The New Brighton conveyancing firm handling our New Brighton conveyancing has identified a difference when comparing the information in the valuation report and what is revealed within the conveyancing documents. My solicitor informs me that he is obliged to check that the bank is happy with this discrepancy and is content to go ahead. Is my conveyancer’s approach right?
Your lawyer must comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook conditions which do require that your lawyer disclose any incorrect assumptions in the lender’s valuation report and the legal papers. Should you refuse to allow your lawyer to make the appropriate notification then your lawyer will have no choice but to discontinue acting for both parties.
My bank has suggested solicitors on their panel based in New Brighton but I would rather use a conveyancing lawyer in New Brighton or nearer to where I live. Can you assist?
Not all New Brighton conveyancing practitioners are listed all banks conveyancing panel. Do make use of the above search tool to identify a New Brighton conveyancing solicitor on the on the mortgage company panel.
My colleague suggested that if I am purchasing in New Brighton 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 sometimes quoted for as part of the standard New Brighton conveyancing searches. It is not a small document of more than thirty pages, listing and setting out important information about New Brighton around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the New Brighton Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics 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 information about New Brighton.
I have recentlydiscovered that Stirling Law have closed. They conducted my conveyancing in New Brighton for a purchase of a leasehold apartment 18 months ago. How can I establish that my home is not still registered in the name of the former proprietor?
The quickest 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 New Brighton conveyancing specialists.
In my capacity as executor for the will of my grandmother I am selling a residence in Newport but I am based in New Brighton. My lawyer (who is 260 miles awayneeds me to sign a statutory declaration before completion. Could you suggest a conveyancing solicitor in New Brighton to witness and place their company stamp on the document?
Technically speaking you are unlikely to need to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally or notary public or qualified solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are based in New Brighton
I own a leasehold house in New Brighton. Conveyancing and Platform Home Loans Ltd mortgage are in place. I have received a letter from someone saying they have taken over the reversionary interest in the property. It included a ground rent demand for rent dating back to 1994. The conveyancing practitioner in New Brighton who previously acted has now retired. Do I pay?
First contact the Land Registry to make sure that the individual claiming to own the freehold is in fact the registered owner of the freehold reversion. You do not need to instruct a New Brighton conveyancing firm to do this as it can be done on-line for £3. You should note that in any event, even if this is the legitimate landlord, under the Limitation Act 1980 the limitation period for recovery of ground rent is six years.
New Brighton Conveyancing for Leasehold Flats - A selection of Queries before Purchasing
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It is important to be aware if window replacement or some other significant cost is due shortly that will be shared between the leasehold owners and will dramatically impact the level of the service charges or result in a one off invoice. The prefered form of lease arrangement is a share of the freehold. In this arrangement the leaseholders benefit from being in charge if their destiny and although a managing agent is often retained if the building is bigger than a house conversion, the managing agent retained by the leaseholders. Be sure to discover if the the lease contains any adverse restrictions in the lease. For instance it is reasonably common in New Brighton leases that pets are not permitted in in a block in New Brighton. If you love the propertyin New Brighton but your dog can’t live with you then you have a very difficult compromise.