How do I find out if the solicitor handling my conveyancing in St Austell is on the mortgage lender’sapproved panel? I am looking to avoid the situation of having one lawyer for me and one for Skipton Building Society thus paying £175.00 in further conveyancing charges.
Please do take advantage of the find a conveyancing panel solicitor tool on this page. Pick the mortgage company and type ‘St Austell’ or your location and you will see numerous solicitors located in St Austell or near you.
What will a local search tell me concerning the property I am buying in St Austell?
St Austell conveyancing often commences with the submitting local authority searches directly from your local Authority or through a personal search organisations for instance Searchflow The local search is essential in every St Austell conveyancing purchase; as long as you don’t want any nasty surprises after you move into your new home. The search should provide data on, amongst other things, details on planning applications relevant to the premises (whether granted or refused), building control history, any enforcement action, restrictions on permitted development, nearby road schemes, contaminated land and radon gas; in all a total of thirteen topic sections.
I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold element on a house I have offered on last month in what should have been a simple, no chain conveyancing. St Austell is the location of the property. Can you offer any assistance?
Flying freeholds in St Austell are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside St Austell you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds diligently. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in St Austell may ascertain 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 residence.
Am I better off to appoint a St Austell conveyancing practitioner based in the vicinity that I am purchasing? We have a good friend who can execute the legal work but her office is 300miles drive away.
The benefit of a high street St Austell conveyancing firm is that you can visit the firm to sign paperwork, present your identification documents and pester them if necessary. They will also have local insight which is a plus. That being said nothing is more important than finding someone that will pull out all the stops for you. If you know people who used your friend and in the main were happy that should surpass using an unknown St Austell conveyancing solicitor just because they are St Austell based.
All being well we will complete the sale of our £400,000 apartment in St Austell in just under a week. The freeholder has quoted £324 for Landlord’s certificate, insurance certificate and previous years service charge statements. Is the landlord entitled to charge exorbitant fees for a leasehold conveyance in St Austell?
For the majority of leasehold sales in St Austell conveyancing will involve, questions about the management of a building inevitably needing to be answered directly by the freeholder or its agent, this includes :
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Answering conveyancing due diligence questions
Where consent is required before sale in St Austell
Copies of the building insurance and schedule
Deeds of covenant upon sale
Registering of the assignment of the change of lessee after a sale
St Austell Leasehold Conveyancing - Examples of Questions you should consider Prior to buying
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How many years remain on the lease? The best form of lease structure is a share of the freehold. In this situation the lessees have being in charge if their destiny and even though a managing agent is usually retained if it is larger than a house conversion, the managing agent is directed by the tenants. Does the lease contain onerous restrictions?
My fiance and I today found out that one of the partners of the firm acting on the purchase conveyancing in St Austell is an aunty of the seller. Is this allowed?
On the basis that no conflict arises this is permitted. If you are requiring a mortgage then the bank may have a say as many banks have specific requirements on this. For example for Santander as of 10/12/2025, the requirements read as follows :