Souldusing a Blagdon conveyancing practice make my purchase more efficient?
Blagdon is a special area, where regional knowledge is a big bonus. The relaxed pace of life has it’s attractions – but not when it comes to your house move. The property lawyers that we work with combine deep Blagdon intelligence with a proactive, can doapproach that helps everything runs smoothly. It will certainly help if they enjoy good rapport with financial advisers, search providers, surveyors and counterpart Blagdon conveyancing practitioners
I am assisting my niece sell her house in Blagdon. Does the conveyancing solicitor commission the EPC or it is for the owner to see to?
After the abolition of HIPs, EPC’s was retained a mandatory part of moving property. An EPC should be to hand prior to the property being put on the market. It is not as aspect of the sale process that solicitors normally organise. Where you are instructing a Blagdon conveyancing solicitor they may be able to arrange energy performance certificates due to their contacts with long established local energy assessors
Is it the case that all Blagdon conveyancing solicitors on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel are governed by the SRA?
As a firm of solicitors, in order to be on the Kent Reliance approved list of solicitors they would need to be regulated by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority. The majority of banks do permit licenced conveyancers on their panel in which case such firms would be regulated by the CLC.
I've read lots of mortgage guides, I note that they all recommend that you should get your house surveyed prior to buying it. When I asked my local Blagdon solicitor - who is on the UBS conveyancing panel - on this she said they don't do this and I need to contract an independent surveyor. Is that normal?
UBS will need an independent valuation of the property. Your lawyer will not arrange this. Usually UBS will appoint their own surveyor to do this, and you will have to pay for it. Remember that this is a valuation for mortgage purposes and not a survey. You may wish to consider appointing your own Blagdon surveyor to carry out a survey or prepare a home buyers report on the property. It is up to you to satisfy yourself that the property is structurally sound before you buy it. If the survey or report reveals that building work is needed, you should tell your solicitor. You may wish to renegotiate with the seller.
I have justfound out that Action Conveyancing have closed. They conducted my conveyancing in Blagdon for a purchase of a freehold house 9 months ago. How can I establish that the property is registered correctly in the name of the previous owner?
The quickest way to check if the premises is registered to you, you can carry out a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Blagdon conveyancing specialists.
Just had an offer accepted on a new build flat in Blagdon. Conveyancing is necessary evil at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build legal work.
Set out below are examples of a few leasehold new build questions that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Blagdon
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Please confirm the Lease plans are architect prepared. Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company? Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose?
Should I instruct a Blagdon conveyancing practitioner who is local to the property I am hoping to buy? I have an old university friend who can handle the legal formalities however they are based approximately 350kilometers drive away.
The primary upside of using a high street Blagdon conveyancing firm is that you can drop in to sign paperwork, present your identification documents and pester them where appropriate. Having local Blagdon know how is a plus. That being said it's more important to get someone that will pull out all the stops for you. If other friends have used your friend and in the main were happy that should surpass using an unknown Blagdon conveyancing lawyer just because they are Blagdon based.
I work for a reputable estate agent office in Blagdon where we have experienced a few flat sales derailed as a result of short leases. I have received inconsistent advice from local Blagdon conveyancing solicitors. Please can you shed some light as to whether the owner of a flat can start the lease extension formalities for the purchaser on completion of the sale?
As long as the seller has been the owner for at least 2 years it is possible, to serve a Section 42 notice to kick-start the lease extension process and assign the benefit of the notice to the purchaser. The benefit of this is that the buyer need not have to wait 2 years for a lease extension. Both sets of lawyers will agree to form of assignment. The assignment has to be done before, or at the same time as completion of the disposal of the property.
Alternatively, it may be possible to agree the lease extension with the freeholder either before or after the sale. If you are informally negotiating there are no rules and so you cannot insist on the landlord agreeing to grant an extension or transferring the benefit of an agreement to the purchaser.
Blagdon Leasehold Conveyancing - A selection of Questions you should ask before buying
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How much is the ground rent and service charge? It would be wise to discover if there are any onerous restrictions in the lease. By way of example plenty of leases prohibit pets being allowed in in a block in Blagdon. If you love the apartmentin Blagdon yet your dog can’t make the move with you then you have a very difficult choice. Does this lease have more than 82 years unexpired?