We are about to sign contracts for a semi detached house in Beckenham. We have hit a problem. Our mortgage offer with Coventry Building Society runs out on 2/12/2025 but the sellers are suggesting a completion date of 4/12/2025. Can one prolong the mortgage offer?
The best person to address this concern is your conveyancer who should determine if they corresponding with the lender, vendor’s conveyancers, selling agents or conceivably all three based on the circumstances your house move to date.
Do commercial conveyancing searches reveal planned roadworks that could impact a commercial premises in Beckenham?
Many commercial conveyancing solicitors in Beckenham will execute a SiteSolutions Highways report as it reduces the time that conveyancers invest in looking into accurate data on highways that impact buildings and development assets in Beckenham. The report sets out definitive information on the adoption status of roads, footpaths and verges, as well as the implication of traffic schemes and the rights of way surrounding a commercial development sites in Beckenham.
For every commercial conveyancing transaction in Beckenham it is crucial to investigate the adoption status of roads surrounding a site. Failure to identify developments where adoption procedures have not been addressed adequately could result in delays to Beckenham commercial conveyancing transactions as well as present a risk to future intentions for the site. These searches are not conducted for domestic conveyancing in Beckenham.
It has been 4 months following my purchase conveyancing in Beckenham took place. I have checked the Land Registry website which shows that I paid £150,000 when infact I paid £160,000. Why the discrepancy?
The price paid figure is taken from the application to register the purchase. It is the figure included in the Transfer (the legal deed which transfers the premises from one person to the other) and referred to as the 'consideration' or purchase price. You can report an error in the price paid figure using the LR online form. In most cases errors result from typos so at first glance the figure. Do report it so they can double check and advise.
Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold issue on a property I put an offer in a fortnight ago in what was supposed to be a straight forward, chain free conveyancing. Beckenham is the location of the property. What do you suggest?
Flying freeholds in Beckenham are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Beckenham 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 Beckenham may determine 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.
In my capacity as executor for the will of my grandmother I am disposing of a house in Newport but I am based in Beckenham. My solicitor (approximately 250 miles from merequires that I sign a statutory declaration before completion. Could you suggest a conveyancing lawyer in Beckenham to attest and place their company stamp on the document?
Technically speaking you are unlikely to be required to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally or notary public or qualified solicitor will suffice regardless of whether they are Beckenham based
The property lawyers handling our conveyancing in Beckenham has sent documents to review that state the land is unregistered with epitome documents. Why is the property not registred at HMLR?
It is rare for premises in Beckenham not to be registered. An 'epitome' is basically a dossier of photocopies of documents affecting an unregistered title. Many Beckenham conveyancing lawyers should be capable of dealing with this type of conveyancing but if any uncertainty prevails the usual recommendation these days is for the seller’s conveyancer to register it first and subsequently sell - this can though naturally result in a prolonged transaction.