Completed the sale of my flat in Teignmouth last October yet the purchaser is telephoning daily complaining that his conveyancer needs to hear from mine. What should my lawyer have done following completion?
After completion of your sale your solicitor is committed to forward the transfer deeds and all supplemental paperwork to the buyer’s lawyers. If applicable, your solicitor should also send confirmation that the mortgage has been redeemed to the buyers conveyancers. There is unlikely to be post completion steps peculiar conveyancing in Teignmouth.
I am buying a right to buy a flat in Teignmouth. Conveyancing solicitors are said to be ‘a necessary evil’ but can I do it myself?
Leaving aside the complexities and merits of DIY conveyancing in Teignmouth you will have to appoint a solicitor on your lender's conveyancing panel to look after their interests. Most people therefore find it easier to let the solicitor act for them and the lender. Furthermore there is minimal cost savings to be made in you doing conveyancing for yourself and another lawyer conducting the conveyancing for the lender. Please feel free to use the search tool to find a lawyer on your lender panel in Teignmouth.
We are planning to move property in May. Should my conveyancing solicitor liaise with the removal company on the day of completion. Incidentally, can you suggest a removal company in Teignmouth. Conveyancing solicitor was chosen prior to coming across your page.
On the day of completion you can pick up the keys from the selling agent but this should only be done after the sellers solicitors inform the agent that they acknowledge receipt of the completion payment and the keys can be collected. You can inform the removal men that they can start moving you in. We do not suggest a particular removal organisation but can assist you in choosing a conveyancing in Teignmouth or a solicitor with expertise in conveyancing in Teignmouth.
I have today made my last payment due on my mortgage with Santander. I assume I don't need a Teignmouth conveyancer on the Santander panel to remove the mortgage at the Land Registry. Am I right?
If you have finished paying off your Santander mortgage, they may send you evidence showing that you have paid it off. Alternatively they may notify the Land Registry directly. The Land Registry need to see this evidence before they will remove the Santander mortgage from the register. Santander, and any evidence they send you, will determine the action you need to take. In cases where no conveyancer is acting for you and you have paid off your mortgage:
- but are not moving to another property
- where Santander has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
- Santander has instructed the Land Registry to do so
I've digested plenty of mortgage guides, I note that it is considered advisable to get your house surveyed prior to buying it. When I asked my local Teignmouth solicitor - who is on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel - on this she said they don't do this and I need to contract an independent surveyor. Is that normal?
Kent Reliance will need an independent valuation of the property. Your lawyer will not arrange this. Usually Kent Reliance 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. Your conveyancer will not organise the survey but they may be able to put you in touch with a local one that they recommend. RICS offers a find a surveyor service (just google it) where you can search for a qualified surveyor by your Teignmouth postcode. As you are getting a mortgage with Kent Reliance, you could contact them to see if they have a list of approved surveyors in Teignmouth.
Do I need to pay for insurance to protect me from financial exposure to chancel repairs when acquiring a residence in Teignmouth?
Unless a prior acquisition of the property completed post 12 October 2013 you can assume that solicitors delivering conveyancing in Teignmouth to remain encouraging a chancel search and or chancel repair liability policy.
Just had an offer accepted on a new build apartment in Teignmouth. Conveyancing is necessary evil at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build legal work.
Set out below is a sample of a selection of leasehold new build enquiries that you should expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Teignmouth
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Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier? Please confirm the Lease plans are surveyor prepared. Please supply a car parking plan. Where service of notices and proceedings can be at the property demised please confirm that this can be amended to include simultaneous services at the Lessees’ solicitors’ offices where the Lessee from time to time is not resident in the UK - such solicitors may be varied by notice in writing to the Landlord from time to time but otherwise will be as previously specified. If there are lifts in the building, please confirm that the owners of flats on the ground and basement floors will not be required to contribute towards the cost of maintenance and renewal.
As co-executor for the estate of my aunt I am selling a residence in Newport but reside in Teignmouth. My conveyancer (based 235 kilometers from mehas requested that I execute a stat dec before completion. Could you suggest a conveyancing lawyer in Teignmouth to attest this legal document for me?
strictly speaking you are not likely to need to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally or notary public or qualified solicitor will do regardless of whether they are based in Teignmouth