Finally the sale completed on my house in Cotham last February yet the purchaser is whats apping every few hours to moan that his lawyer is waiting to hear from mine. What are the post completion sale formalities following completion?
Following your sale your conveyancer should send the transfer deeds and all supplemental paperwork to the buyer’s conveyancer. Where relevant, your lawyer should also send confirmation that the home loan has been paid off to the purchasers lawyers. There is unlikely to be post completion procedures unique to conveyancing in Cotham.
I have been told that property searches are the number one reason for hinderance in Cotham conveyancing transactions. Is there any truth in this?
The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) has noted the determinations of a review by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not figure within the common causes of delays during the legal transfer of property. Searches are unlikely to be the root cause of delay in conveyancing in Cotham.
I used Stirling Law several years past for my conveyancing in Cotham. I now require my papers however the law firm is no longer operating. What do I do?
You should call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Cotham of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously used, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
Due to the advice of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a property in Cotham in advance of instructing lawyers. I have been told that there is a flying freehold aspect to the house. Our surveyor advised that some mortgage companies may refuse to give a loan on a flying freehold premises.
It varies from the lender to lender. Lloyds has different instructions from Halifax. Should you wish to telephone us we can look into this further via the relevant lender. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Cotham. Conveyancing may be slightly more expensive based on your lender's requirements.
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I have finally had an offer on an apartment in Cotham accepted, but there is a chain. The owners have put an offer on on an apartment, however it’s not yet agreed to, and are looking at other properties booked. I have selected a nearby conveyancing lawyer in Cotham. What do I do now? When should I get the mortgage application with Nationwide going with Nationwide?
It is usual to have anxieties where there is a chain given your reluctance to incur costs too early (home loan application is approx £1k, then valuation, Cotham conveyancing search costs, etc). The first course of action is to ensure that your solicitor is on the Nationwide conveyancing panel. Regarding the next steps this very much depends on the specifics of your case, desire for the property and on the state of the market. During a rising market some purchasers would apply for the mortgage with Nationwide and pay for the valuation and only if it was satisfactory would they ask their lawyer to proceed with searches.