We are purchasing a property and require a conveyancing solicitor in Windsor who is on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel. Can you recommend a local solicitor?
Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Kent Reliance . We don't recommend any particular firms conducting conveyancing in Windsor.
Should my conveyancer be asking questions regarding flooding during the conveyancing in Windsor.
The risk of flooding is if increasing concern for conveyancers dealing with homes in Windsor. Plenty of people will acquire a house in Windsor, completely aware that at some time, it may be flooded. However, aside from the physical destruction, where a house is at risk of flooding, it may be difficult to obtain a mortgage, suitable building insurance, or sell the property. There are steps that can be taken as part of the conveyancing process to forewarn the purchaser.
Lawyers are not qualified to offer advice on flood risk, however there are a number of checks that can be carried out by the purchaser or by their conveyancers which will give them a better understanding of the risks in Windsor. The conventional set of completed inquiry forms given to a purchaser’s lawyer (where the Conveyancing Protocol is adopted) incorporates a usual inquiry of the vendor to discover if the property has suffered from flooding. If the premises has been flooded in past and is not notified by the seller, then a buyer may issue a legal claim for losses as a result of such an incorrect reply. The buyer’s solicitors will also commission an environmental report. This will indicate if there is any known flood risk. If so, additional inquiries should be conducted.
I am purchasing my first flat in Windsor with a loan from Bank of Scotland. The developers would not budge the amount so I negotiated £7000 of extras instead. The sale representative advised me not inform my solicitor about this side-deal as it could affect my loan with the lender. Do I keep my lawyer in the dark?.
All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the developer 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.
How simple is it to change solicitor as I need to instruct one who is on the Yorkshire Building Society conveyancing panel. I was using a family conveyancing solicitor in Windsor five minutes from me but the firm is not accepted by Yorkshire Building Society
It would be our pleasure to help you find a conveyancing solicitor in Windsor on the Yorkshire Building Society panel. Please note that the solicitors that we work with do not pay us fee if you instruct them and are under regulation of the SRA who oversee all conveyancing solicitors in Windsor. Using search facility on this website, you can compare and instruct different solicitors and conveyancers both nationally and in Windsor.
Are the Windsor conveyancing lawyers identified as being on the lender conveyancing panel, together with their details provided by the bank?
Windsor firms and firms conducting conveyancing in Windsor themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the lender conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from the mortgage company directly.