The sellers of the house we are purchasing have appointed a conveyancing practitioner in Oxted who has recommended a preliminary agreement with a non-refundable deposit 10k. Are such contracts promoted for Oxted conveyancing transactions?
Exclusivity agreements are agreements binding a home vendor and prospective acquirer granting the buyer exclusive rights to the sale of the premises within a prescribed time frame. For all intents and purposes, a lock out agreement is a contract specifying that you will have a contract at a later date being the main conveyancing contract. It tends to be utilised for buyer confidence though in many situations, the owner may stand to benefit from such agreements as well. There are numerous positives and negatives to using them but you need to check with your conveyancer but beware that it may result in costing you extra in conveyancing charges. For these reasons these contracts are avoided when it comes to conveyancing in Oxted.
My wife and I are purchasing a property in Oxted. I might seem paranoid but how we can trust a solicitor? On completion day we will need to send money into their account. What protection do we have from them run away with our deposit?
Be assured that all money in a Solicitors client account is 100% safe, and even if your Solicitor ran off with it, the Law Society would reimburse you fully.
A colleague advised me that in buying a property in Oxted there could be various restrictions prohibiting external alterations to a property. Is this right?
We are aware of a number of properties in Oxted which have some sort of restriction or requirement of consent to external variations. Part of the conveyancing in Oxted should determine what restrictions are applicable and advising you as part of a ROT that should be sent to you.
I have paid off my mortgage with Barclays. I assume I don't need a Oxted property lawyer on the Barclays panel to remove the mortgage at the Land Registry. Am I right?
If you have finished paying off your Barclays mortgage, they may send you evidence showing that you have paid it off. Alternatively they may notify the Land Registry directly. The Land Registry need to see this evidence before they will remove the Barclays mortgage from the register. Barclays, and any evidence they send you, will determine the action you need to take. In cases where no conveyancer is acting for you and you have paid off your mortgage:
- but are not moving to another property
- where Barclays has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
- Barclays has instructed the Land Registry to do so
What can a local search inform me regarding the property we're buying in Oxted?
Oxted conveyancing often commences with the ordering local authority searches directly from your local Authority or through a personal search company such as Searchflow The local search plays an important part in many a Oxted conveyancing purchase; as long as you wish to avoid any nasty once you have moved into your new home. The search should reveal data on, amongst other things, details on planning applications applicable to the property (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 headings.
I have recentlybecome aware that Wolstenholmes have closed. They carried out my conveyancing in Oxted for a purchase of a leasehold apartment 18 months ago. How can I establish that my home is in my name in the name of the previous owner?
The easiest way to check if the property is in your name, you can carry out 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 Oxted conveyancing specialists.
Given that I will soon part with hundreds of thousands of pounds on a two bedroom apartment in Oxted I wish to talk to a lawyer about myhouse move prior to instructing the firm. Can this be arranged?
We could not agree more - it is our preference to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you liaising with the conveyancer due to be carrying out your conveyancing in Oxted.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - each client is unique individual, not a matter number. The practices that we put you in touch with believe that the figure you are calculated and presented to you for your conveyancing in Oxted should be the figure that you are charged.
I am looking to sell a garage which is on a separate legal title at HMLR and hope to get 30k, to clear debts. There is a mortgage with Nottingham. Is it possible for you to recommend a cheapish conveyancing practitioner as the conventional £500-600 diminishes the return somewhat. Although I live in Oxted I dont have to use a Oxted conveyancing practitioner.
LenderPanel.com is restricted to being a directory service for conveyancing practitioners who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Nottingham in certain areas for instance Oxted . Our intention is not to recommend any specific conveyancing practitioner.