My god-son is about to exchange on a newly built flat in Roundhay with a mortgage from Principality. His conveyancer has advised him of a delay in completing the ‘Disclosure of Incentive Form’. Who needs to receive the form?
The form is intended to provide information to the main parties engaged in the purchase. Therefore, it will be provided to your son’s lawyer who should be on the Principality conveyancing panel as a standard part of the process, and to the valuer when asked. The developer will be required to start the process by downloading the form and completing it. The form will therefore need to be available for the valuer at the time of his or her site visit. The form should be sent to the Principality conveyancing panel solicitor as early as possible, in order to avoid any last minute delays, and no later than at exchange of contracts.
My Solicitor in Roundhay is not on the Britannia Conveyancing Panel. Can I still continue with my family solicitor notwithstanding that they are not on the Britannia panel?
Your options are as follows:
- Complete the purchase with your preferred Roundhay solicitors but Britannia will need to retain a conveyancer on their panel. This will result in additional total legal charges and cause frustration.
- Get an alternative lawyer to act in the purchase, not forgetting to check they are Britannia approved.
- Persuade your Britannia based solicitor to attempt to join the Britannia panel
I used Action Conveyancing a few years ago for my conveyancing in Roundhay. I now require my file however cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?
You should call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate 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 Roundhay of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously used, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
About to purchase a new build flat in Roundhay. Conveyancing is a frightening process at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build conveyancing.
Set out below is a sample of a selection of leasehold new build questions that you should expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Roundhay
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There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants. Please supply a car parking plan. Forfeiture - bankruptcy or liquidation must not apply under this provision. Please confirm the Lease plans are architect prepared. Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose?
Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold issue on a house I put an offer in a fortnight ago in what was supposed to be a quick, no chain conveyancing. Roundhay is where the house is located. What do you suggest?
Flying freeholds in Roundhay are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Roundhay you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds thoroughly. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Roundhay may decide 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 premises.
My parents are experiencing problems in finding their Roundhay land registry title on the website. They recall that back in the 60’s when they bought the bungalow there were complications with the address not being recognised in some systems.
Almost all residences in Roundhay should show up. Have you endevoured to search with simply the postcode. Usually it should reveal all the premises inside that postcode. Where registered it will be there with a title number. If they bought sixty years ago it's conceivable it may be not yet registered. The address may still be revealed but with the title number identified as 'na'. In this scenario you will need to find the original title deeds which may be with your parent’s mortgage company.