I require conveyancing for an apartment in a relatively new development (seven years old) in Neath. 95% of the flats are already occupied. Is it really necessary to order neighbourhood searches for my conveyancing in Neath?
If you getting a loan, your bank will require some (many) of the searches so you'll have no choice. If not, then Neath conveyancing searches are optional. Your lawyer, will 'advise', perhaps in the strongest possible terms, that you should not go ahead without searches, but he or she is duty bound in this regard. One thing to bear in mind; if you are likely to sell the house one day, it may be of interest to your future buyer what the searches contain. Sometimes houses with no practical issues can still throw up adverse search results. But if you demand that your lawyer to proceed without searches then your lawyer will have to follow your instructions or you will need to change to another solicitor for your conveyancing in Neath.
Finally the sale completed on my house in Neath last December but my buyer keeps texting every few hours to say their lawyer needs to hear from myconveyancer. What are the post completion sale legalities following completion?
Following your disposal your conveyancer is obliged to send the transfer documentation and all supplemental paperwork to the buyer’s solicitors. Depending on the transaction, your conveyancer should also send confirmation that the home loan has been discharged to the buyers solicitors. There are no post completion steps just for conveyancing in Neath.
What does a local search inform me about the property my wife and I purchasing in Neath?
Neath conveyancing often commences with the submitting local authority searches directly from your local Authority or through a personal search company such as Onsearch The local search plays a central role in many a Neath conveyancing purchase; that is if you don’t want any unpleasant once you have moved into your property. The search should supply data on, amongst other things, details on planning applications relevant to the premises (whether granted or refused), building control history, any enforcement action, restrictions on permitted development, nearby road schemes, contaminated land and radon gas; in all a total of thirteen topic sections.
The deeds to our property can not be found. The solicitors who handled the conveyancing in Neath 10 years ago have long since closed. What are my next steps?
As long as the title is registered the details of your ownership will be held by HMLR with a Title Number. It is easy to carry out a search at the Land Registry, find your house and order up to date copies of the property title for less than a fiver. Where the property is Leasehold then the Land Registry will also normally hold a certified duplicate of the Registered Lease and again, a copy can be ordered for £20 inclusive of VAT.
Just had an offer accepted on a new build flat in Neath. Conveyancing is a frightening process at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build conveyancing.
Set out below are examples of a selection of leasehold new build enquiries that you should expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Neath
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Where service of notices and proceedings can be at the property demised please confirm that this can be amended to include simultaneous services at the Lessees’ solicitors’ offices where the Lessee from time to time is not resident in the UK - such solicitors may be varied by notice in writing to the Landlord from time to time but otherwise will be as previously specified. The Lease must contain a provision on behalf of the Vendor to pay the service charges in respect of unoccupied units in order to ensure that all services can be provided. Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. The Vendor must covenant to keep unoccupied units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore. Forfeiture - bankruptcy or liquidation must not apply under this provision.
Me and my fiance have recently had an offer agreed on a apartment and had meeting on Monday with Leeds Building Society for the mortgage. They warned me that when it comes to appointing a solicitor that if they are not on their approved list of lawyers then we will be subject to an a further fee of £250+. This is is due to the fact that they would then have to instruct a solicitor to act on their behalf as well as the one we appoint on our behalf and we will be on the hook for their costs. I have requested Leeds Building Society to supply me with a list so I can obtain quotes only from their approved conveyancers but was told they dont have such a list to hand over. What would be the best way of going about this?
You can enquire of Leeds Building Society what their panel criteria is for a conveyancer.Thereafter ask the conveyancing practitioner of your choice whether they meet the criteria and have they acted on mortgages for Leeds Building Society in the past. Where the answer to those is yes, then just clarify this with Leeds Building Society. Another option is to utilise our search tool and we should be able to identify a conveyancing practitioner in Neath on the approved list for Leeds Building Society.