Finally the sale completed on my house in Hoole last January but our buyer keeps SMS messaging me complaining that their conveyancer needs to hear from mysolicitor. What are the post completion sale legalities now that I have sold?
Post completion of your house sale your solicitor is committed to forward the transfer documentation and all additional paperwork to the purchaser's conveyancer. Depending on the transaction, your lawyer should also confirm that the legal charge in favour of the lender has been paid off to the buyers conveyancers. There is unlikely to be post completion tasks just for conveyancing in Hoole.
What does a local search inform me about the property my wife and I purchasing in Hoole?
Hoole conveyancing often starts with the submitting local authority searches directly from your local Authority or via a personal search company for instance Onsearch The local search plays an important part in many a Hoole conveyancing purchase; that is if you don’t want any unpleasant once you have moved into your new home. The search will provide information on, amongst other things, details on planning applications applicable to the property (whether granted or refused), building control history, any enforcement action, restrictions on permitted development, nearby road schemes, contaminated land and radon gas; in all a total of 13 topic headings.
My wife and I own a semi-detached Edwardian house in Hoole. Conveyancing solicitor represented me and Nationwide Building Society. I did a free Land Registry search last week and there are a couple of entries: one for freehold, the second leasehold under the exact same property. I'd like to know for sure, how can I find out??
You need to review the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register as there may be mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered proprietor of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Hoole and other areas of the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they sell they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with buyers. You can also enquire as to the situation with the conveyancing solicitor who conducted the work.
I have been pointed in your direction by a number of property agents in Hoole to locate a conveyancer using your seach tool. Is there a financial inducement for Estate Agents to offer your services over and above a competitor’s?
We refuse to give any financial incentive for directing people in our direction. We thought it would be too underhand a fee as a client could think, ‘Why is the agent getting a kickback? Why aren’t I receiving any benefit too?’ We would prefer to grow our business on genuine recommendations.
In my capacity as executor for the estate of my uncle I am selling a house in Newport but I am based in Hoole. My conveyancer (based 235 kilometers from merequires that I execute a stat dec ahead of completion. Can you recommend a conveyancing solicitor in Hoole to witness and place their company stamp on the document?
strictly speaking you are not likely to need to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily any notary public or qualified solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are based in Hoole
How much experience do your Hoole conveyancing solicitors have with Help To Buy, Shared Equity and similar schemes?
Hoole conveyancing lawyers help thousands of buyers move home every year and helped lots of clients through the Help To Buy scheme. The chances are that whatever makes your case unique Hoole conveyancers have worked on recent similar matters.