We were just about to exchange contracts for a freehold house in Didcot. We encountered a problem. The loan offer with Leeds Building Society expires on 6/8/2025 but the owners are putting forward a completion date of 8/8/2025. Can one prolong the loan offer?
The person best placed to deal with your issue is your conveyancer who will hopefully determine if they corresponding with the lender, owner’s representatives, estate agents or possibly all three taking into account the circumstances your house move to date.
What will a local search tell me about the property we're purchasing in Didcot?
Didcot conveyancing often starts with the submitting local authority searches directly from your local Authority or through a personal search organisations such as Xpress Legal The local search plays a central role in most Didcot conveyancing purchase; as long as you wish to avoid any nasty surprises after you move into your new home. The search will reveal information on, amongst other things, details on planning applications applicable to the property (whether granted or refused), building control history, any enforcement action, restrictions on permitted development, nearby road schemes, contaminated land and radon gas; in all a total of thirteen topic sections.
I have recentlydiscovered that Stirling Law have closed. They carried out my conveyancing in Didcot for a purchase of a leasehold flat 9 months ago. How can I establish that the property is registered correctly in the name of the previous owner?
The easiest method to see if the property is in your name, you can make 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 Didcot conveyancing specialists.
Over the last few months I have been searching for a leasehold apartment up to £305k and identified one near me in Didcot I like with open areas and station nearby, however it only has 51 years on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Didcot suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake purchasing a short lease?
If you need a mortgage that many years will likely be an issue. Reduce the offer by the expected lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the current proprietor has owned the property for a minimum of 2 years you could request that they commence the lease extension formalities and then assign it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the current lease and have £0 ground rent by law. You should speak to your conveyancing solicitor about this matter.
We are 17 days into a residential purchase having been referred to conveyancers by the selling agent to carry out the conveyancing in Didcot. I am not happy. Can you help me find new solicitors?
A lawyer would have to be very poor in order to consider diss instructing them. Has your mortgage been generated? If so you will need to advise them of the new contact details and have the offer are issued to the new lawyers. The solicitor ideally needs to be on the mortgage company panel to avoid escalating fees and complications. So that should be your starting point. The find a solicitor tool will help you find a bank approved lawyer for your conveyancing in Didcot
We are soon to purchasing a apartment in Didcot. Conveyancing is not complete but we wish to have the amount we are are buying for confidential from sites such as Nestoria. what can I do to make sure this is not revealed?
HM Land Registry by statute are bound to specify price sold information on the official title for domestic properties nationwide including premises in Didcot. The register of ownership is a public document, so the Land Registry would be breaking the law excluded specific homes such as the one in Didcot.
You can make a request of the Land Registry to withhold the amount paid data yet the response will be a No.