Having sold my house in Edge Hill last July but the buyer keeps calling every few hours complaining that his conveyancer is waiting to hear from mysolicitor. What should have happened following completion?
Following your disposal your solicitor is duty bound to send the transfer documentation and all of the paperwork to the buyer’s conveyancer. Where relevant, your solicitor should also confirm that the legal charge in favour of the lender has been paid off to the buyers solicitors. There is unlikely to be post completion steps peculiar conveyancing in Edge Hill.
I have been told that property searches are a common cause of hinderance in Edge Hill house deals. Is there any truth in this?
The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) has noted the findings of research by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not figure within the common causes of hindrances during the legal transfer of property. Searches are not likely to feature in any holding up conveyancing in Edge Hill.
The deeds to my property are lost. The solicitors who handled the conveyancing in Edge Hill 4 years ago are no longer around. Will I be able to sell the house?
Gone are the days when you need to hold title deeds to establish that you own the land or premises, as the Land Registry hold details of all registered land or property electronically.
I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold element on a property I put an offer in two weeks back in what was supposed to be a simple, no chain conveyancing. Edge Hill is where the house is located. What do you suggest?
Flying freeholds in Edge Hill are not the norm but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Edge Hill you would need to get your solicitor to go 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 Edge Hill 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 premises.
Hoping to buy a property located in Edge Hill and I am already nervous. I couldn't find anything specific about Edge Hill. Conveyancing will be needed in due course but do you know about the Edge Hill area? or perhaps some other tips you can share?
Rather than looking online forget looking online you should go and have a look at Edge Hill. In the meantime here are some basic statistics that we found
Is it best to instruct a Edge Hill conveyancing practitioner based in the area that I am buying? An old friend can execute the legal formalities however his firm is located approximately 350miles drive away.
The benefit of a local Edge Hill conveyancing firm is that you can drop in to sign documents, present your identification documents and pester them if necessary. Having local Edge Hill know how is a bonus. However it's more important to get someone that will pull out all the stops for you. If if people you trust used your friend and on the whole were content that must surpass using an unknown Edge Hill conveyancing solicitor just because they are Edge Hill based.