I have given 2 months notice to my existing landlord and must be out of my let out flat in Barnetby le Wold by the end of next month. Conveyancing on my purchase is progressing. Is it possible to complete in 5 weeks as I wish to avoid having to move into temporary accommodation?
It is unwise to give notice for your tenancy unless you have exchanged. Assuming that you have not previously done so, notify to your lawyer and urge them to they cajole the sellers lawyers, try to get a realistic time scale from them that all parties will aim to achieve
Finally the sale completed on my house in Barnetby le Wold last May yet the purchaser is telephoning every few hours to say his conveyancer needs to hear from mine. What should have happened following completion?
Post completion of your house sale your lawyer should deliver the transfer documentation and all supplemental paperwork to the purchaser's lawyers. If applicable, your lawyer must also confirm that the mortgage has been paid off to the purchasers conveyancers. There is unlikely to be post completion procedures just for conveyancing in Barnetby le Wold.
My aunt passed away last year and as sole heir and executor I was left the house in Barnetby le Wold. The house had a relatively small loan remaining of approximately £8000. I want to have the title changed into my name whilst I re-mortgage to RBS, pay off the mortgage. Is this allowed?
If you intend to refinance then RBS will insist on your using a conveyancer on the RBS conveyancing panel. Here is link to the Land Registry online guidance around what to do when a property owner dies. This will help you to understand the registration process behind changing the details re the registered title. in your case it would appear that you are effectively purchasing the property from the estate. Your RBS conveyancing panel solicitor pays the new mortgage money into the estate, the estate pays off the old mortgage, the charge is released and you become the owner and the RBS mortgage is registered as a charge at the Land Registry.
The deeds to our property are lost. The solicitors who did the conveyancing in Barnetby le Wold 5 years ago are no longer around. What are my next steps?
Nowadays there are copies made of almost everything, and your lawyer will be aware precisely where to find all the relevant paperwork so you may purchase or sell your property without any difficulty. If duplicates can’t be located, your solicitor can put in place insurance or indemnities against possible claims on the property.
I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold element on a house I have offered on a fortnight ago in what was supposed to be a straight forward, no chain conveyancing. Barnetby le Wold is where the house is located. Can you shed any light on this issue?
Flying freeholds in Barnetby le Wold are not the norm but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Barnetby le Wold you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds very carefully. Your mortgage company may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Barnetby le Wold may ascertain that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold residence.
In my capacity as executor for the estate of my grandmother I am disposing of a residence in Cardiff but reside in Barnetby le Wold. My solicitor (who is 300 miles from mehas requested that I sign a statutory declaration ahead of completion. Can you recommend a conveyancing lawyer in Barnetby le Wold who can witness and place their company stamp on the document?
Technically speaking you are unlikely to need to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily any notary public or qualified solicitor will suffice regardless of whether they are based in Barnetby le Wold