My fiance’s step-father is a conveyancer. I expect that I'll be able to get mate’s rates for conveyancing, However if that does not come materialise, what kind of figure should I be paying for conveyancing in Addington?
You should contrast pricing. Do use our search tool on this page. The charges do be different but the service one can expect differ between property lawyers as is the case with the vast majority of professional services.
It is a dozen years since I purchased my home in Addington. Conveyancing solicitors have just been appointed on the sale but I am unable to find my deeds. Is this a problem?
Don’t worry too much. Firstly the deeds may be kept by your mortgage company or they could be in the possession of the lawyers who acted in your purchase. Secondly the chances are that the title will be recorded at the land registry and you will be able to establish that you own the property by your conveyancing solicitors procuring up to date copy of the land registers. Nearly all conveyancing in Addington relates to registered property but in the unlikely event that your property is not registered it adds to the complexity but is resolvable.
My friend suggested that if I am purchasing in Addington I should ask my conveyancer to carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?
This is a search is sometimes included in the estimate for your Addington conveyancing searches. It is a large document of about 40 pages, listing and detailing significant information about Addington around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Addington Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime statistics, Local Education with plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data regarding Addington.
It has been three months following my purchase conveyancing in Addington took place. I have checked the Land Registry site which shows that I paid £200,000 when infact I paid £170,000. Why the discrepancy?
The price paid figure is taken from the application to register the purchase. It is the figure included in the Transfer (the legal deed which transfers the residence from one person to the other) and referred to as the 'consideration' or purchase price. You can report an error in the price paid figure using the LR online form. In most cases errors result from typos so at first glance the figure. Do report it so they can double check and advise.
My partner has recommend that I appoint his conveyancing solicitors in Addington. Do I follow his advice?
There are no two ways about it the best way to choose a conveyancing lawyer is to seek guidance from friends or relatives who have experience in using the conveyancer you're contemplating using.
I pay a service charge for my appartment in Addington. As a result of poor financial planning I fell into arrears with payments. The managing agents agreed a clearance plan but there is still a couple of currently due.
I want to sell and I am nervous that this can threaten to derail the sale if I have to pay off the arrears in advance. Do I have to settle before - is this viable?
You should clarify with the conveyancer conducting your Addington conveyancing but one option may be to arrange for the arrears to be attributed to the purchasers. The purchase price payable would be reduced to reflect the amount of debt they assume. They could then pay the outstanding monies following completion of the purchase.