I have given 2 months notice to my existing landlord and have to leave my rented apartment in Barlestone by 28/2/2025. Conveyancing on my purchase is underway. Can I complete in 4 weeks as I wish to avoid having to find short term accommodation?
The normal practice is not to provide notice for your tenancy unless exchange of contracts has taken place. Assuming that you have not previously done so, update to your solicitor and request that they chase the owners lawyers, try to get a realistic time scale from them that everyone will work to achieve
Do banks and building societies provide you with an approved list of Barlestone conveyancing solicitors? How do you know who is on the Nottingham conveyancing panel?
Barlestone conveyancing firms themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the Nottingham conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from Nottingham directly.
My relative advised me that if I am buying in Barlestone I should ask my conveyancer to perform a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?
This is a search is sometimes quoted for as part of the standard Barlestone conveyancing searches. It is a large document of about 40 pages, listing and setting out important information about Barlestone around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Barlestone Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime details, Local Education with plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information concerning Barlestone.
Due to the guidance of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a house in Barlestone prior to appointing solicitors. I have been advised that there is a flying freehold element to the property. Our surveyor advised that some banks may not issue a loan on this type of property.
It varies from the lender to lender. Santander has different instructions from Halifax. If you call us we can investigate further via the relevant lender. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Barlestone. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Barlestone to see if the conveyancing costs will increase in light of this.
Am I better off to go with a Barlestone conveyancing lawyer based in the vicinity that I am purchasing? An old friend can conduct the conveyancing but her office is 200miles away.
The primary upside of using a high street Barlestone conveyancing firm is that you can visit the firm to sign documents, present your identification documents and apply pressure on them where appropriate. Having local Barlestone know how is a plus. However it's more important to get someone that will pull out all the stops for you. If you know people who instructed your friend and on the whole were impressed that should surpass using an unknown Barlestone conveyancing solicitor just because they are based in the area.
My husband and I have AIP from The Royal Bank of Scotland who have advised we could borrow up to £218k. When do we need to instruct a solicitor for conveyancing? Barlestone is where we are buying.
You can instruct a conveyancer now and ask them to open a file for you. This will facilitate: 1) the selling agent to issue a Sales Memorandum to all parties 2) the seller’s lawyer to send out the draft paperwork. However, do not instruct your lawyer to start searches until you have your valuation report from The Royal Bank of Scotland and you are willing to move forward.