Completed the sale of my flat in Hitchin last November yet the purchaser is Skype messaging me complaining that his conveyancer is waiting to hear from mine. What should my lawyer have done now that I have sold?
After completion of your disposal your solicitor is duty bound to deliver the transfer deeds and all supplemental paperwork to the purchaser's solicitors. If applicable, your solicitor must also send confirmation that the mortgage has been paid off to the buyers conveyancers. There are no post completion formalities peculiar conveyancing in Hitchin.
I appreciate that there are debates on Chancel Insurance on online forums. Am I compelled to have this when purchasing a residence in Hitchin? or Apparently there is historic law that means some house owners living in a parish church boundary will be compelled to pay for repairs to the chancel within the church. Is this appropriate for conveyancing in Hitchin?
Unless a prior acquisition of the property completed after 12 October 2013 you could take it that lawyers handling conveyancing in Hitchin to remain encouraging a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.
I used Stirling Law a few years ago for my conveyancing in Hitchin. Now, I need the files however the law firm has closed. What do I do?
Do contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracing your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Hitchin of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously instructed, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold issue on a property I put an offer in two weeks back in what was supposed to be a quick, no chain conveyancing. Hitchin is where the house is located. Can you shed any light on this issue?
Flying freeholds in Hitchin are not the norm but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Hitchin you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds very carefully. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Hitchin 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.
What advice can you give us when it comes to appointing a Hitchin conveyancing practice to carry out our lease extension conveyancing?
If you are instructing a solicitor for lease extension works (regardless if they are a Hitchin conveyancing practice) it is essential that he or she should be familiar with the legislation and specialises in this area of conveyancing. We recommend that you talk with two or three firms including non Hitchin conveyancing practices prior to instructing a firm. Where the conveyancing practice is ALEP accredited then so much the better. The following questions could be useful:
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How familiar is the firm with lease extension legislation? What volume of lease extensions has the firm conducted in Hitchin in the last year?
Hitchin Conveyancing for Leasehold Flats - A selection of Queries before buying
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Does the lease contain onerous restrictions? The best form of lease arrangement is a share of the freehold. In this arrangement the lessees benefit from control and notwithstanding that a managing agent is usually retained where it is larger than a house conversion, the managing agent employed by the leaseholders. How much is the maintenance charge and ground rent on the property?
Do I have to have a meeting at the offices of the lender conveyancing panel solicitor to execute the legal charge? If so, I will instruct a firm who offer conveyancing in Hitchin so that I can attend their offices if required.
Whereas this was necessary twenty years ago, most lenders no longer require their conveyancing panel solicitor to witness the borrowers signature. You will still be obliged to provide ID Documents and there are still distinct advantages to using a local solicitor, in your case a conveyancing solicitor in Hitchin.