Completed the sale of my flat in Silverdale last November yet the purchaser is calling every few hours to moan that their solicitor is waiting to hear from mysolicitor. What are the post completion sale formalities now that I have sold?
Post completion of your sale your lawyer should deliver the transfer documentation and all supplemental paperwork to the buyer’s solicitors. If applicable, your lawyer should also evidence that the legal charge in favour of the lender has been paid off to the buyers solicitors. There is unlikely to be post completion requirements unique to conveyancing in Silverdale.
We are expecting a mortgage offer soon. The lender mentioned the mortgage came with free conveyancing. Does this mean I have to appoint their panel conveyancer as I would much rather instruct a Silverdale based conveyancing firm?
Do check but the chances are that appoint one of their panel solicitors if you take up the "fee-free" offer. Contact the mortgage company to ask if they allow a cash alternative. It is not unheard for a lender to give a £250 cashback as an alternative in which case you could put that amount towards your preferred conveyancing solicitor near Silverdale.
I used Wolstenholmes a few years past for my conveyancing in Silverdale. I now require my papers however the law firm has closed. What do I do?
You should contact 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 Silverdale of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously retained, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
How does conveyancing in Silverdale differ for newly converted properties?
Most buyers of new build premises in Silverdale come to us having been asked by the seller to sign contracts and commit to the purchase even before the premises is constructed. This is because developers in Silverdale tend to purchase the land, plan the estate and want to get the plots sold off as they are building the properties. Buyers, therefore, will have to exchange contracts without actually seeing the house they are buying. To reduce the chances of losing the property, buyers should instruct conveyancing solicitors as soon as the property is reserved and mortgage applications should be submitted quickly. Due to the fact that it could be several months and even years between exchange of contracts and completion, the mortgage offer may need to be extended. It would be wise to use a lawyer who specialises in new build conveyancing especially if they are used to new build conveyancing in Silverdale or who has acted in the same development.
Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold element on a property I put an offer in two weeks back in what should have been a quick, chain free conveyancing. Silverdale is the location of the property. Is there any advice you can give?
Flying freeholds in Silverdale are not the norm but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Silverdale you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds very carefully. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Silverdale 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.
In my capacity as executor for the estate of my father I am disposing of a residence in Swansea but I am based in Silverdale. My solicitor (who is 300 miles from merequires that I sign a statutory declaration prior to completion. Can you recommend a conveyancing practitioner in Silverdale who can attest and place their company stamp on the document?
Technically speaking you are unlikely to be required to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally any notary public or solicitor will suffice regardless of whether they are based in Silverdale