Having sold my house in Shrivenham last June yet the purchaser is whats apping daily to say their conveyancer is waiting to hear from myconveyancer. What are the post completion sale formalities now that I have sold?
Post completion of your sale your solicitor should forward the transfer documentation and all additional paperwork to the buyer’s solicitors. Depending on the transaction, your solicitor should also confirm that the mortgage has been discharged to the buyers solicitors. There is unlikely to be post completion requirements peculiar conveyancing in Shrivenham.
The deeds to our property can not be found. The conveyancers who did the conveyancing in Shrivenham 5 years ago are no longer around. What do I do?
Gone are the days when you need to have the physical original deeds to evidence that you are the owner of your registered land or property, as the Land Registry have everything they need in a digital format.
Just had an offer accepted on a new build flat in Shrivenham. Conveyancing is a frightening process at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build legal work.
Set out below is a sample of a few leasehold new build enquiries that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Shrivenham
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Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. Forfeiture - bankruptcy or liquidation must not apply under this provision. If there are lifts in the building, please confirm that the owners of flats on the ground and basement floors will not be required to contribute towards the cost of maintenance and renewal. The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme. Please confirm the Lease plans are architect prepared.
I opted to have a survey done on a house in Shrivenham before instructing lawyers. I have been told that there is a flying freehold aspect to the property. My surveyor advised that some lenders will not give a loan on such a house.
It depends who your proposed lender is. HSBC has different instructions for example to Halifax. If you contact us we can check via the relevant bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Shrivenham. Conveyancing will be smoother if you use a solicitor in Shrivenham especially if they are acquainted with such properties in Shrivenham.
I have been advised by a few property agents in Shrivenham to select a conveyancer using your seach tool. Is there a financial upside for Estate Agents to promote your site over another?
We don’t give any financial incentive for directing people in our direction. We found it would be just too difficult to pay a commission as a client could think, ‘How come the agent getting a kickback? Why am I not getting any benefit too?’ We would prefer to grow our business on genuine recommendations.
Much to my surprise my property lawyer in Shrivenham is asking me for personal identification documents saying that this forms part of his legal duty as a conveyancer on the lender Solicitor panel. Can you confirm whether this is the case?
Due to Money Laundering Regulations your conveyancing lawyer is duty bound to confirm positively your identification when entering into a business relationship with you. It is a criminal offence if your lawyer not do this. If you do not provide ID early in the transaction the solicitor must refuse to act for you. It’s unlikely a lawyer will turn you away if you come to the first meeting without relevant ID but you will have to produce it at some point so you might as well bring it with you to the initial meeting so the lawyer can tick the ID verification box and start sorting out the conveyancing straight away. If you are getting a mortgage, your lawyer also has to check ID documents to satisfy the bank. This is not unique to conveyancing in Shrivenham