Is there a reason why leasehold purchase conveyancing in Oakham is more expensive?
In short, leasehold conveyancing in Oakham and elsewhere usually warrants more hours of investigation compared to freehold transactions. This includes lease investigation, corresponding with the landlord about the service of applicable notices, securing up-to-date service charge and management information, procuring the freeholder’s consents and reviewing management accounts. The obligations on both the landlord and the tenant in the lease need to be studied by the buyer’s conveyancing team and read from beginning to end – no matter how many different proprietor have owned the lease since it was first granted.
We're in Oakham, FTBs buying with a mortgage (lender is HSBC , and our solicitor is on the HSBC conveyancing panel). How long should the conveyancing process take?
The fact that your lawyer is on the HSBC conveyancing panel is a help. It would almost certainly delay matters if they were not. However, no lawyer should guarantee a timeframe for your conveyancing, due to third parties outside of your control such as delays caused by lenders,conveyancing search providers or by the other side’s solicitors. The time taken is often determined by the number of parties in a chain.
I am planning on selling our home in Oakham and according to the buyers it appears that there is a risk of it being built land that was not decontaminated. A high street Oakham conveyancer would know this is not the case. For the life of me I don't know why the purchasers used a factory type conveyancing firm as opposed to a conveyancing solicitor in Oakham. Having lived in Oakham for 5 years we know of no issue. Is it a good idea to get in touch with our local Authority to obtain confirmation that there is no issue.
It sounds as though you may have a conveyancing firm currently acting for you. Are they able to advise? You need to check with your lawyer before you do anything. It is very possible that once the local authority has been informed of a potential issue it cannot be insured against (a bit like being diagnosed with a serious illness and then taking out life insurance to cover that same illness)
How easy is it to switch solicitor as I need to choose one who is on the Skipton Building Society conveyancing panel. I was using a high street conveyancing solicitor in Oakham round the corner but the firm is not approved by Skipton Building Society
We will our best to assist in finding you a conveyancing solicitor in Oakham on the Skipton Building Society panel. Please note that the solicitors that we list do not pay us commission if you instruct them and are authorised and regulated by the SRA who regulate all conveyancing solicitors in Oakham. In utilising search facility on this page, you can compare and instruct different solicitors and conveyancers both nationally and in Oakham.
Am I better off to use a Oakham conveyancing solicitor who is local to the property I am buying? An old friend can execute the legal work however they are based 300miles drive away.
The benefit of a high street Oakham conveyancing practice is that you can visit the firm to execute paperwork, hand in your ID and apply pressure on them if necessary. They will also have local intelligence which is a plus. However it's more important to get someone that will pull out all the stops for you. If if people you trust instructed your friend and they were happy that must trump using an unfamiliar Oakham conveyancing lawyer just because they are local.