At what point does exchange of contracts take place for domestic conveyancing in Aldershot and do I need to be at the lawyers office?
Where you are near to our conveyancing solicitors in Aldershot you are welcome to attend to sign documents. That being said, the firms we work with provide a national conveyancing service and give as equally detailed and professional a job for you when dealing with you digitally. The executing of the contract is not the important part. A signed contract simply enables the conveyancer to officially exchange when the time is right, which will usually be very shortly after signing. The exchange process is nowadays normally dealt with by telephone and can be very rapid, although where a lengthy "chain" is in the mix, since the process requires the relevant party's solicitor (not necessarily a conveyancing solicitor in Aldershot)to be in the office available at the end of the phone to exchange contracts.
I am selling our property in Aldershot and the buyers lawyers are claiming that there is a risk of it being built on contaminated land. Any high street Aldershot lawyer would know that there is no such problem. For the life of me I don't know why the buyers are using a web based conveyancing outfit rather than a conveyancing solicitor in Aldershot. We have lived in Aldershot for 5 years we know that this is a non issue. Do we get in touch with our local Authority to seek clarification that there is no issue.
It would appear that you have a conveyancing firm already. Are they able to advise? You must 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 illness)
I used Stirling Law several years past for my conveyancing in Aldershot. I now require my papers however the law firm is no longer operating. What do I do?
You should call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate 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 Aldershot of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously used, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
I am looking for a ground for flat up to £245,000 and identified one round the corner in Aldershot I like with a park and station in the vicinity, however it's only got 49 years unexpired on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Aldershot in this price bracket, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake buying a lease with such few years left?
Should you require a mortgage the remaining unexpired lease term will be problematic. Discount the price by the anticipated lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the current proprietor has owned the property for a minimum of twenty four months you could request that they commence the lease extension formalities and pass it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the current lease term and have £0 ground rent by law. You should consult your conveyancing solicitor concerning this matter.
Is it best to instruct a Aldershot conveyancing lawyer based in the location that I am purchasing? We have a good friend who can deal with the legal work however they are based 400kilometers drive away.
The primary upside of using a high street Aldershot conveyancing practice is that you can attend the office to sign paperwork, present your identification documents and apply pressure on them if necessary. They will also have local intelligence which is a bonus. That being said it's more important to get someone that will do a good and efficient job. If if people you trust instructed your friend and on the whole were impressed that must outweigh using an unfamiliar Aldershot conveyancing lawyer solely due to them being based in the area.
We are in the process of buying a house in Aldershot. Conveyancing is not complete but we would like have our purchase price a secret from the likes of Nestoria. How do I ensure this is not disclosed?
HMLR are legally obliged to specify price paid information on the official title for domestic properties countrywide including homes in Aldershot. The Title Register is a public document, so HM Land Registry would be breaking the law if they failed to grant access to the register.
You can ask the Land Registry to hide the amount paid entry yet the answer would be in the negative.