Finally the sale completed on my house in Dursley last September but the buyer keeps e-mailing every few hours complaining that his lawyer needs to hear from mine. What should my lawyer have done now that I have sold?
After completion of your house sale your lawyer is obliged to forward the transfer documentation and all additional paperwork to the buyer’s conveyancer. If applicable, your conveyancer must also confirm that the home loan has been paid off to the buyers lawyers. There is unlikely to be post completion formalities peculiar conveyancing in Dursley.
My flat in Dursley is up for sale and I have a purchaser. Does my solicitor need to be required to be on the Santander conveyancing panel in order to deal with repayment of my mortgage?
Ordinarily, even if your lawyer is not on the Santander conveyancing panel they can still act for you on your sale. It might be that the lender will not release the original deeds (if applicable and increasingly irrelevant) until after the mortgage is paid off. You should speak to your lawyer directly before you start the process though to ensure that there is no problem as lenders are changing their requirements fairly frequently currently.
How does conveyancing in Dursley differ for new build properties?
Most buyers of new build premises in Dursley contact us having been asked by the builder to sign contracts and commit to the purchase even before the residence is built. This is because new home sellers in Dursley tend to purchase the real estate, plan the estate and want to get the plots sold off as they are building the properties. Buyers, therefore, will have to exchange contracts without actually seeing the house they are buying. To reduce the chances of losing the property, buyers should instruct conveyancers as soon as the property is reserved and mortgage applications should be submitted quickly. Due to the fact that it could be several months and even years between exchange of contracts and completion, the mortgage offer may need to be extended. It would be wise to use a lawyer who specialises in new build conveyancing especially if they are used to new build conveyancing in Dursley or who has acted in the same development.
Hoping to buy a property located in Dursley and I am already nervous. I couldn't find anything specific about Dursley. Conveyancing will be needed in due course but do you know about the Dursley area? or perhaps some other tips you can share?
Rather than looking online forget looking online you should go and have a look at Dursley. In the meantime here are some basic statistics that we found
We're novice buyers - agreed a price, yet the property agent informed us that the seller will only proceed if we use the agent's preferred solicitors as they want a ‘quick sale’. We would rather use a high street solicitor who is accustomed to conveyancing in Dursley
We suspect that the owner is unaware of this demand. Should the owner require ‘a quick sale', turning down a serious purchaser is is going to put the whole deal at risk. Avoid the agents and go straight to the owners and make the point that (a)you are keen to buy (b)you are excited to move forward, with finances arranged © you are unencumbered (d) you wish to move quickly (e)but you are going to appoint your own,trusted Dursley conveyancing lawyers - not the ones that will provide their estate agent a kickback or hit his conveyancing figures pre-set by senior management.
My wife and I purchased a leasehold house in Dursley. Conveyancing and Leeds Building Society mortgage went though with no issue. I have received a letter from someone claiming to own the freehold. It included a ground rent demand for rent dating back to 1991. The conveyancing solicitor in Dursley who acted for me is not around. What should I do?
The first thing you should do is contact the Land Registry to make sure that the individual purporting to own the freehold is indeed the registered owner of the freehold reversion. There is no need to incur the fees of a Dursley conveyancing practitioner to do this as you can do this on the Land Registry website for £3. Rest assured that in any event, even if this is the rightful freeholder, under the Limitation Act 1980 no more than 6 years of rent can be collected.
Dursley Leasehold Conveyancing - Examples of Queries before buying
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Best to be warned whether window replacement or some other significant cost is due shortly that will be shared between the leasehold owners and may well materially increase the the maintenance charges or result in a specific payment. How long is the Lease?