It is is a decade since I bought my house in Downend. Conveyancing lawyers have recently been retained on the sale but I am unable to locate the deeds. Will this jeopardise the sale?
You need not be too concerned. First there is a chance that the deeds will be kept by your lender or they could still be with the lawyers who handled your purchase. Secondly in all probability the property will be recorded at the land registry and you will be able to establish that you are the registered owner by your conveyancing lawyers procuring current official copies of the land registers. The vast majority of conveyancing in Downend involves registered property but in the unlikely event that your home is not registered it is more problematic but is not insurmountable.
My wife and I are selling our home in Downend and according to the buyers it appears that there is a risk of it being built on contaminated land. Any high street Downend conveyancer would know this is not the case. It does beg the question why the purchasers are using a nationwide conveyancing outfit rather than a conveyancing solicitor in Downend. We have lived in Downend for three years we know that this is a non issue. Is it a good idea to get in touch with our local Authority to seek confirmation that there is no issue.
It would appear that you have a conveyancing lawyer already. What do they say? You should enquire of 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 life insurance to cover that same ailment)
The deeds to my house are lost. The lawyers who conducted the conveyancing in Downend 4 years ago have long since closed. What are my options?
Gone are the days when you need to hold title deeds to establish that you own the land or property, as the Land Registry have everything they need in a digital format.
I am buying a new build flat in Downend. Conveyancing is daunting 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 legal work.
Set out below are examples of a selection of leasehold new build enquiries that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Downend
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The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme. Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose? Please supply evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry. Where there is an Undertaking being granted there is the risk of forfeiture of the Headlease subject to relief if one or more of the Underlessees are willing to accept the original Head Lessee’s obligations as otherwise relief will be denied to the Underlessees. The only alternatives are the Head Lessor agreeing not to forfeit the Headlease or the Head Lessee guaranteeing to the Underlessees that it will not be in breach of the Headlease. The Vendor must covenant to keep unoccupied units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore.
Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold element on a property I put an offer in two weeks back in what should have been a straight forward, chain free conveyancing. Downend is where the house is located. Can you offer any advice?
Flying freeholds in Downend are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Downend you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds very carefully. Your mortgage company may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Downend may decide 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 premises.
In my capacity as executor for the will of my grandmother I am disposing of a house in Neath but live in Downend. My conveyancer (based 260 miles awayrequires that I sign a stat dec prior to the transaction finalising. Could you suggest a conveyancing practitioner in Downend to attest and place their company stamp on the document?
strictly speaking you are unlikely to need to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally or notary public or solicitor will do regardless of whether they are Downend based