My wife and I are purchasing a newly constructed apartment in Tintagel and my lawyer is informing me that she has to the lender to disclose incentives from the builder. The Estate Agents are hassling me to exchange and I would rather not prolong matters. Is my lawyer right?
You should not exchange unless you have been advised to do so by your property lawyer. A precondition to being on a mortgage company panel is to comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook provisions. The CML Conveyancing Handbook requires that your lawyer have the appropriate Disclosure of Incentive form completed by the developer and accepted by your lender.
We are looking to buy a property and require a conveyancing solicitor in Tintagel who is on the Kent Reliance approved panel. Can you recommend a local conveyancing firm?
Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Kent Reliance . We don't recommend any particular firms conducting conveyancing in Tintagel.
I am assisting my niece sell her property in Tintagel. Will the solicitor order the EPC or should I organise this?
Following the abolition of HIPs, energy performance certificates remained a mandatory component of selling a property. An energy performance certificate should be commissioned before the property is advertised. This is not as aspect of the sale process that law firms normally arrange. If you are instructing a Tintagel conveyancing solicitor they may help arrange EPC’s given their contacts with long established local accredited person
I am currently in the process of buying my council flat in Tintagel. I have a mortgage agreed with Coventry BS. Conveyancing is new to me. Can I proceed without a solicitor easily? I think we can but we keep being told I should use one. Any advice?
It is not advisable to proceed with a house purchase without a solicitor. The council's solicitor are not acting for you. You need a solicitor for a number reasons. One of which is to verify what plans the Council have for repairs and refurbishment for the next five years. Many leaseholders have been stung for contributions of thousands of pounds. In any event, if you are getting a mortgage with Coventry BS, you will need to appoint a solicitor on the Coventry BS conveyancing panel.
After shopping around on the internet I have found a Tintagel solicitor having checked that they are on the Nottingham conveyancing panel. Does my lawyer arrange the survey of the property?
Nottingham will need an independent valuation of the property. Your lawyer will not arrange this. Usually Nottingham 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. You may wish to consider appointing your own Tintagel surveyor to carry out a survey or prepare a home buyers report on the property. It is up to you to satisfy yourself that the property is structurally sound before you buy it. If the survey or report reveals that building work is needed, you should tell your solicitor. You may wish to renegotiate with the seller.
It has been five months following my purchase conveyancing in Tintagel completed. I have checked the Land Registry site which shows that I paid £175,000 when infact I paid £215,000. Why the discrepancy?
The price paid figure is taken from the application to register the purchase. It is the figure included in the Transfer (the legal deed which transfers the residence from one person to the other) and referred to as the 'consideration' or purchase price. You can report an error in the price paid figure using the LR online form. In most cases errors result from typos so at first glance the figure. Do report it so they can double check and advise.
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The conveyancing solicitors handling our conveyancing in Tintagel has forwarded documents to review that reveal that the land is unregistered with epitome documents. Surely all property in Tintagel are registered?
It is unusual for premises in Tintagel not to be registered. An 'epitome' is basically a dossier of photocopies of documents affecting an unregistered title. Many Tintagel conveyancing lawyers will be able to handle such matters but if any uncertainty prevails the usual guidance presently seems to be for the vendor’s solicitor to register the title first and then sell - this undoubtedly result in a significant delay.