Is there a reason why leasehold purchase conveyancing in St Helier costs more?
St Helier leasehold properties involve far more paperwork than a freehold purchase, and therefore takes more time to examine and advise upon.Conveyancing will involve the lease having to be checked which is usually a lengthy document, queries raised to ensure that the covenants and conditions have been observed. If it is a flat there will be a management company in existence and the accounts of this will need to be checked and enquiries raised to ensure it is operating efficiently and that all monies due have been paid by the Seller to the company and if not ensuring that money is paid up to date or the appropriate undertakings obtained.
There are a variety of conveyancing solicitors in St Helier but how do I know who's good?
We would encourage you not to base your choice on the cheapest St Helier conveyancing fees. You really do get what you pay for when it comes to conveyancing solicitors. A cheap quote may mean that the conveyancing solicitor is handling a lot of jobs at one time and you won’t get the quality of service and the attention that you need. It is, however, wise to use a conveyancer who has a fixed fee on a no sale, no fee basis. This way, you go into the conveyancing with your eyes wide open.
I am the sole beneficiary of my late grandmother’s estate with all property in now in my sole name, including the house in St Helier. Conveyancing formalities meant that the Land Registry date was in November. I want to move. I understand that there is a CML six month 'rule', meaning my proprietorship could be regarded the same way as though I had purchased the property in November. Do I have to wait 6 months to sell?
The CML handbook instructs solicitors to: "report to us immediately if the owner or registered proprietor has been registered for less than six months." By the strict wording you might be caught by that. many banks would take a pragmatic view as this clause primarily exists to identify subsales or the flipping of properties.
My wife and I have arranged a further advance on our mortgage from Clydesdale as we wish to carry out alterations to our property in St Helier. Do we need to appoint a nearby St Helier solicitor on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel to handle the legals?
Clydesdale do not ordinarily instruct firms on their approved list of lawyers to handle such a matter. If they do require any legal work then you would need to ensure that such a lawyer was on the Clydesdale list.
My friend suggested that where I am buying in St Helier I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?
This is a search is sometimes quoted for as part of the standard St Helier conveyancing searches. It is not a small report of more than thirty pages, listing and setting out significant information about St Helier 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 House Prices, Crime statistics, Local Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information concerning St Helier.
I have recentlyfound out that Stirling Law have been shut down. They conducted my conveyancing in St Helier for a purchase of a leasehold apartment 9 months ago. How can I check that my home is not still registered in the name of the former proprietor?
The quickest way to check if the property is registered to you, you can make a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of St Helier conveyancing specialists.
Is it possible to transfer to a new conveyancer as I need to appoint a firm on the TSB conveyancing panel. I hired a family conveyancing solicitor in St Helier round the corner but he is not approved by TSB
It would be our pleasure to help you select a conveyancing solicitor in St Helier on the TSB panel. Please note that the solicitors that we work with do not pay us commission if you instruct them and are under regulation of the Solicitors Regulation Authority who regulate all conveyancing solicitors in St Helier. In utilising search facility on this page, you can compare fees for conveyancing solicitors in St Helier and throughout England and Wales.