Finally the sale completed on my house in Plymstock last April but my buyer keeps telephoning me to moan that his conveyancer is waiting to hear from mine. What should my lawyer have done following completion?
Following your sale your lawyer is obliged to send the transfer documentation and all of the paperwork to the buyer’s solicitors. Where relevant, your lawyer must also evidence that the mortgage has been redeemed to the purchasers solicitors. There are no post completion tasks specific conveyancing in Plymstock.
I am helping my aunt sell her flat in Plymstock. Will the solicitor commission the EPC or it is for the seller to coordinate?
Following the abolition of Home Packs, energy performance certificates was left as a mandatory element of moving property. An energy assessment should be to hand before the property is marketed. It is not a task that solicitors ordinarily organise. If you are using a Plymstock conveyancing lawyer they might be willing to arrange EPC’s given their relationships with long established local accredited person
I have today made my last payment due on my mortgage with Nationwide. I assume I don't need a Plymstock solicitor on the Nationwide panel to remove the mortgage at the Land Registry. Please confirm.
If you have finished paying off your Nationwide 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 Nationwide mortgage from the register. Nationwide, 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 Nationwide has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
- Nationwide has instructed the Land Registry to do so
My offer was accepted on an apartment in Plymstock on 27/3/2026, valuation was booked 2 days later, all came back fine. Solicitor instructed, so all that was missing was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Yorkshire BS and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Yorkshire BS conveyancing panel. Can the lender hold off the offer?
Mortgage companies tend not to not issue an offer until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Yorkshire BS to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Yorkshire BS conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
What will a local search reveal about the house I am purchasing in Plymstock?
Plymstock conveyancing often commences with the ordering local authority searches directly from your local Authority or through a personal search company for instance Searches UK The local search is essential in every Plymstock conveyancing purchase; that is if you wish to avoid any nasty once you have moved into your property. The search will reveal data on, amongst other things, details on planning applications relevant 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 areas.
Me and my brother have a 4 bedroom Edwardian property in Plymstock. Conveyancing practitioner acted for me and Virgin Money. I did a free Land Registry search last week and there are a couple of entries: the first freehold, another for leasehold under the exact same address. If a house is not a freehold shouldn't I have been informed?
You need to read the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register as there may be mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered owner of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Plymstock and other areas of the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they buy they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with mortgage companies. You can also check the situation with your conveyancing lawyer who conducted the work.
Should I be concerned that 3rd parties that I am dealing with are encouraging me to use a nationwide conveyancing firm rather than a High Street Plymstock conveyancing firm?
As is the case with lots of professional services, often referrals from relatives can be most helpful. Nevertheless there are many parties with a vested interest in a conveyancing transaction; estate agents, financial adviser and mortgage companies may put forward conveyancers to retain. On occasion the conveyancers might be known to one of the organisations as experts in their field, but sometimes there exists a commercial relationship behind the recommendation. You have the discretion to choose your own lawyer. Don't forget that most banks specify a panel list of law firms you must use for the lender aspect of your house move.
Is it the case that all Plymstock property lawyers on every lender conveyancing panel?
The Lexsure search tool on this page may be of use or you can pop into your local lender branch in Plymstock. the probability is that they will know some good conveyancing solicitors in Plymstock