My mortgage broker has asked me for my Welling lawyer’ panel reference for the Santander conveyancing panel. How do I find this out. I have called my local Welling office but they have not responded to me.
You are best placed to get this information from your Welling conveyancing practitioner . They keep a central record lender panel numbers.
Having sold my house in Welling last September but my buyer keeps calling every few hours complaining that his solicitor is waiting to hear from mysolicitor. What are the post completion sale legalities following completion?
After completion of your sale your conveyancer should send the transfer deeds and all supplemental paperwork to the purchaser's solicitors. Where appropriate, your solicitor should also confirm that the mortgage has been repaid to the buyers solicitors. There is unlikely to be post completion requirements unique to conveyancing in Welling.
Do I need to have a meeting at the offices of the solicitor to execute the mortgage deed? If so, I will choose one who does conveyancing in Welling so that I can pop in to their offices when needed.
Whereas this was necessary twenty years ago, the vast majority mortgage companies no longer need their conveyancing panel solicitor to witness the borrowers signature. You will still be obliged to hand over ID documents and there are still manifest advantages to instructing a locally based practitioner, in your situation a conveyancing solicitor in Welling.
What can a local search inform me regarding the house my wife and I purchasing in Welling?
Welling conveyancing often commences with the ordering local authority searches directly from your local Authority or via a personal search organisations for example PSG The local search plays a central part in many a Welling conveyancing purchase; that is if you don’t want any unpleasant once you have moved into your property. The search will supply information on, amongst other things, details on planning applications applicable to the premises (whether granted or refused), building control history, any enforcement action, restrictions on permitted development, nearby road schemes, contaminated land and radon gas; in all a total of 13 subject headings.
Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly picked up as part of conveyancing in Welling?
Restrictive covenants can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the legal transfer of property in Welling. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’