It is a dozen years since I bought my house in Batley. Conveyancing solicitors have just been instructed on the sale but I am unable to find the title deeds. Will this cause complications?
You need not be too concerned. Firstly the deeds may be kept by the lender or they may be in the possession of the lawyers who handled the purchase. Secondly in most cases the property will be recorded at the land registry and you will be able to prove you own the property by your conveyancing solicitors acquiring up to date copy of the land registers. The vast majority of conveyancing in Batley relates to registered property but in the unlikely event that your property is not registered it is more tricky but is not insurmountable.
Our bank has recommended solicitors on their panel based in Batley but I would rather instruct a conveyancing lawyer in Batley round the corner to me. Can you assist?
Far from all Batley conveyancing practices are on all banks conveyancing panel. Do make use of the above search tool to find a Batley conveyancing firm on the on the bank panel.
A friend suggested that if I am purchasing in Batley I should ask my conveyancer to execute a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?
A search of this type is usually quoted for as part of the standard Batley conveyancing searches. It is not a small report of about 40 pages, listing and detailing important information about Batley around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Batley Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime details, Local Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information concerning Batley.
I used Wolstenholmes a few years past for my conveyancing in Batley. Now, I need my documents but 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 Batley 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.
Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold issue on a house I put an offer in two weeks back in what should have been a quick, chain free conveyancing. Batley is where the house is located. Is there any advice you can impart?
Flying freeholds in Batley are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Batley you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds thoroughly. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Batley may ascertain 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 premises.
In my capacity as executor for the will of my aunt I am disposing of a house in Neath but I am based in Batley. My lawyer (based 260 kilometers awayrequires that I execute a stat dec ahead of the transaction finalising. Can you recommend a conveyancing lawyer in Batley to attest and place their company stamp on the document?
Technically speaking you should not be required to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily or notary public or qualified solicitor will suffice regardless of whether they are located in Batley