Completed the sale of my flat in Biggleswade last March but our buyer keeps Skype messaging daily complaining that their lawyer is waiting to hear from mine. What are the post completion sale legalities now that I have sold?
Post completion of your sale your solicitor is duty bound to send the transfer documentation and all supplemental paperwork to the buyer’s solicitors. Depending on the transaction, your solicitor should also confirm that the home loan has been discharged to the buyers lawyers. There is unlikely to be post completion formalities unique to conveyancing in Biggleswade.
Do I need to attend the offices of the solicitor to sign the legal charge? If so, I will appoint a lawyer who conducts conveyancing in Biggleswade so that I can attend their offices if required.
As opposed to ten years ago, most mortgage companies no longer need their conveyancing panel solicitor to witness the borrowers signature. You will still be obliged to hand over identification documents and there are still manifest benefits to instructing a locally based solicitor, in your case a conveyancing solicitor in Biggleswade.
The deeds to my house can not be found. The solicitors who did the conveyancing in Biggleswade 4 years ago have long since closed. What are my options?
Assuming you have a registered title the details of your ownership will be retained by HMLR with a Title Number. It is possible to execute a search at the Land Registry, locate your house and get up to date copies of the property title for a small fee. Where the property is Leasehold then the Land Registry will in most cases hold a file duplicate of the Registered Lease and again, a copy can be retrieved for twenty pounds.
I am looking for a leasehold apartment up to £245,000 and identified one round the corner in Biggleswade I like with a park and station nearby, the downside is that it's only got 61 years on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Biggleswade for this price, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake purchasing a short lease?
If you require a mortgage the shortness of the lease may be problematic. Discount the offer by the amount the lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the existing owner has owned the premises for at least 2 years you can ask them to start the process of the extension and pass it to you. You can add 90 years to the existing lease term with a zero ground rent applied. You should consult your conveyancing lawyer concerning this.
We are 17 days into a freehold purchase having been referred to conveyancers by the local agent to perform conveyancing in Biggleswade. We are not happy. Can you you assist me in finding new solicitors?
A conveyancer would have to be very bad in order to consider changing them. Has your loan offer been issued? In the event that it has you will need to advise them of the replacement solicitor and have the mortgage documents are re-sent. Your conveyancer should be on the mortgage company panel to avoid supplemental fees and complications. That should be your starting point. Our search tool will help you find a bank approved solicitor for your home move in Biggleswade
How much experience do your Biggleswade conveyancing solicitors have with Help To Buy, Shared Equity and similar schemes?
Biggleswade conveyancing lawyers help thousands of people move home every year and supported plenty of clients through the Help To Buy scheme. The chances are that whatever makes your case unique Biggleswade conveyancers have worked on recent similar cases.