Having sold my house in Scotter last August yet the purchaser is calling daily to say their lawyer is waiting to hear from mine. What should have happened following completion?
Following your house sale your solicitor is obliged to deliver the transfer deeds and all additional paperwork to the purchaser's solicitors. Depending on the transaction, your lawyer should also evidence that the legal charge in favour of the lender has been redeemed to the purchasers lawyers. There is unlikely to be post completion tasks just for conveyancing in Scotter.
I am told that my conveyancing solicitors will need to check that the building insurance for my purchase of a house in Scotter. My lender is Virgin
Virgin have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 3/2/2026, the requirements read as follows :
I used Action Conveyancing a few years past for my conveyancing in Scotter. I now require my papers but the law firm is no longer operating. What do I do?
You should call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Scotter of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously used, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
I am looking for a ground for flat up to £235,500 and identified one near me in Scotter I like with open areas and railway links in the vicinity, the downside is that it's only got 49 remaining years left on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Scotter suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake purchasing a lease with such few years left?
Should you need a home loan the shortness of the lease may be an issue. Reduce the price by the anticipated lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the existing proprietor has owned the premises for a minimum of twenty four months you may ask them to start the process of the extension and then assign it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the existing lease term with a zero ground rent applied. You should speak to your conveyancing lawyer concerning this.
Can you refer me to a trustworthy Scotter conveyancing practitioner for buying an apartment? A relative suggested one but their quote was £1250 for a 175k property. That seems a wee bit steep. The mortgage company will be Clydesdale.
LenderPanel.com is limited to being a directory service for conveyancing practitioners who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Clydesdale in certain areas such as Scotter . Our intention is not to recommend any particular lawyer.