Finally the sale completed on my house in Ashford Kent last December but our buyer keeps e-mailing daily to say his solicitor is waiting to hear from mine. What are the post completion sale legalities following completion?
After completion of your house sale your solicitor is obliged to forward the transfer deeds and all additional paperwork to the purchaser's lawyers. If applicable, your solicitor should also evidence that the legal charge in favour of the lender has been redeemed to the purchasers conveyancers. There are no post completion steps unique to conveyancing in Ashford Kent.
We're in Ashford Kent, First timers buying with a mortgage (lender is Barclays , and our solicitor is on the Barclays conveyancing panel). How long should the conveyancing process take?
The fact that your lawyer is on the Barclays conveyancing panel is a help. It would almost certainly delay matters if they were not. However, no property lawyer should guarantee a timeframe for your conveyancing, due to third parties outside of your control such as delays caused by lenders,conveyancing search providers or by the other side’s solicitors. The time taken is often determined by the number of parties in a chain.
I am assisting my sister sell her flat in Ashford Kent. Does the solicitor commission the energy performance certificate or should I organise this?
Following the demise of Home Information Packs, energy performance certificates was kept a required part of moving property. An energy assessment should be to hand before the property is marketed. This is not a task that conveyancers normally organise. If you are instructing a Ashford Kent conveyancing solicitor they may be willing to arrange energy performance certificates due to their relationships with long established Ashford Kent assessors
Have just purchased a probate house at auction in Ashford Kent. Conveyancing is needed. What are my next steps?
Now that you have exchanged you should appoint a conveyancing solicitor soon as you are facing a pending deadline in which to complete the deal. All auction property will ordinarily have an associated legal pack. This will likely include most,if not all of the documents that your lawyer requires. If you have purchased leasehold premises the legal papers may include a copy of the lease, management information and a sellers leasehold information form and associated conveyancing documentation specific to leasehold premises. You must pass this on to your appointed conveyancing solicitor as soon as possible. You also need to ensure that that you have the requisite funding in place to complete on the on the contractual date .
My wife and I purchasing a terrace house in Ashford Kent. Our aim is to convert the garage to a playroom at the property.Will legal conveyancing on the property involve checks to determine if these alterations are allowed?
Your property lawyer will check the deeds as conveyancing in Ashford Kent can sometimes reveal restrictions in the title documents which prevent categories of changes or require the consent of a 3rd party. Many works call for local authority planning consent and approval under the building regulations. Many locations are designated conservation areas and special planning restrictions apply which frequently prevent or affect extensions. It would be wise to check these things with a surveyor ahead of any purchase.
I used Action Conveyancing several years ago for my conveyancing in Ashford Kent. I now require my papers however the law firm is no longer operating. What do I do?
Do contact 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 Ashford Kent of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously instructed, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold issue on a property I have offered on last month in what should have been a straight forward, no chain conveyancing. Ashford Kent is the location of the property. Can you shed any light on this issue?
Flying freeholds in Ashford Kent are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Ashford Kent you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds very carefully. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Ashford Kent 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 residence.
How difficult is it to transfer to a new solicitor as I have to find a firm on the Nottingham Building Society conveyancing panel. I instructed a local conveyancing solicitor in Ashford Kent five minutes from me but he is not approved by Nottingham Building Society
It would be our pleasure to assist you find a conveyancing solicitor in Ashford Kent on the Nottingham Building Society panel. Please note that the law firms that we list do not pay us fee if you instruct them and are registered with the Solicitors Regulation Authority who oversee all conveyancing solicitors in Ashford Kent. In utilising the find a conveyancing solicitor tool on this website, you can compare and instruct different solicitors and conveyancers both nationally and in Ashford Kent.