I plan on buying a ground floor flat in Barlestone. My property lawyer is not listed on the bank approved panel. Am I still permitted to continue with my Barlestone conveyancing solicitor even though they are not on the mortgage company list of approved lawyers?
You have a number of alternatives available to you here
- Proceed with your chosen Barlestone property lawyer but your lender will undoubtedly instruct a conveyancing practitioner from their conveyancing panel. This will result in additional charges together with potential delay.
- Appoint a new conveyancing practitioner to act in the purchase, obviously checking they are on the lender conveyancing panel.
- Appeal to your conveyancing practitioner to attempt to join the lender panel
I have given 8 weeks notice to my existing landlord and have to vacate my rented flat in Barlestone by the end of next month. Conveyancing for my house purchase is underway. How realistic is it to complete in a couple of weeks as I wish to avoid having to find temporary accommodation?
The normal practice is not to give notice for your lease unless you have exchanged. Assuming that you have not previously done so, notify to your lawyer and request that they cajole the sellers side, try to a target completion date that everyone will aim towards
Do I choose a Licenced Conveyancer or Solicitor for conveyancing in Barlestone?
There are many registered licenced Conveyancers in Barlestone and Solicitor partnerships in Barlestone who can help with your conveyancing We would stress that the two are regulated professionals specialising in the legal work in transferring property. They may both also handle other property legal work such as remortgage conveyancing, enfranchisement and transfer of equity conveyancing.
My father advised me that in purchasing a property in Barlestone there may be a number of restrictions prohibiting external alterations to a property. Is this right?
There are a number of properties in Barlestone which have some sort of restriction or requirement of consent to carry out external variations. Part of the conveyancing in Barlestone should determine what restrictions are applicable and advising you as part of a ROT that should be sent to you.
My wife and I buying a 3 bedroom semi in Barlestone. The intention is to carry out an extension to the side at the property.Will the conveyancing process involve investigations to determine if these works are allowed?
Your property lawyer will check the deeds as conveyancing in Barlestone will sometimes identify restrictions in the title deeds which prevent certain changes or require the permission of another owner. Certain extensions require local authority planning consent and approval in accordance building regulations. Certain areas are designated conservation areas and special planning restrictions apply which often prevent or affect extensions. You should check these things with a surveyor ahead of any purchase.
My colleague suggested that where I am buying in Barlestone I should ask my conveyancer to carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?
A search of this type is sometimes quoted for as part of the standard Barlestone conveyancing searches. It is a large document of more than thirty pages, listing and setting out significant information about Barlestone around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the local Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime statistics, Local Education with plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data regarding Barlestone.
Just had an offer accepted on a new build flat in Barlestone. Conveyancing is necessary evil at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build legal work.
Set out below is a sample of a selection of leasehold new build questions that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Barlestone
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Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier? Please confirm the Lease plans are architect prepared. Forfeiture - bankruptcy or liquidation must not apply under this provision. 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. Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose?
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