I am acquiring a house without a mortgage in Malden Rushett. I have lived for the previous dozen years in Malden Rushett. Conveyancing searches are a lot of money. As I have knowledge of the area and road very well should I not bother getting the solicitor to do all the conveyancing searches?
In the absence of a mortgage, then all but one or two of the Malden Rushett conveyancing searches are optional. Your lawyer will 'advise', perhaps strongly, that you should have searches carried out, but she is duty bound to do this. Do take into account; if you are likely to sell the house in the future, it will likely be be of relevance to your future buyer what the searches disclose. There are plenty of instances where houses with day to day issues can still throw up detrimental search results. A good conveyancing solicitor in Malden Rushett should provide you some practical guidance concerning this.
Is there a reason why leasehold purchase conveyancing in Malden Rushett is more expensive?
Malden Rushett leasehold conveyancing transactions usually involve additional investigations than freeholds including investigating the Lease, liaising with the Landlord such as serving applicable notices on the Landlord or managing agent, obtaining up-to-date service charge and management information, obtaining Landlord’s consents and reviewing management accounts and formation documents.
Is it the case that all Malden Rushett solicitor practices on the Skipton conveyancing panel are overseen by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority?
As solicitors, in order to be on the Skipton approved list of solicitors they would need to be governed by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority. Some mortgage companies do allow licenced conveyancers on their panel and in that case the organisation would be governed by the CLC.
We have a mortgage agreed in principle with Clydesdale. Malden Rushett conveyancing practitioners have been chosen. How long does it take for Clydesdale to forward the offer to the property lawyer?
There is no definitive answer here. Have Clydesdale conducted the valuation? Have you informed Clydesdale as to your lawyers' details and checked that your lawyers are on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel? It is not unusual for a mortgage offer to take a month to come through.
I had an offer accepted on a property in Malden Rushett on 13/11/2025, valuation was booked five days after, all came back fine. Solicitor instructed, so all that was missing was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Coventry BS and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Coventry BS conveyancing panel. Can the lender hold off the offer?
Mortgage companies tend not to not issue an offer until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Coventry BS to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Coventry BS conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
Me and my brother have a semi-detached Georgian house in Malden Rushett. Conveyancing lawyer represented me and Coventry Building Society. I happened to do a free search for it on the Land Registry database and I saw two entries: the first freehold, another for leasehold with the exact same property. If a house is not a freehold shouldn't I have been informed?
You need to assess 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 owner of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Malden Rushett and other areas of the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they sell they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with buyers. You can also question the position with the conveyancing solicitor who carried out the work.
I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold issue on a house I put an offer in last month in what should have been a straight forward, chain free conveyancing. Malden Rushett is where the house is located. Can you shed any light on this issue?
Flying freeholds in Malden Rushett are not the norm but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Malden Rushett you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds thoroughly. Your bank may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Malden Rushett 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 residence.
In my capacity as executor for the estate of my aunt I am selling a property in Swansea but live in Malden Rushett. My solicitor (based 200 miles awayhas requested that I sign a statutory declaration ahead of the transaction finalising. Could you suggest a conveyancing solicitor in Malden Rushett who can witness and place their company stamp on the document?
strictly speaking you should not be required to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily or notary public or qualified solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are located in Malden Rushett