Having sold my house in Winnersh last July but our buyer keeps calling daily to moan that his lawyer needs to hear from mine. What should have happened following completion?
Post completion of your sale your lawyer should forward the transfer deeds and all of the paperwork to the purchaser's conveyancer. Where relevant, your solicitor must also send confirmation that the home loan has been paid off to the buyers lawyers. There are no post completion tasks specific conveyancing in Winnersh.
My property lawyer in Winnersh is not listed on the Alliance & Leicester Solicitor Panel. Can I still continue with my family solicitor even though they are excluded from the Alliance & Leicester list of approved lawyers?
The limited options open to you here include:
- Carry on with your preferred Winnersh lawyers but Alliance & Leicester will need to instruct a conveyancer on their list of acceptable firms. This will result in additional overall legal charges and result in frustration.
- Get a new practitioner to act in the conveyancing, not forgetting to check they are on the Alliance & Leicester panel
I acquired my house on 8 January and my personal details are still not on the land registry website. Should I be concerned? My conveyancing solicitor in Winnersh advises it will be formalised in a couple of weeks. Are properties in Winnersh particularly slow to register?
There is nothing unique when it comes to conveyancing in Winnersh registration formalities. As opposed to being determined by geographic area, timeframes can adjust depending on who lodges the application, whether it is in order and if the Land registry communicate with any third persons or bodies. Currently approximately 80% of submission are completed within two weeks but occasionally there can be protracted hold-ups. Historically registration occurs after the new owner is living at the property so an expedited registration is not typically an essential issue yet if it is urgent that the the registration takes place urgently then you or your conveyancer must communicate with the Registry to express the reasoning for an expedited registration.
I opted to have a survey carried out on a property in Winnersh prior to instructing conveyancers. I have been informed that there is a flying freehold aspect to the house. The surveyor has said that some banks tend not grant a loan on this type of premises.
It depends who your proposed lender is. Lloyds has different requirements for example to Halifax. Should you wish to call us we can look into this further with the relevant mortgage company. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Winnersh. Conveyancing will be smoother if you use a solicitor in Winnersh especially if they regularly deal with such properties in Winnersh.
Am I right to be suspicious that 3rd parties that I am dealing with are encouraging me to use an internet conveyancing firm rather than a local Winnersh conveyancing practice?
As is the case with many professional services, often suggestions from family and friends can be worth their weight in gold. Yet there are numerous players in a conveyancing matter; estate agents, mortgage brokers and banks might all recommend lawyers to retain. On occasion the conveyancers might be known to one of the organisations as one of the best in their field, but sometimes there behind the scenes commercial relationship behind the endorsement. You have the right to appoint your own conveyancer. Don't forget that most banks have an approved list of conveyancers you are obliged to use for the mortgage related work in your house move.
What advice can you give us when it comes to choosing a Winnersh conveyancing firm to deal with our lease extension?
If you are instructing a conveyancer for lease extension works (regardless if they are a Winnersh conveyancing firm) it is essential that he or she should be familiar with the legislation and specialises in this area of work. We suggest that you talk with several firms including non Winnersh conveyancing practices prior to instructing a firm. If the firm is ALEP accredited then so much the better. The following questions could be useful:
-
Can they put you in touch with clients in Winnersh who can give a testimonial? If the firm is not ALEP accredited then why not?
Winnersh Leasehold Conveyancing - A selection of Queries before Purchasing
-
The best form of lease structure is a share of the freehold. In this situation the lessees benefit from being in charge if their destiny and although a managing agent is frequently retained where the building is bigger than a house conversion, the managing agent retained by the leaseholders. Is the freehold owned jointly by the leaseholders? What is the yearly maintenance fee and ground rent?