Having sold my house in Cardiff last April but my buyer keeps Skype messaging me to moan that his conveyancer is waiting to hear from myconveyancer. What are the post completion sale legalities following completion?
Post completion of your sale your conveyancer is duty bound to deliver the transfer documentation and all of the paperwork to the buyer’s solicitors. Where appropriate, your conveyancer must also evidence that the legal charge in favour of the lender has been repaid to the purchasers solicitors. There is unlikely to be post completion requirements specific conveyancing in Cardiff.
We are downsizing from our home in Cardiff and according to the buyers it appears that there is a risk of it being constructed land that was not decontaminated. A local conveyancer would know that there is no such problem. For the life of me I don't know why the buyers instructed a web based conveyancing outfit rather than a conveyancing solicitor in Cardiff. We have lived in Cardiff for 4 years we know that this is a non issue. Should we contact our local Authority to obtain confirmation that there is no issue.
It would appear that you have a conveyancing lawyer currently acting for you. What do they say? You should check with your lawyer before you do anything. It is very possible that once the local authority has been informed of a potential issue it cannot be insured against (a bit like being diagnosed with a serious illness and then taking out health insurance to cover that same illness)
Just acquired a semi-detached house in Cardiff , What is the estimated time for the Land Registry to register the transfer to my name? My Cardiff conveyancing solicitor has been painfully slow, so I want to be sure that my purchase is registered.
As far as conveyancing in Cardiff is concerned, registration is no faster or slower than the rest of England and Wales. As opposed to being determined by geographic area, timescales can differ subject to the party submitting the application, whether it is in order and whether the Land registry communicate with any interested parties. Currently roughly 80% of submission are fully dealt with in less than three weeks but some can be subject to longer hold-ups. Registration is effected once the new owner is living at the premises therefore an expedited registration is not typically an essential issue but where there is a degree of urgency associated with the registration then you or your solicitor should communicate with the Registry to express the reasoning for the application to be prioritised.
I have been on the look out for a ground for flat up to £245,000 and found one close by in Cardiff I like with amenity areas and railway links in the vicinity, however it only has 51 remaining years left on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Cardiff in this price bracket, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake acquiring a lease with such few years left?
Should you require a mortgage that many years will be an issue. Discount the offer by the expected lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the current proprietor has owned the premises for at least twenty four months you could request that they commence the lease extension formalities and pass it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the existing lease term with a zero ground rent applied. You should speak to your conveyancing solicitor about this.
Given that I am about to spend over three hundred thousand on a two bedroom apartment in Cardiff I wish to talk to a solicitor regarding thetransaction ahead of appointing the firm. Is this something that you can arrange?
We could not agree more - it is our preference to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you first talking to the solicitor due to be carrying out your property ownership legalities in Cardiff.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - every client is an important individual, not a case number. The law firms that we put you in touch with believe that the fees you are quoted for your conveyancing in Cardiff should be the figure that you end up paying.
I have been looking for Cardiff conveyancing quotes online. Can I be sure that all the Cardiff firms that are listed on your website are on the lender conveyancing panel?
The law firms on our directory have assured us via an online form that they are on the mortgage company panel and agreed to advise us to take down their listing in the event of removal off of the mortgage company panel. To date we have not been informed by either a lender or a member of the public that the data about a specific Cardiff firm being on the lender conveyancing panel is not accurate.