Much to our surprise we have been advised by our broker that my Morriston solicitor is not on the mortgage company Solicitor panel. How can I be sure whether this is correct?
The best course of action for you to take is to contact your Morriston lawyer directly. You lawyer should notify you of the situation. Where they are not on the panel they could put your in touch with solicitors on the conveyancing panel for your bank.
Completed the sale of my flat in Morriston last January but our buyer keeps Skype messaging daily complaining that her conveyancer needs to hear from mine. What are the post completion sale formalities following completion?
Following your house sale your solicitor should send the transfer deeds and all additional paperwork to the buyer’s conveyancer. Depending on the transaction, your solicitor must also send confirmation that the legal charge in favour of the lender has been paid off to the buyers conveyancers. There are no post completion formalities just for conveyancing in Morriston.
My friend advised me that where I am purchasing in Morriston I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?
This is a search is occasionally included in the estimate for your Morriston conveyancing searches. It is not a small report of about 40 pages, listing and detailing significant information about Morriston around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Morriston Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime statistics, Morriston Education with plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data about Morriston.
I have recentlybeen informed that Wolstenholmes have closed. They carried out my conveyancing in Morriston for a purchase of a freehold house 18 months ago. How can I be sure that the property is registered correctly in the name of the former proprietor?
The easiest method to see if the premises is registered to you, you can make a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Morriston conveyancing specialists.
I opted to have a survey carried out on a house in Morriston before appointing solicitors. I have been advised that there is a flying freehold overhang to the house. The surveyor has said that some lenders tend refuse to issue a loan on such a house.
It depends who your proposed lender is. HSBC has different requirements for example to Nationwide. Should you wish to call us we can look into this further via the appropriate lender. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Morriston. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Morriston to see if the conveyancing will be more expensive.
My uncle has encouraged me to instruct his conveyancers in Morriston. Do I follow his advice?
No doubt the ideal way to find a conveyancing solicitor is to get referrals from friends or relatives who have used the solicitor you're contemplating using.