Can I use your services to locate a Conveyancing solicitor in Launceston even where I’m not purchasing or disposing of a house, for example if I wish to acquire a shop in Launceston with a loan from Santander?
Our comparison service is primarily there to get a quote from domestic conveyancing solicitors in Launceston but we have set out at the bottom of this page a selection of Launceston commercial conveyancing firms. You will need to enquire with the company directly to establish if they are also authorised to represent Santander
My friend advised me that if I am buying in Launceston I should ask my conveyancer to carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?
This is a search is sometimes included in the estimate for your Launceston conveyancing searches. It is a large report of more than thirty pages, listing and setting out important information about Launceston around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Launceston Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime details, Local Education with plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data concerning Launceston.
My wife and I own a terraced Victorian house in Launceston. Conveyancing solicitor represented me and Chelsea Building Society. I did a free Land Registry search last week and I saw a couple of entries: one for freehold, another for leasehold under the exact same address. If a house is not a freehold shouldn't I have been informed?
You should review the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register for mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered proprietor of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Launceston and other locations in the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they mortgage they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with purchasers. You can also check the situation with the conveyancing solicitor who conducted the conveyancing.
I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold issue on a property I have offered on two weeks back in what should have been a simple, chain free conveyancing. Launceston is the location of the property. Can you offer any advice?
Flying freeholds in Launceston are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Launceston 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 Launceston 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.
Given that I am about to spend over three hundred thousand on a house in Launceston I wish to have a conversation with the conveyancer concerning theconveyancing ahead of instructing the firm. Is this something that you can arrange?
We could not agree more - it is our preference to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you liaising with the solicitor who will be conducting your conveyancing in Launceston.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - every client is unique individual, not a case number. The solicitors that we put you in touch with believe that the figure you are provided with for your conveyancing in Launceston should be the amount on the final invoice that you are charged.
Builders have suggested I use a solicitor and I've received an estimate from them. It's almost £300 less expensive than my local Launceston solicitor. What's the catch?
Developers often have lists of lawyers who are quick and who know the builder's contract and solicitor. Plenty of developers offer an incentive to select a preferred conveyancing practitioner for this reason, any increased charges can be avoided and a builder will not suggest a conveyancing factory and run the risk of having the transaction stall when they need an exchange in 28 days. The argument for not opting for the recommended property lawyer is that they may prove hesitant to 'push' your interests at the risk of alienating the developer. Where you have concerns that this may be the case you should remain with your high street Launceston conveyancer.