Finally the sale completed on my house in Strawberry Hill last October but my buyer keeps SMS messaging me complaining that her lawyer is waiting to hear from mylawyer. What should have happened now that I have sold?
Following your disposal your lawyer should forward the transfer deeds and all supplemental paperwork to the buyer’s conveyancer. Depending on the transaction, your conveyancer must also evidence that the mortgage has been paid off to the buyers solicitors. There are no post completion procedures unique to conveyancing in Strawberry Hill.
My partner and I are selling our home in Strawberry Hill and according to the buyers it appears that there is a possibility that the property was built land that was not decontaminated. A high street Strawberry Hill lawyer would know this is not the case. For the life of me I don't know why the purchasers are using a nationwide conveyancing practice as opposed to a conveyancing solicitor in Strawberry Hill. We have lived in Strawberry Hill for many years we know of no issue. Do we get in touch with our local Authority to seek clarification that the buyers are looking for.
It would appear that you have a conveyancing solicitor currently acting for you. Are they able to advise? You must enquire of your lawyer before you do anything. It is very possible that once the local authority has been informed of a potential issue it cannot be insured against (a bit like being diagnosed with a serious illness and then taking out life insurance to cover that same ailment)
I purchased a 4 bedroom Victorian house in Strawberry Hill. Conveyancing lawyer acted for me and Aldermore. I did a free Land Registry search last week and there are a couple of entries: one for freehold, another for leasehold under the matching address. If a house is not a freehold shouldn't I have been informed?
You need to assess the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register for mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered owner of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Strawberry Hill and other locations in the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they sell they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with mortgage companies. You can also enquire as to the position with the conveyancing lawyer who conducted the conveyancing.
I'm purchasing my first flat in Strawberry Hill with a mortgage from Yorkshire Building Society. The builders would not reduce the price so I negotiated £7000 of extras instead. The property agent advised me not reveal to my conveyancer about this extras as it could put at risk my mortgage with the lender. Is this normal?.
All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the developer of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.
Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.
Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.
Due to the input of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a house in Strawberry Hill in advance of retaining solicitors. I have been informed that there is a flying freehold aspect to the property. The surveyor advised that some banks tend refuse to issue a loan on this type of premises.
It depends who your proposed lender is. Lloyds has different instructions for example to Birmingham Midshires. Should you wish to telephone us we can check with the appropriate bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Strawberry Hill. Conveyancing will be smoother if you use a solicitor in Strawberry Hill especially if they regularly deal with such properties in Strawberry Hill.
I am looking into buying my first house which is in Strawberry Hill and I am already nervous. I couldn't find anything specific about Strawberry Hill. Conveyancing will be needed in due course but do you know about the Strawberry Hill area? or perhaps some other tips you can share?
Rather than looking online forget looking online you should go and have a look at Strawberry Hill. In the meantime here are some basic statistics that we found