My previous conveyancer has given a fee estimate £1200 for no sale no fee conveyancing in Penrith. I am hoping to sell a purpose built property for £225,000. Are these conveyancing fees excessive? Is it in excess of what I should be paying for conveyancing in Penrith?
The quote is slightly on the high side. If you shop around you could reduce the fees marginally by as much as £125. On the other hand, you mightlive to regret opting for an a cheaper lawyer. If is important to check the conveyancer can also act for your mortgage company. Do use our search tool to select a Penrith conveyancing practice on the banks conveyancing panel which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Penrith.
I require conveyancing for an apartment in a fairly new development (seven years old) in Penrith. The vast majority the appartments have already been occupied. Do I need carry out the local searches as part of conveyancing in Penrith?
You would be putting yourself at risk in refusing to carrying out Penrith conveyancing searches. Without searches you have no clarity over flooding, environmental etc which may mean you walk away due to potential problems down the line. If you are buying without a mortgage there is no legal necessity to have them, but we would seriously advise in no uncertain terms that your lawyer conducts them. If accelerating the process and price are top of your concerns you should consider with your conveyancer about the viability of search insurance
Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to my property can not be found. The conveyancers who handled the conveyancing in Penrith 4 years ago are no longer around. Will I be able to sell the house?
Gone are the days when you need to have the physical deeds to prove you are the owner of your registered land or premises, given that the Land Registry hold details of all registered land or property electronically.
I am looking for a flat up to £305k and identified one round the corner in Penrith I like with a park and transport links nearby, the downside is that it only has 51 years unexpired on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Penrith suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error acquiring a lease with such few years left?
Should you require a home loan the shortness of the lease will be problematic. Discount the price by the amount the lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the existing proprietor has owned the property for at least 2 years you may request that they commence the lease extension formalities and pass it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the current lease with a zero ground rent applied. You should speak to your conveyancing solicitor about this.
Given that I will soon part with hundreds of thousands of pounds on a garden flat in Penrith I would like to have a conversation with the solicitor regarding thehouse move prior to instructing the firm. Is this something that you can arrange?
We could not agree more - it is our preference to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you first talking to the solicitor who will be conducting your conveyancing in Penrith.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - each client is an important person, not a case number. The solicitors that we put you in touch with believe that the fees you are provided with for residential conveyancing in Penrith should be the amount on the final invoice that you are charged.