Finally the sale completed on my house in Scotter last April but my buyer keeps e-mailing every few hours to say her conveyancer needs to hear from myconveyancer. What should my lawyer have done following completion?
Following your sale your conveyancer should send the transfer deeds and all additional paperwork to the buyer’s conveyancer. Where appropriate, your conveyancer must also confirm that the home loan has been paid off to the purchasers conveyancers. There are no post completion tasks just for conveyancing in Scotter.
Do I need to take out insurance to address the risk of chancel repairs when acquiring a property in Scotter?
Unless a prior purchase of the house completed post 12 October 2013 you could assume that lawyers delivering conveyancing in Scotter to remain recommending a chancel search and or chancel repair liability policy.
I used Arc property Solicitors a few years ago for my conveyancing in Scotter. Now, I need my documents however the law firm has closed. What do I do?
You should call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracking down 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 Scotter of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously retained, 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 guidance of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a property in Scotter ahead of instructing lawyers. I have been told that there is a flying freehold aspect to the property. Our surveyor has said that some banks will refuse to grant a loan on this type of property.
It depends who your proposed lender is. HSBC has different instructions from Nationwide. If you call us we can investigate further via the relevant mortgage company. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Scotter. Conveyancing may be slightly more expensive based on your lender's requirements.
My uncle has encouraged me to instruct his lawyers for conveyancing in Scotter. Do I follow his guidance?
Much as we are happy to recommend a Scotter conveyancing lawyer the ideal way to choose a conveyancing practitioner is to seek feedback from friends or relatives who have actually previously instructed the solicitor that you are contemplating using.
My wife and I purchased a leasehold flat in Scotter. Conveyancing and Barnsley Building Society mortgage organised. I have received a letter from someone saying they have taken over the reversionary interest in the property. It included a demand for arrears of ground rent dating back to 1997. The conveyancing practitioner in Scotter who acted for me is not around. Do I pay?
The first thing you should do is contact HMLR to make sure that the individual purporting to own the freehold is in fact the new freeholder. It is not necessary to incur the fees of a Scotter conveyancing firm to do this as it can be done on-line for less than a fiver. Rest assured that regardless, even if this is the legitimate freeholder, under the Limitation Act 1980 no more than 6 years of rent can be collected.
Scotter Leasehold Conveyancing - Sample of Queries Prior to Purchasing
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What restrictions are contained in the Scotter Lease? How much is the ground rent and service charge? Most Scotter leasehold flats will incur a service bill for the upkeep of the block invoiced by the landlord. Where you buy the apartment you will have to pay this contribution, normally in instalments during the year. This may be anything from a couple of hundred pounds to thousands of pounds for large purpose-built blocks. There will also be a ground rent for you to pay yearly, ordinarily this is not a significant figure, say approximately £50-£100 but you should to enquire it because sometimes it could be many hundreds of pounds.