We are a couple about to sign contracts for a leasehold flat in New Forest. We encountered a stumbling block. Our mortgage offer with Accord Mortgages Ltd expires on 15/7/2026 but the vendors are insisting on a completion date of 17/7/2026. Is it possible to extend the mortgage offer?
The best person to address this issue is your solicitors who is in a position to calculate whether he or she is better off negotiating with the mortgage broker, vendor’s solicitors, estate agents or conceivably all parties based on what has gone on in your conveyancing to date.
We are close to exchanging contracts on the sale of our home in New Forest and according to the buyers it appears that there is a possibility that the property was built on contaminated land. A high street New Forest conveyancer would know this is not the case. For the life of me I don't know why the purchasers are using a national conveyancing practice as opposed to a conveyancing solicitor in New Forest. We have lived in New Forest for 4 years we know of no issue. Is it a good idea to contact our local Authority to obtain clarification need.
It sounds as though you may have a conveyancing solicitor currently acting for you. Are they able to advise? You should check with your lawyer before you do anything. It is very possible that once the local authority has been informed of a potential issue it cannot be insured against (a bit like being diagnosed with a serious illness and then taking out health insurance to cover that same illness)
I used Arc property Solicitors several years ago for my conveyancing in New Forest. Now, I need my files but the law firm has closed. What do I do?
You should call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracing your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in New Forest of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously instructed, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold issue on a property I have offered on two weeks back in what should have been a straight forward, chain free conveyancing. New Forest is where the house is located. Is there any advice you can give?
Flying freeholds in New Forest are not the norm but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside New Forest you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds very carefully. Your mortgage company may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in New Forest may ascertain 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 property.
In my capacity as executor for the will of my grandfather I am disposing of a residence in Newport but reside in New Forest. My solicitor (approximately 235 miles from merequires that I sign a stat dec ahead of the transaction finalising. Could you suggest a conveyancing practitioner in New Forest to attest and place their company stamp on the document?
strictly speaking you should not need to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally any notary public or solicitor will do regardless of whether they are located in New Forest
We are midway through purchasing a residence in New Forest. Conveyancing solicitor has told us the property is "Leasehold". Will this likely make a difference on the marketability of the property?
New Forest conveyancing does not ordinarily involve leasehold houses. The main consideration here is the unexpired lease term and the ground rent. If it's 999 years with a peppercorn rent, it's essentially freehold, so it shouldn't impact the value significantly.
At the other end of the spectrum, if it's, say, 50 years it is bound to have a material impact on the saleability, and probably wouldn't be acceptable to the mortgage company. The length of lease and ground rent will be specified in the lease provided to your conveyancer.