We hope to to purchase with Melton Mowbray Building Society. We have called around locally but am unable to find a Portishead conveyancing firm on the Melton Mowbray Building Society panel. Could you assist?
Please do make the most of the search tool on this site. Please choose the building society and type Portishead or your preferred area and you will be presented with numerous conveyancers based in Portishead or by proximity to you.
Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly picked up as part of conveyancing in Portishead?
Restrictive covenants can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the process of conveyancing in Portishead. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’
I decided to have a survey done on a house in Portishead before retaining solicitors. I have been informed that there is a flying freehold aspect to the property. Our surveyor has said that some lenders tend refuse to grant a mortgage on this type of house.
It depends who your proposed lender is. Lloyds has different instructions for example to Nationwide. Should you wish to call us we can check via the appropriate lender. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Portishead. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Portishead to see if the conveyancing will be more expensive.
We're novice buyers - had an offer accepted, but the property agent informed us that the owners will only issue a contract if we use the agent's chosen solicitors as they are insisting on a ‘quick sale’. We would rather use a family solicitor who is accustomed to conveyancing in Portishead
It is unlikely the vendors are driving this. If they desire ‘a quick sale', alienating a motivated purchaser is is going to put the whole deal at risk. Avoid the agents and go straight to the sellers and explain that (a)you are keen to buy (b)you are excited to move forward, with mortgage lined up © you are unencumbered (d) you wish to move quickly (e)however you are going to appoint your preferred Portishead conveyancing lawyers - not the ones that will provide their negotiator at the agency a referral fee or meet his conveyancing thresholds pre-set by senior management.
Completion is due on the disposal of our £350,000 flat in Portishead in just under a week. The managing agents has quoted £396 for Landlord’s certificate, building insurance schedule and 3 years statements of service charge. Is it legal for a freeholder to charge such fees for a flat conveyance in Portishead?
For the majority of leasehold sales in Portishead conveyancing will involve, questions about the management of a building inevitably needing to be answered directly by the freeholder or its agent, this includes :
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Answering pre-exchange questions
Where consent is required before sale in Portishead
Copies of the building insurance and schedule
Deeds of covenant upon sale
Registering of the assignment of the change of lessee after a sale
Portishead Conveyancing for Leasehold Flats - Examples of Queries Prior to Purchasing
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Who manages the block? How much is the annual maintenance fee and ground rent? The prefered form of lease structure is a share of the freehold. In this situation the lessees enjoy being in charge if their destiny and although a managing agent is usually employed where the building is larger than a house conversion, the managing agent acts for the leaseholders themselves.
A conveyancing company acted on my conveyancing in Portishead 8 years ago having stored my title documents but has since been shut down – What steps do I now take to get hold of these?
Deeds, as such, are no longer appropriate for most homes in Portishead are recorded electronically at Land Registry. If you need to establish ownership or are disposing of or re-mortgaging your conveyancing practitioner will need to obtain up to date copies of the register from the Land Registry in any case.
If you feel there may be other documents or you have any other queries please e-mail your request with details of the transaction and documents you need to filerequest@clc-uk.org. The CLC will let you know what information they have and any additional information they may need before they are in a position to identify and send the documents to you. Following an intervention it may take some time for the CLC to access archived files and documents, but your request will be actioned with reasonable haste.