My grandson is in the process of securing a newly built flat in Berkshire with a home loan from Skipton. His solicitor has said that there is a delay in receiving the ‘Disclosure of Incentive Form’. This document is news to me - what is it and who needs sight of it?
The document is intended to provide information to the main parties engaged in the transaction. Therefore, it will be provided to your son’s lawyer who should be on the Skipton conveyancing panel as a standard part of the process, and to the surveyor when asked. The developer will be required to start the process by downloading the form and completing it. The form will therefore need to be available for the valuer at the time of his or her site visit. The form should be sent to the Skipton conveyancing panel solicitor as early as possible, in order to avoid any last minute delays, and no later than at exchange of contracts.
Finally the sale completed on my house in Berkshire last December yet the purchaser is e-mailing me to say their conveyancer is waiting to hear from myconveyancer. What should my lawyer have done now that I have sold?
Following your house sale your conveyancer should forward the transfer deeds and all of the paperwork to the buyer’s conveyancer. Depending on the transaction, your conveyancer must also confirm that the legal charge in favour of the lender has been discharged to the buyers conveyancers. There is unlikely to be post completion requirements just for conveyancing in Berkshire.
What can a local search tell me regarding the property I am buying in Berkshire?
Berkshire conveyancing often starts with the applying for local authority searches directly from your local Authority or through a personal search organisations for instance Xpress Legal The local search plays a central role in most Berkshire conveyancing purchase; that is if you wish to avoid any unpleasant surprises after you move into your property. The search should supply information on, amongst other things, details on planning applications relevant to the premises (whether granted or refused), building control history, any enforcement action, restrictions on permitted development, nearby road schemes, contaminated land and radon gas; in all a total of thirteen topic headings.
I used Action Conveyancing several years past for my conveyancing in Berkshire. I now require my file but cannot find the solicitor. 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 Berkshire of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously hired, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
My business partner and I are looking to take an assignment of a lease of an office on a shopping parade. Can you recommend conveyancers offering no-move-no fees for commercial conveyancing in Berkshire for below 2k?
We are happy to recommend firms who host a wealth of experience of commercial conveyancing in Berkshire, including the sale and purchase of businesses as well as simply property. If you are intending to buy or dispose of a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail premises or a whole business we can put you in touch with the right firm. Regarding the fees these will vary based on the structure and terms of the proposed transaction. Let us have your details or telephone so as to enable us to supply you with a detailed commercial conveyancing calculation.
My partner has urged me to instruct his conveyancing solicitors in Berkshire. Do I follow his recommendation?
There are no two ways about it the ideal way to choose a conveyancing solicitor is to get feedback from friends or family who have experience in using the conveyancer you're contemplating using.