Can your site be used to locate a Conveyancing solicitor in West Brompton even where I’m not buying or selling a house, for example if I want to acquire a shop in West Brompton with a mortgage from Leeds Building Society?
Our search tool is predominantly used to get a quote from residential conveyancing solicitors in West Brompton but we have set out towards the bottom of this page a selection of West Brompton commercial conveyancing firms. You will need to make contact with the solicitors directly to see if they are also authorised to represent Leeds Building Society
Is it the case that all West Brompton CQS (Conveyancing Quality Scheme) solicitors are on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel?
A selection of banks and building societies now utilise the accreditation scheme as the starting point for Panel approval such as HSBC and Santander. The Law Society’s CQS accreditation however is no guarantee to lender panel acceptance. Nevertheless,the CML have indicated that it is likely to become a pre-requisite for firms wishing to join their approved list of conveyancing solicitors.
When it comes to mortgage companies such as HSBC, do West Brompton conveyancers face an annual charge to be on the conveyancing panel?
We are not aware of any bank fees to be on their list of approved firms, although some do levy an administration charge to deal with the processing of the conveyancing panel application.
I recently had an offer accepted on a house in West Brompton. My mortgage broker pressured me to appoint their conveyancer. I paid an advanced payment of £200. A couple of days later, the conveyancing practitioner contacted me embarrassingly acknowledging that they were not on the HSBC conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?
You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the HSBC panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.
Do I need to take out insurance to address the risk of chancel repairs when purchasing a house in West Brompton?
Unless a prior purchase of the premises took place after 12 October 2013 you can expect lawyers handling conveyancing in West Brompton to continue to advocate a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.
How simple is it to swap conveyancer as I need to select one who is on the Britannia conveyancing list. I had appointed a high street conveyancing solicitor in West Brompton round the corner but he is not accepted by Britannia
It would be our pleasure to assist you find a conveyancing solicitor in West Brompton on the Britannia panel. Please note that the conveyancers that we list do not pay us commission if you instruct them and are registered with the SRA who regulate all conveyancing solicitors in West Brompton. In utilising search facility on this page, you can compare and instruct different solicitors and conveyancers both nationally and in West Brompton.
I am one month into a freehold purchase having been recommend to a firm by the local agent to carry out the conveyancing in West Brompton. I am not happy. Can you help me find new lawyers?
They would need to be very poor to suggest replacing them. Has the loan offer been issued? If so you need to inform them of the replacement lawyer and ensure the loan are re-sent. Your solicitor ideally should be on the banks approved list to avoid added expenses and frustration. That should be your starting point. Our search tool will help you find a lender approved solicitor for your conveyancing in West Brompton