I am need of leasehold conveyancing for a flat in a relatively new development (seven years built) in Beaminster. Almost all the properties are already sold. Is it really necessary to order neighbourhood searches for my conveyancing in Beaminster?
You would be opening yourself up to an unnecessary risk in refusing to carrying out Beaminster 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 mortgage free there is no legal necessity to have them, but we would strongly advise in the strongest possible terms that your solicitor conducts them. If timings and price are primary concerns you should consider with your solicitor about the options such as lack of search insurance available to you
The Beaminster conveyancing firm that I recently instructed on my house acquisition in Beaminster have without warning closed. I only went with them because I had to have a lawyer on the Virgin Money conveyancing panel and my previous Beaminster lawyer was not. I paid them money in advance. What should be my next steps?
Assuming that you have an Estate Agent in the equation then let them know straight away so that they advise the vendors that there may be a slight delay due to the problems encountered. Hopefully they will be sympathetic and urge their lawyer to send a new set of papers to your new solicitors. You should appoint new lawyers that are on the Virgin Money conveyancing panel and notify the lender. If you have paid over any money, it will hopefully be held by the SRA as money in an intervened firm's bank accounts is transferred to the SRA. Then, the SRA or the intervention agent looks at the intervened firm's accounts to work out who the money belongs to. To claim your money you will need to contact the SRA. If the SRA cannot return money you are owed from the firm's bank accounts, or if they can only return part of the money, you can apply to the Compensation Fund for a grant. Your new lawyers may be able to assist.
Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to my property are lost. The lawyers who dealt with the conveyancing in Beaminster 10 years ago have long since closed. What are my options?
Gone are the days when you need to hold title official documentation to evidence that you are the owner of your registered land or premises, given that the Land Registry hold details of all registered land or property electronically.
How does conveyancing in Beaminster differ for newly converted properties?
Most buyers of new build premises in Beaminster come to us having been asked by the housebuilder to exchange contracts and commit to the purchase even before the property is constructed. This is because new home sellers in Beaminster typically acquire the site, plan the estate and want to get the plots sold off as they are building the properties. Buyers, therefore, will have to exchange contracts without actually seeing the house they are buying. To reduce the chances of losing the property, buyers should instruct conveyancing solicitors as soon as the property is reserved and mortgage applications should be submitted quickly. Due to the fact that it could be several months and even years between exchange of contracts and completion, the mortgage offer may need to be extended. It would be wise to use a lawyer who specialises in new build conveyancing especially if they are accustomed to new build conveyancing in Beaminster or who has acted in the same development.
My business partner and I are intending to take an assignment of a lease of an office on the high street. Can you recommend conveyancers offering no-move-no fees for commercial conveyancing in Beaminster for below 2k?
We can recommend firms who have well rounded knowledge of commercial conveyancing in Beaminster, including the disposal and acquisition of businesses as well as simply property. Whether you are intending to purchase or sell a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail unit or a complete business we will put you in touch with the right solicitor. Regarding the fees this will depend on the structure and complexity of the deal. Please provide us with your contact information or call us so that we may provide you with comprehensive commercial conveyancing calculation.
We're FTB’s - had an offer accepted, yet the agent informed us that the owners will only move forward if we use the agent's recommended lawyers as they are insisting on a ‘quick sale’. Our preferred option is to instruct a high street solicitor accustomed to conveyancing in Beaminster
It is improbable the sellers are behind this. If they desire ‘a quick sale', taking such a hostile approach to a genuine buyer is not the way to achieve this. Bypass the agents and go straight to the sellers and make the point that (a)you are motivated purchasers (b)you are excited to move forward, with mortgage lined up © you are unencumbered (d) you wish to move quickly (e)however you are going to appoint your preferred Beaminster conveyancing lawyers - rather thanthose that will provide the estate agent a referral fee or meet his conveyancing thresholds pre-set by corporate headquarters.