We are a couple about to exchange contracts for a garden flat in Melksham. We encountered a stumbling block. The mortgage offer with Skipton Building Society expires on 28/4/2026 but the owners are suggesting a completion date of 30/4/2026. Can one extend the loan expiry date?
The person best placed to deal with your concern is your solicitors who is in a position to calculate if they should be discussing with the mortgage broker, seller’s conveyancers, property agents or indeed all parties given the circumstances your transaction to date.
At what point will exchange of contracts take place for residential conveyancing in Melksham and am I required to attend the solicitors branch?
If you are local to one of the conveyancing solicitors in Melksham you are invited in to sign contracts. That being said, the law practices we recommend provide a nationwide conveyancing service and give just as diligent and professional a job for you when communicating with you electronically. The signing of the sale agreement is not when everything is set in stone. A signed contract is just a prerequisite for the firm to exchange contracts at the appropriate time, which will usually be very shortly after signing. The procedure is is usually a five minute process, although where an extended "chain" is involved, since the process requires the relevant party's solicitor (not necessarily a conveyancing solicitor in Melksham)to be in the office available at the end of the phone to exchange contracts.
A friend suggested that where I am purchasing in Melksham I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?
A search of this type is usually quoted for as part of the standard Melksham conveyancing searches. It is a large report of more than thirty pages, listing and setting out important information about Melksham around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Melksham 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 regarding Melksham.
The deeds to my house are lost. The lawyers who dealt with the conveyancing in Melksham 4 years ago no longer exist. What are my options?
You no longer need to hold title official documentation to evidence that you are the owner of your registered land or premises, as the Land Registry have everything they need in a digital format.
In what way does the Landlord & Tenant Act 1954 affect my commercial offices in Melksham and how can you help?
The 1954 Act gives protection to business tenants, giving them the dueness to apply to court for a continuation of occupancy at the end of the lease term. There are limited grounds where a landlord can refuse a lease renewal and the rules are complicated. Fees are different for commercial conveyancing. Melksham is one of our many areas of the UK in which the firms we work with have offices
In my capacity as executor for the estate of my grandfather I am disposing of a residence in Swansea but I am based in Melksham. My conveyancer (based 200 kilometers awayneeds me to sign a statutory declaration ahead of the transaction finalising. Could you suggest a conveyancing solicitor in Melksham to attest this legal document for me?
strictly speaking you are not likely to need to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily or notary public or qualified solicitor will do regardless of whether they are located in Melksham