It is is a decade since I purchased my house in Radstock. Conveyancing solicitors have just been appointed on the sale but I can't track down the title documents. Is this a problem?
Don’t worry too much. Firstly the deeds may be with the lender or they could be archived with the lawyers who handled your purchase. Secondly the likelihood is that the title will be recorded at the land registry and you will be able to prove you are the registered owner by your conveyancing lawyers obtaining current official copies of the land registers. The vast majority of conveyancing in Radstock involves registered property but in the rare situation where your home is unregistered it is more of a problem but is resolvable.
Various internet forums that I have come across warn that are the number one cause of obstruction in Radstock house deals. Is that correct?
The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) has noted the determinations of research by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not figure within the common causes of hindrances during the legal transfer of property. Local searches are unlikely to be the root cause of holding up conveyancing in Radstock.
I used Arc property Solicitors a few years ago for my conveyancing in Radstock. I now require my file but cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?
You should contact 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 Radstock 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.
I opted to have a survey completed on a property in Radstock ahead of retaining conveyancers. I have been informed that there is a flying freehold aspect to the house. My surveyor advised that some banks will not give a loan on this type of home.
It varies from the lender to lender. Bank of Scotland has different requirements from Halifax. Should you wish to telephone us we can check with the relevant lender. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Radstock. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Radstock to see if the conveyancing will be more expensive.
Are there any apps to help search for a Radstock solicitor on the Nationwide Building Society conveyancing panel? I drive a motor bike and am willing to travel upto 20miles to meet the solicitor.
Feel free to make use of the search on this page. Please choose the bank and your location and you will see a number of Radstock conveyancing lawyers locally. We have detailed some Radstock conveyancing firms at the bottom of this page and you can ring them to verify whether they are on the Nationwide Building Society member panel
My husband and I are novice buyers - agreed a price, yet the selling agent informed us that the vendor will only proceed if we use the agent's recommended lawyers as they want a ‘quick sale’. We would rather use a local solicitor used to conveyancing in Radstock
It is highly unlikely the owners are behind this. If they require ‘a quick sale', alienating a motivated purchaser is going to damage their objectives. Bypass the agents and go straight to the sellers and make the point that (a)you are genuine buyers (b)you are ready to go, with finances arranged © you are chain free (d) you intend to proceed fast (e)but you are going to instruct your own,trusted Radstock conveyancing solicitors - as opposed tothe ones that will give their negotiator at the agency a commission or meet his conveyancing targets demanded by head office.