Finally the sale completed on my house in Highbridge last July yet the purchaser is telephoning every few hours to moan that their conveyancer is waiting to hear from mine. What should have happened following completion?
Post completion of your disposal your solicitor is committed to forward the transfer deeds and all of the paperwork to the buyer’s solicitors. If applicable, your lawyer must also confirm that the mortgage has been paid off to the buyers conveyancers. There are no post completion tasks peculiar conveyancing in Highbridge.
I currently have a mortgage with Barclays for my property in Highbridge. Conveyancing was finalised some time ago. Should I wish to rent out the flat and do not currently have a buy-to-let mortgage do I need to remortgage to a BTL mortgage or inform Barclays?
Your original mortgage agreement with Barclays will provide that you need their approval in advance of letting out your property as this is likely to be a breach of Barclays’s mortgage conditions. It may be that Barclays will permit you to let out your former home without needing to switch to a buy-to-let mortgage but some lenders will add a surcharge to your mortgage rate to reflect the higher risk. You should contact Barclays directly. It should not be necessary to do this via a Barclays conveyancing panel lawyer.
Planning on purchasing a maisonette in Highbridge. I have received an online quote from a licenced conveyancer, which states: "There will be no charge for dealing with the Building Society if you are obtaining a mortgage". I take this to mean that there will be no additional fee if the solicitor is on the RBS conveyancing panel. I wanted to make sure it means there will be no additional fees for dealing with the mortgage.
They are simply saying that the cost for acting for the lender is included in the fee being quoted. It is worth you checking that the Highbridge property lawyer is on the RBS conveyancing panel.
My offer was accepted on a house in Highbridge on 22/6/2026, valuation was booked 4 days after, received a clean bill of health. Property lawyer retained, so all that was missing was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Clydesdale and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel. Are Clydesdale entitled to hold back the Mortgage pending the lawyer being on the approved list?
A lender would not issue a mortgage until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Clydesdale to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly identified as part of conveyancing in Highbridge?
Covenants that are restrictive in nature can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the process of conveyancing in Highbridge. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’
About to purchase a new build apartment in Highbridge. Conveyancing is necessary evil 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 questions that you should expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Highbridge
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Forfeiture - bankruptcy or liquidation must not apply under this provision. 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. Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company? Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose?
In my capacity as executor for the estate of my aunt I am disposing of a residence in Monmouth but reside in Highbridge. My conveyancer (who is 260 miles awayneeds me to execute a stat dec before completion. Could you suggest a conveyancing practitioner in Highbridge who can witness this legal document for me?
strictly speaking you are unlikely to need to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally or notary public or solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are Highbridge based
I want to sublet my leasehold apartment in Highbridge. Conveyancing solicitor who did the purchase is retired - so can't ask him. Is permission from the freeholder required?
Notwithstanding that your last Highbridge conveyancing lawyer is no longer around you can review your lease to see if it allows you to sublet the premises. The accepted inference is that if the lease is non-specific, subletting is allowed. There may be a precondition that you need to obtain permission via your landlord or other appropriate person prior to subletting. This means that you cannot sublet in the absence of first obtaining consent. The consent is not allowed to be unreasonably turned down. If the lease does not allow you to sublet you should ask your landlord if they are willing to waive this restriction.
Highbridge Conveyancing for Leasehold Flats - A selection of Questions you should ask Prior to Purchasing
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It is important to be aware if window replacement or some other significant cost is coming up to be shared between the leaseholders and will dramatically impact the level of the maintenance charges or necessitate a one time invoice. The majority of Highbridge leasehold properties will incur a service bill for the upkeep of the building invoiced by the management company. Should you purchase the property you will have to pay this charge, normally periodically throughout the year. This may be anything from two or three hundred pounds to thousands of pounds for bigger purpose-built blocks. In all probability there will be a rentcharge for you to pay yearly, ordinarily this is not a large amount, say around £50-£100 but you need to enquire it because sometimes it can be many hundreds of pounds. Who are the managing agents?