We are purchasing a property and require a conveyancing solicitor in Settle who is on the UBS approved panel. Can you recommend a local solicitor?
Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for UBS . We don't recommend any particular firms conducting conveyancing in Settle.
A friend advised me that where I am buying in Settle I should ask my conveyancer to perform a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?
A search of this type is sometimes included in the estimate for your Settle conveyancing searches. It is a large document of more than thirty pages, listing and detailing important information about Settle around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the local Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime details, Local Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data concerning Settle.
Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to our home can not be found. The lawyers who conducted the conveyancing in Settle 10 years ago no longer exist. Will I be able to sell the house?
You no longer need to hold title original deeds to prove you are the owner of your registered land or property, as the Land Registry have everything they need in a digital format.
I decided to have a survey carried out on a house in Settle before appointing lawyers. I have been advised that there is a flying freehold element to the property. The surveyor advised that some lenders tend refuse to issue a mortgage on a flying freehold property.
It depends who your proposed lender is. Bank of Scotland has different instructions for example to Nationwide. Should you wish to call us we can check via the appropriate bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Settle. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Settle to see if the conveyancing costs will increase in light of this.
I am looking for a conveyancing practitioner in Settle for my home move. Is it possible to review a solicitor's complaints history with the legal regulator?
You can read published Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) determinations resulting from investigations from 2008 onwards. Go to Check a solicitor's record. To find information Pre 2008, or to check a solicitors record, ring 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and 09.30 - 18.00 Tuesday. For callers outside the UK, call +44 (0)121 329 6800. The SRA could recorded call for training reasons.