Have just purchased a repossessed house at auction in Tilbury. Conveyancing is needed. What are my next steps?
Now that you are exchanged you should appoint a conveyancing solicitor soon as you will have a pending a fixed date to complete the purchase. Every auction property will have a bespoke legal set of papers. This will likely include the copy title deeds, local authority and drainage searches. If you have purchased leasehold property the auction papers should contain a copy of the lease, management information and a sellers leasehold information form and associated conveyancing paperwork pertinent to a leasehold property. You should pass this on to the lawyer working for you ASAP. You also need to ensure that your finances are organised to complete on the on the contractual date .
My wife and I buying a 3 bedroom semi in Tilbury. Our aim is to carry out a loft conversion at the house.Will legal work on the property include enquiries to determine if these alterations are permitted?
Your property lawyer should check the registered title as conveyancing in Tilbury will sometimes reveal restrictions in the title deeds which prohibit certain changes or require the permission of a 3rd party. Certain additions call for local authority planning consent and approval in accordance building regulations. Certain areas are designated conservation areas and special planning restrictions apply which frequently prevent or affect extensions. It would be wise to check these things with a surveyor ahead of any purchase.
After weeks of negotiation I have agreed a price on an apartment in Tilbury. My mortgage broker recommended their conveyancers. I paid an upfront payment of £225. Soon after, the property lawyer called me sheepishly admitting that they were not on the Co-operative conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?
You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the Co-operative panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.
Is it necessary to take out insurance to address the risk of chancel repairs when buying a residence in Tilbury?
Unless a previous purchase of the premises took place post 12 October 2013 you can assume that lawyers handling conveyancing in Tilbury to continue to recommend a chancel search and or chancel repair liability policy.
I got the keys to my flat on 4 November and the transaction details is not yet registered. Need I be worried? My conveyancing solicitor in Tilbury expressed confidence that it would be dealt with in less than a month. Are transfers in Tilbury uniquely lengthy to register?
There is nothing unique when it comes to conveyancing in Tilbury registration formalities. As opposed to being determined by geographic area, timeframes can differ according to the party submitting the application, whether it is in order and whether the Land registry must send notices to any other persons or bodies. As of today in the region of 80% of submission are fully addressed within two weeks but some can be subject to protracted delays. Registration is effected once the buyer has moved in to the premises thus an expedited registration is not typically top priority but where there is a degree of urgency associated with the registration then you or your conveyancer should speak with the land registry and explain the circumstances.
Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold issue on a house I have offered on a fortnight ago in what should have been a quick, no chain conveyancing. Tilbury is the location of the property. Can you offer any opinion?
Flying freeholds in Tilbury are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Tilbury you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds very carefully. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Tilbury may decide 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 property.
What does commercial conveyancing in Tilbury cover?
Tilbury conveyancing for business premises covers a wide array of advice, offered by regulated solicitors, relating to business premises. For example, this type of conveyancing can cover the sale or purchase of freehold business premises or, more commonly, the transfer of existing business tenancies or the drafting of new leasing arrangements. Commercial conveyancing solicitors can also offer advice on the sale of business assets, commercial mortgages and the termination of leases.
I bought a house in Tilbury last 26/1/2024 and to date it is still not registered with HM Land Registry. It was part of a new estate and my lawyer told me that it can take 12 months to complete the registration formalities. I have called the Land Registry directly and they say that the initial application was cancelled due to questions not being addressed in time. What can I do?
Contact your solicitor - if you are not getting sensible responses, find out about their internal complaints procedure and amplify your concerns to a Partner. Registrations for Tilbury conveyancing are not known to be particularly slow.