AssumingI was to purchase a freehold housein Redditch for cash and have no survey and no conveyancing searches how much would I expect to to save on my conveyancing in Redditch?
The sole reduction in fees you would achieve is the disbursement for searches. A conveyancing practitioner still be obliged to do everything else - money laundering, communicating with your sellers conveyancing practitioner, stamp duty submission, register the title etc. You might save a bit for them not having to register a mortgage however it will not be meaningful.
Will my conveyancing lawyers need to check that the building insurance for my purchase of a house in Redditch. My lender is Accord Mortgages
Accord Mortgages have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 4/6/2025, the requirements read as follows :
I am close to exchanging contracts on the sale of our house in Redditch and according to the buyers it appears that there is a risk of it being built land that was not decontaminated. Any local lawyer would know that there is no such problem. For the life of me I don't know why the buyers instructed an online conveyancing firm rather than a conveyancing solicitor in Redditch. We have lived in Redditch for 5 years we know of no issue. Do we contact our local Authority to seek clarification that the buyers are looking for.
It would appear that you have a conveyancing lawyer already. What do they say? You should check with your lawyer before you do anything. It is very possible that once the local authority has been informed of a potential issue it cannot be insured against (a bit like being diagnosed with a serious illness and then taking out life insurance to cover that same sickness)
It has been 4 months following my purchase conveyancing in Redditch completed. I have checked the Land Registry website which shows that I paid £175,000 when infact I paid £160,000. Why the discrepancy?
The price paid figure is taken from the application to register the purchase. It is the figure included in the Transfer (the legal deed which transfers the asset from one person to the other) and referred to as the 'consideration' or purchase price. You can report an error in the price paid figure using the LR online form. In most cases errors result from typos so at first glance the figure. Do report it so they can double check and advise.
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I have just started marketing my ground floor apartment in Redditch.Conveyancing has not commenced but I have recently received a quarterly maintenance charge demand – what should I do?
It best that you discharge the maintenance contribution as normal given that all rents and maintenance invoices will be apportionedas part of the financial calculations for completion monies, so you should recover the relevant percentage by the buyer for the period running from after the completion date to the subsequent invoice date. Most management companies will not acknowledge the buyer unless the service charges have been paid and are up to date so it is important for both buyer and seller for the seller to show that they are up to date. This will smooth the conveyancing process