What is the optimum way to find out if the solicitor conducting my conveyancing in Shaftesbury is on the bank’sconveyancing panel? I am looking to avoid the situation of having one lawyer for me and one for Lloyds TSB Bank thus spending £187.00 plus VAT in supplemental legal costs.
Feel free to make use of the find a lender approved solicitor tool on this web page. Please choose the lender and type ‘Shaftesbury’ or your preferred area and you will be presented with a number of lawyer based in Shaftesbury or near you.
Various online forums that I have come across warn that are the main cause of hinderance in Shaftesbury house deals. Is that correct?
The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) published findings of research by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not feature amongst the common causes of hindrances during the legal transfer of property. Searches are unlikely to feature in any holding up conveyancing in Shaftesbury.
The deeds to our house are lost. The conveyancers who handled the conveyancing in Shaftesbury 4 years ago have long since closed. Will I be able to sell the house?
These day there are duplicates made of almost everything, and your lawyer will be aware exactly where to locate all the relevant paperwork so you can purchase or dispose of your property without any difficulty. Where copies can’t be located, your conveyancer can arrange cover in the form of insurance or indemnities against possible claims on your premises.
Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold issue on a house I put an offer in a fortnight ago in what should have been a straight forward, chain free conveyancing. Shaftesbury is where the house is located. What do you suggest?
Flying freeholds in Shaftesbury are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Shaftesbury you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds thoroughly. Your mortgage company may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Shaftesbury may determine 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 property.
I have been sourcing a conveyancing solicitor in Shaftesbury for my house move. Is there any facility to review a solicitor's complaints history with the profession’s regulator?
Members of the public may find documented Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) decisions resulting from inquisitions started on or after Jan 2008. Visit Check a solicitor's record. For information Pre 2008, or to check a solicitors record, phone 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 any week day save for Tuesday when lines open at 9.30am. For non-uk callers, use +44 (0)121 329 6800. The SRA sometimes monitor call for training requirements.
I own a leasehold house in Shaftesbury. Conveyancing and TSB mortgage are in place. A letter has just been received from someone claiming to own the reversionary interest in the property. It included a ground rent demand for rent dating back to 1994. The conveyancing practitioner in Shaftesbury who acted for me is not around. Do I pay?
The first thing you should do is contact HMLR to make sure that the individual purporting to own the freehold is in fact the new freeholder. You do not need to incur the fees of a Shaftesbury conveyancing lawyer to do this as it can be done on-line for a few pound. You should note that regardless, even if this is the rightful freeholder, under the Limitation Act 1980 the limitation period for recovery of ground rent is six years.
Shaftesbury Conveyancing for Leasehold Flats - Examples of Queries before buying
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This information is useful as a) areas may cause problems for the building as the common areas may start to deteriorate where repairs remain unpaid b) if the tenants have a dispute with the running of the building you will wish to have complete disclosure The prefered form of lease arrangement is a share of the freehold. In this situation the leaseholders have being in charge if their destiny and although a managing agent is often employed where the building is larger than a house conversion, the managing agent is directed by the tenants. Make sure you discover if the the lease contains any onerous restrictions in the lease. For example some leases prohibit pets being allowed in certain buildings in Shaftesbury. If you like the flatin Shaftesbury but your cat is not allowed to make the move with you then you have a very difficult choice.