I require conveyancing for an apartment in a relatively new development (seven years old) in Kensal Green. 95% of the appartments are already sold. Do I need carry out the conveyancing searches for my conveyancing in Kensal Green?
You are putting yourself at risk in not carrying out Kensal Green conveyancing searches. Without searches you have no clarity over flooding, environmental etc which may mean you walk away due to potential problems down the line. If you are buying without a mortgage there is no legal requirement to have them, but we would absolutely advise in the strongest possible terms that your solicitor conducts them. If timings and driving down costs are top of your issues you should discuss with your lawyer about the options such as lack of search insurance available to you
At what point does exchange of contracts occur in purchase conveyancing in Kensal Green and do I need to be at the conveyancers office?
Where you are round the corner to our conveyancing solicitors in Kensal Green you are invited in to sign documents. However, the law practices we recommend supply countrywide coverage for conveyancing and give as equally diligent and professional a job for you when dealing with you digitally. The signing of the contract is not when everything is set in stone. A signed contract is necessary for the firm to address the formalities at the appropriate time, which is ordinarily shortly after signing. The procedure is is usually a five minute process, although where a lengthy "chain" is in the mix, since the process requires the relevant party's solicitor (not necessarily a conveyancing solicitor in Kensal Green)to be in the office at the appropriate time.
Various internet forums that I have visited warn that are the main cause of hinderance in Kensal Green house deals. Is there any truth in this?
The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) released findings of research by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not figure amongst the common causes of delays during the legal transfer of property. Searches are unlikely to be the root cause of slowing down conveyancing in Kensal Green.
The deeds to my home can not be found. The solicitors who handled the conveyancing in Kensal Green 10 years ago have long since closed. Will I be able to sell the house?
As long as you have a registered title the information relating to your proprietorship will be recorded by HMLR under a Title Number. It is easy to execute a search at the Land Registry, identify your house and secure current copies of the Registered Entries for less than a fiver. Where the title is Leasehold then the Land Registry will in most cases retain a certified duplicate of the Registered Lease and again, a copy can be ordered for a small fee.
Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold issue on a house I put an offer in a fortnight ago in what was supposed to be a straight forward, chain free conveyancing. Kensal Green is the location of the property. Is there any advice you can impart?
Flying freeholds in Kensal Green are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Kensal Green you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds diligently. Your mortgage company may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Kensal Green may ascertain 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 residence.
Am I best advised to appoint a Kensal Green conveyancing solicitor who is local to the property I am hoping to buy? An old friend can conduct the legal formalities however his firm is located a couple of hundredkilometers away.
The benefit of a local Kensal Green conveyancing firm is that you can drop in to sign documents, deliver your identification documents and pester them if necessary. They will also have local knowledge which is a benefit. That being said it's more important to get someone that will pull out all the stops for you. If other friends have used your friend and on the whole were content that should outweigh using an unknown Kensal Green conveyancing solicitor just because they are local.