My partner’s mother is a solicitor. I expect that I will receive mate’s pricing for conveyancing, However if that does not come through, what kind of costs would I typically be looking at for conveyancing in Llanharan?
It’s a good idea to get two or three conveyancing quotes. Make use of our search tool on this page. Whilst amounts seem to contrast greatly but the service one can expect differ between solicitors as is true with the vast majority of professional services.
A relative recommended that where I am purchasing in Llanharan I should ask my conveyancer to execute a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?
A search of this type is sometimes quoted for as part of the standard Llanharan conveyancing searches. It is not a small document of more than thirty pages, listing and setting out important information about Llanharan around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Llanharan Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime statistics, Local Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information regarding Llanharan.
My wife and I purchased a renovated Edwardian house in Llanharan. Conveyancing lawyer acted for me and Norwich and Peterborough Building Society. I happened to do a free search for it on the Land Registry database and I saw two entries: one for freehold, another for leasehold under the exact same property. If a house is not a freehold shouldn't I have been informed?
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 Llanharan and other areas of 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 lenders. You can also check the situation with the conveyancing lawyer who conducted the work.
I am buying my first flat in Llanharan with a loan from The Mortgage Works. The sellers would not move on the price so I negotiated 6k of extras instead. The property agent told me not reveal to my lawyer about this deal as it may put at risk my mortgage with the bank. Do I keep my lawyer in the dark?.
All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.
Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.
Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.
Should I choose a Llanharan conveyancing lawyer based in the vicinity that I am purchasing? I have an old university friend who can perform the legal work but they are based approximately 350kilometers away.
The benefit of a local Llanharan conveyancing firm is that you can visit the firm to execute documents, deliver your identification documents and apply pressure on them where appropriate. Having local Llanharan know how is a plus. That being said it's more important to get someone that will do a good and efficient job. If if people you trust instructed your friend and on the whole were content that should outweigh using an unknown Llanharan conveyancing lawyer solely due to them being Llanharan based.