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  • 5 Our site is the only site offering you the facility to check that your property ownership legalities in Catshill will be carried out by a solicitor on your mortgage lender’s approved panel.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Catshill since January 2025*

Disposal

of detached residence property, Stourbridge Road, B61 9LG completing on 20/01/2025 at a price of £290,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: sending the transfer to the seller for execution in readiness for completion, agreeing completion date with parties, sending title deeds and signed transfer to buyer’s conveyancer

Purchase

of apartment Staple Flat B60 1HD, purchased for £275,000. Leasehold conveyancing legalities included: taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, ordering official copies of the title, preparing statement detailing charges

Disposal

of semi residence, Stoney Hill Close, B60 2LY completing on 10/01/2025 at a price of £240,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, securing official copies of the title

Sale

of semi property, Royal Worcester Crescent, B60 2TA completing on 23/01/2025 at a price of £375,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, sending the transfer to the seller for signature in readiness for completion

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Catshill

Am I correct in assuming that the fact that my conveyancer in Catshill is not on my lender's conveyancing panel that there is a problem with the quality of his conveyancing?

It would be unwise to jump to that conclusion. There are plenty of plausible explanations. Just recently a report by the solicitors regulator indicated that over three quarters of law firms surveyed had been removed from at least one lender panel. The top 5 reasons are as follows: (1) low volume of transactions (2) the lawyer is a sole practitioner (3) as part of the HSBC panel reduction (4) regulatory contact by SRA (5) accidental removal. Should you be concerned you should simply call the Catshill conveyancing practice and enquire why they are no longer on the approved list for your bank.

We were just about to exchange contracts for a ground floor flat in Catshill. We encountered a snag. Our mortgage offer with Chelsea Building Society runs out on 12/6/2025 but the sellers are insisting on a completion date of 16/6/2025. Is it possible to extend the mortgage expiry date?

The best person to address this concern is your lawyer who should assess if he or she is corresponding with the lender, vendor’s conveyancers, selling agents or indeed all parties given what has gone on in your transaction as of today.

We're in Catshill, First timers purchasing with a mortgage (lender is Coventry BS , and our lawyer is on the Coventry BS conveyancing panel). How long should the conveyancing process take?

The fact that your lawyer is on the Coventry BS conveyancing panel is a help. It would almost certainly delay matters if they were not. However, no conveyancing practitioner should guarantee a timeframe for your conveyancing, due to third parties outside of your control such as delays caused by lenders,conveyancing search providers or by the other side’s solicitors. The time taken is often determined by the number of parties in a chain.

Just had an offer accepted on a new build apartment in Catshill. Conveyancing is a frightening process at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build conveyancing.

Set out below are examples of a selection of leasehold new build enquiries that you should expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Catshill

    The Lease must contain a provision on behalf of the Vendor to pay the service charges in respect of unoccupied units in order to ensure that all services can be provided. If there are lifts in the building, please confirm that the owners of flats on the ground and basement floors will not be required to contribute towards the cost of maintenance and renewal. Please supply a car parking plan. The Vendor must covenant to keep unsold units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore. Please provide evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry.

I decided to have a survey completed on a property in Catshill prior to appointing solicitors. I have been advised that there is a flying freehold aspect to the property. Our surveyor has said that some lenders may refuse to issue a mortgage on such a home.

It varies from the lender to lender. Lloyds has different instructions from Birmingham Midshires. Should you wish to call us we can check via the relevant bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Catshill. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Catshill to see if the conveyancing costs will increase in light of this.

I am a negotiator for a busy estate agent office in Catshill where we see a few flat sales derailed as a result of short leases. I have received contradictory information from local Catshill conveyancing solicitors. Can you confirm whether the owner of a flat can start the lease extension formalities for the buyer?

Provided that the seller has owned the lease 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 can avoid having to sit tight for 2 years to extend their lease. Both sets of lawyers will agree to form of assignment. The assignment needs to be completed before, or simultaneously with completion of the sale.

An alternative approach is 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 buyer.

Catshill Leasehold Conveyancing - Examples of Questions you should ask before Purchasing

    This information is helpful as a) areas may cause problems for the block as the communal areas may start to deteriorate if maintenance remain unpaid b) if the leaseholders have a dispute with the running of the building you will want to have full disclosure Please tell me if there are any major works in the planning that will likely add a premium to the maintenance fees?

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Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Catshill regulated by the SRA

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Catshill with expertise in commercial conveyancing in Catshill. This may include advice on taking a commercial lease as a tenant
  • Thomas Horton Llp, Strand House, 70 The Strand, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B61 8DQ
  • Gordon Jones And Co Limited, 137 New Road, Rubery, Rednal, Birmingham, West Midlands, B45 9JR
  • Sehdeva Law, 47 Hewell Road, Barnt Green, Birmingham, West Midlands, B45 8NL
  • Carvill & Johnson Llp, Victoria House, 966-972 Bristol Road South, Northfield, Birmingham, West Midlands, B31 2PE
  • David Bunn & Co, 886 Bristol Road South, Northfield, Birmingham, West Midlands, B31 2NS

Typically, Catshill conveyancing for a sale has some of the following tasks

  • Solicitor instructed by the vendor once the offer has been accepted
  • Investigating the title to the property
  • Drafting contract and associated documents
  • Forwarding draft papers to the conveyancer acting for the buyer
  • Negotiating contracts and responding to further questions from the purchaser’s conveyancer
  • Negotiating the transfer deed
  • Answering requisitions submitted by the purchaser’s conveyancer
  • Proceeding to exchange of contracts and then completion formalities
  • Accepting the sale proceeds and transferring funds to the vendor, the estate agent and repaying the mortgage (if appropriate)

Catshill commercial property solicitors draw on a wide range of commercial expertise offering advice on numerous issues across all aspects of commercial property law

    complex procedures concerning renewal, rent reviews, dilapidations and the many obligations encountered by Landlords and Tenants of business premises Shops,offices,barn conversions, industrial units, commercial trading estates, retail and leisure developments and large residential estates Acquisitions and disposals of property portfolios at commercial auctions Subletting, licences and sharing occupation Options and guarantees Telecommunications and broadcast mast sites

*Source acknowledgement: House price data produced by Land Registry as well data supplied by Lexsure Ltd.

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