Completed the sale of my flat in Cullompton last November yet the purchaser is texting every few hours to say their solicitor is waiting to hear from mysolicitor. What are the post completion sale legalities following completion?
Following your disposal your lawyer should forward the transfer documentation and all supplemental paperwork to the buyer’s lawyers. Depending on the transaction, your solicitor should also send confirmation that the legal charge in favour of the lender has been repaid to the buyers solicitors. There are no post completion formalities peculiar conveyancing in Cullompton.
My husband and I are buying a 2 bedroom flat in Cullompton with a mortgage from Santander.We would like to retain our Cullompton conveyancing practitioner but Santander says his firm is not on their approved list of firms. we are left little option but to use a Santander panel solicitor or keep our local solicitor and pay for a Santander panel lawyer to represent them. This seems very unfair; is there anything we can do?
Unfortunately,no. The home loan issued to you contains terms and conditions, one of which will be that lawyers will be on the Santander approved list. in the past, most banks had large numbers of law firms on their panels: a borrower could find one for themselves, as long as it was on the lender's panel. The lender would then simply instruct the borrower's lawyers to act for the lender, too. You can use your lender's panel lawyers or you could borrow from another lender which does not restrict your choice. Another option that might be available is for your lawyer to apply to be on the conveyancing panel for Santander
I acquired my apartment on 16 May and my personal details is yet to be on the land registry website. Any reason for this? My conveyancing solicitor in Cullompton said it should be formalised in a couple of weeks. Are properties in Cullompton particularly slow to register?
As far as conveyancing in Cullompton registration is no faster or slower than anywhere else in England and Wales. Rather than based on location, timescales can vary depending on the party submitting the application, whether there are errors and if the Land registry communicate with any third parties. Currently in the region of 80% of submission are fully addressed in less than three weeks but some can be subject to longer hold-ups. Historically registration takes place once the buyer is living at the property therefore an expedited registration is not usually an essential issue yet where it is urgent that the the registration takes place urgently then you or your lawyers could communicate with the Registry to express the reasoning for the application to be prioritised.
I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold issue on a property I have offered on two weeks back in what should have been a quick, chain free conveyancing. Cullompton is where the house is located. Can you offer any advice?
Flying freeholds in Cullompton are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Cullompton you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds diligently. Your mortgage company may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Cullompton may determine that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold residence.
I need to appoint a conveyancing solicitor for freehold conveyancing in Cullompton. I've land on a site which seems to have the perfect solution If it is possible to get all this stuff done via phone that would be preferable. Do I need to be wary? What should out be looking out for?
As usual with these online conveyancers you need to read ALL the small print - did you notice the extra charge for dealing with the mortgage?
We yesterday become aware that one of the partners of the firm acting on the purchase conveyancing in Cullompton is an uncle of the owners that we are buying from. Is this acceptable?
Provided there is no conflict of interest this should be fine. Where you are requiring a mortgage then the mortgage company may have a say as many lenders have specific instructions on this. For example for Santander as of 1/2/2026, the requirements read as follows :