My lawyer in Whiteley is not listed on the Santander Solicitor Panel. Is it possible for me to continue with my family solicitor even though they are excluded from the Santander list of approved lawyers?
The limited options open to you here include:
- Carry on with your existing Whiteley solicitors but Santander will need to use a conveyancer on their list of acceptable firms. This will result in additional total conveyancing fees and cause frustration.
- Find an alternative lawyer to act in the purchase, not forgetting to check they are Persuade your solicitor to use their best endeavours to join the Santander conveyancing panel
I understand that there are debates on Chancel Insurance on online forums. Am I compelled to have this when buying a residence in Whiteley? or I am told that there is an ancient law that could mean that house owners residing in a parish church boundary may be liable to pay for maintenance towards the chancel within the church. Is this relevant for conveyancing in Whiteley?
Unless a prior purchase of the premises took place after 12 October 2013 you may take it that solicitors handling conveyancing in Whiteley to continue to propose a a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.
Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly identified during conveyancing in Whiteley?
Covenants that are restrictive in nature can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the process of conveyancing in Whiteley. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’
I am buying a new build flat in Whiteley. 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 questions that you should expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Whiteley
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Forfeiture - bankruptcy or liquidation must not apply under this provision. Please confirm the Lease plans are architect prepared. Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. Where service of notices and proceedings can be at the property demised please confirm that this can be amended to include simultaneous services at the Lessees’ solicitors’ offices where the Lessee from time to time is not resident in the UK - such solicitors may be varied by notice in writing to the Landlord from time to time but otherwise will be as previously specified.
Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold issue on a house I have offered on last month in what was supposed to be a simple, chain free conveyancing. Whiteley is where the house is located. Can you shed any light on this issue?
Flying freeholds in Whiteley are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Whiteley you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds diligently. Your mortgage company may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Whiteley may decide 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 property.
My husband and I are novice buyers - agreed a price, yet the selling agent advised that the seller will only move forward if we instruct their preferred lawyers as they are insisting on a ‘quick sale’. We would rather use a high street solicitor with experience of conveyancing in Whiteley
It is highly unlikely the sellers are behind this. Should the seller require ‘a quick sale', alienating a motivated buyer is is going to put the whole deal at risk. Speak to the vendors direct and make sure they understand (a)you are motivated buyers (b)you are ready to progress, with finances in place © you do not need to sell (d) you intend to proceed fast (e)but you intend to appoint your preferred Whiteley conveyancing firm - not the ones that will earn the estate agent a introducer fee or hit his conveyancing figures set by HQ.