My mortgage broker has requested my Stretford law firm’s panel member for the Lloyds conveyancing panel. What is the best way to obtain this. I have tried my local Stretford office but they cant find it on their system.
You are best placed to get this information from your Stretford solicitor . They should have a central record lender panel numbers.
I am need of leasehold conveyancing for an apartment in a relatively new development (seven years built) in Stretford. The vast majority the flats have already been occupied. Is it really necessary to order local searches as part of conveyancing in Stretford?
If you are acquiring a property with the assistance of a mortgage, your lender will need some (many) of the searches so you'll have no choice. If not, then Stretford conveyancing searches are optional. Your solicitor, will 'advise', perhaps strongly, that you should have the searches done, but he or she has a professional duty to do this. One thing to bear in mind; if you are likely to sell the house one day, it may be of interest to your future buyer what the searches contain. Sometimes houses with no practical issues can still throw up adverse search results. But if you insist that your lawyer to proceed without searches then your lawyer will have to follow your instructions or you will need to change to another solicitor for your conveyancing in Stretford.
Completed the sale of my flat in Stretford last February yet the purchaser is e-mailing every few hours to say her solicitor is waiting to hear from mine. What are the post completion sale formalities now that I have sold?
After completion of your house sale your conveyancer should forward the transfer documentation and all of the paperwork to the buyer’s solicitors. Where relevant, your solicitor must also confirm that the home loan has been repaid to the purchasers lawyers. There are no post completion formalities specific conveyancing in Stretford.
Is it necessary to pay for insurance to cover chancel repairs when acquiring a property in Stretford?
Unless a previous acquisition of the premises took place after 12 October 2013 you can expect lawyers conducting conveyancing in Stretford to continue to propose a a chancel search and or chancel repair liability policy.
Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly picked up as part of conveyancing in Stretford?
Restrictive covenants can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the legal transfer of property in Stretford. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’
A licensed conveyancer acted on my conveyancing in Stretford half a dozen years ago and was holding my registration documents but has since been shut down – how do I get hold of these?
Deeds, as such, no longer exist as most properties in Stretford are archived electronically at Land Registry. Where you need to prove ownership or are selling or re-mortgaging your conveyancer will need to obtain up to date copies of the register from the Land Registry in any case.
If you feel there may be other documents or you have any other queries please e-mail your request with details of the transaction and documents you need to filerequest@clc-uk.org. The CLC will let you know what information they have and any additional information they may need before they are in a position to identify and send the documents to you. Following an intervention it may take some time for the CLC to access archived files and documents, but your request will be actioned as quickly as possible.