Conveyancing solicitor represented me and The Royal Bank of Scotland. I happened to do a free search for it on the Land Registry database and I saw two entries: the first freehold, another for leasehold under the exact same address. Is it worth asking The Royal Bank of Scotland to clarify?
You need to read the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register as there may be mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered proprietor of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Northwick Park and other locations in the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they sell they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with purchasers. You can also check the position with the conveyancing practitioner who completed the work.
I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold issue on a property I put an offer in a fortnight ago in what was supposed to be a simple, no chain conveyancing. Northwick Park is where the house is located. Is there any advice you can impart?
Flying freeholds in Northwick Park are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Northwick Park you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds thoroughly. Your bank may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Northwick Park may ascertain 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 need to retain a conveyancing solicitor for residential conveyancing in Northwick Park. I have land on a web site which seems to have the ideal offering If it is possible to get all formalities completed via email that would be ideal. Should I be wary? What should out be looking out for?
As usual with these online conveyancers you need to read ALL the small print - did you notice the extra charge for dealing with the mortgage?