I have given 8 weeks notice to my current landlord and have to vacate my rented flat in Brigg by 6/6/2025. Conveyancing for my house purchase has just started. Can I complete in a couple of weeks as I wish to avoid having to find short term accommodation?
Generally one should not give notice for your lease unless you have exchanged. Assuming that you have not already done so, notify to your solicitor and request that they apply pressure on the sellers lawyers, try to get a realistic time scale from them that everyone will work towards
My grandfather passed away six months ago and as sole heir and executor I was left the property in Brigg. The house had a relatively small loan remaining of approximately £8000. I want to transfer the title deeds into my name whilst I re-mortgage to Co-operative, pay off the mortgage. Is this allowed?
Given you plan to refinance then Co-operative will require that you use a conveyancer on the Co-operative conveyancing panel. Here is link to the Land Registry online guidance around what to do when a property owner dies. This will help you to understand the registration process behind changing the details re the registered title. in your case it would appear that you are effectively purchasing the property from the estate. Your Co-operative conveyancing panel solicitor pays the new mortgage money into the estate, the estate pays off the old mortgage, the charge is released and you become the owner and the Co-operative mortgage is registered as a charge at the Land Registry.
Do commercial conveyancing searches disclose impending roadworks that may impact a commercial premises in Brigg?
Many commercial conveyancing solicitors in Brigg will execute a SiteSolutions Highways report as it dramatically cuts the time that conveyancers invest in researching accurate data on highways that impact buildings and development assets in Brigg. The report provides definitive data 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 Brigg.
For each commercial conveyancing transaction in Brigg it is crucial to investigate the adoption status of roads surrounding a site. The absence of identifying developments where adoption procedures have not been addressed adequately can result in delays to Brigg commercial conveyancing transactions as well as present a risk to future intentions for the site. These searches are not carried out for domestic conveyancing in Brigg.
Me and my brother have a 4 bedroom Edwardian house in Brigg. Conveyancing solicitor represented me and Bank of Scotland. I did a free Land Registry search last week and I saw a couple of entries: one for freehold, the second leasehold under the matching address. If a house is not a freehold shouldn't I have been informed?
You need to assess the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register as there may be mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered owner of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Brigg and other areas of the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they mortgage they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with lenders. You can also question the position with the conveyancing practitioner who conducted the purchase.
I have been on the look out for a leasehold apartment up to £195,000 and identified one near me in Brigg I like with open areas and railway links in the vicinity, the downside is that it only has 49 years unexpired on the lease. There is not much else in Brigg in this price bracket, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error buying a short lease?
Should you require a home loan that many years will likely be an issue. Reduce the offer by the amount the lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the existing proprietor has owned the property for a minimum of 2 years you can ask them to commence the lease extension formalities and then assign it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the existing lease with a zero ground rent applied. You should speak to your conveyancing lawyer about this matter.
In my capacity as executor for the will of my aunt I am disposing of a house in Cardiff but reside in Brigg. My lawyer (who is 235 kilometers from meneeds me to execute a stat dec before the transaction finalising. Can you recommend a conveyancing lawyer in Brigg who can attest this legal document for me?
strictly speaking you should not be required to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally any notary public or solicitor will do regardless of whether they are located in Brigg