A colleague advised me that in purchasing a property in South Yorkshire there may be various restrictions affecting the ability to carry out external changes to the property. Is this right?
We are aware of a number of properties in South Yorkshire which have some sort of restriction or requirement of consent to execute external variations. Part of the conveyancing in South Yorkshire should determine what restrictions are applicable and advising you as part of a ROT that should be sent to you.
I've read lots of mortgage guides, I note that they all recommend that you should get your house surveyed prior to buying it. When I asked my local South Yorkshire solicitor - who is on the TSB conveyancing panel - on this she said they don't do this and I need to contract an independent surveyor. Is that normal?
TSB will need an independent valuation of the property. Your lawyer will not arrange this. Usually TSB will appoint their own surveyor to do this, and you will have to pay for it. Remember that this is a valuation for mortgage purposes and not a survey. You may wish to consider appointing your own South Yorkshire surveyor to carry out a survey or prepare a home buyers report on the property. It is up to you to satisfy yourself that the property is structurally sound before you buy it. If the survey or report reveals that building work is needed, you should tell your solicitor. You may wish to renegotiate with the seller.
Our sealed bid on a property in South Yorkshire has been accepted, but there is a chain. The owners have put an offer on on an apartment, but it’s not yet agreed to, and have viewings of other flats in the pipeline. I have chosen a bricks and mortar conveyancing solicitor in South Yorkshire. What should be my next step? When do I get the mortgage application with Lloyds started?
It is normal to have apprehensions where there is a chain as you are unlikely to want to incur expenses prematurely (mortgage application is in the region of one thousand pounds, then survey, South Yorkshire conveyancing search charges, etc). First, you must check that your lawyer is on the Lloyds conveyancing panel. Regarding the next steps this very much depends on the specifics of your transaction, motivation for the property and on the state of the market. In a rising market many home buyers will apply for the mortgage with Lloyds and pay for the valuation and only if it comes back ok would they ask their conveyancing practitioner to press on with searches.
Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to our home are lost. The solicitors who handled the conveyancing in South Yorkshire 10 years ago are no longer around. What do I do?
You no longer need to hold title official documentation to evidence that you are the registered proprietor of land or property, as the Land Registry hold details of all registered land or property electronically.
About to purchase a new build apartment in South Yorkshire. Conveyancing is a frightening process at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build conveyancing.
Here are examples of a few leasehold new build enquiries that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in South Yorkshire
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Please confirm the Lease plans are architect prepared. Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company? Where there is an Undertaking being granted there is the risk of forfeiture of the Headlease subject to relief if one or more of the Underlessees are willing to accept the original Head Lessee’s obligations as otherwise relief will be denied to the Underlessees. The only alternatives are the Head Lessor agreeing not to forfeit the Headlease or the Head Lessee guaranteeing to the Underlessees that it will not be in breach of the Headlease. The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme. Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier?
What tools are available to identify a South Yorkshire law firm on the Lloyds TSB Bank conveyancing panel? I drive a motor bike and am prepared to travel upto 20miles to meet the lawyer.
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 South Yorkshire conveyancing lawyers locally. We have listed some South Yorkshire conveyancing firms towards the end of this page and you can telephone them to check whether they are on the Lloyds TSB Bank approved list
In my capacity as executor for the estate of my grandfather I am selling a property in Neath but live in South Yorkshire. My lawyer (who is 300 kilometers from merequires that I sign a statutory declaration ahead of completion. Could you suggest a conveyancing solicitor in South Yorkshire to witness this legal document for me?
Technically speaking you are not likely to need to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily any notary public or solicitor will do regardless of whether they are located in South Yorkshire
Me and my wife are disposing of a South Yorkshire property we inherited six years ago in 2012. I have over ten years conveyancing know-how and, now retired, see no reason not to undertake the conveyancing. The purchaser's solicitor has informed me that their Lenders will not allow you to do your own conveyancing insisting the funds to be transferred to a solicitor's bank account.
Lending requirements to conveyancers from all mainstream lenders specify that If the vendor does not have legal representation the borrower's lawyers should check whether the bank needs to be told so that a decision can be made as to whether or not they are prepared to progress.