I have just been advised by my estate agent that my Yeovil lawyer is not on the mortgage company Conveyancing panel. How can I check?
The sensible course of action for you to take is to contact your Yeovil lawyer directly. You lawyer should advise you of the situation. If they are not on the panel they could put your in touch with solicitors on the approved list of lawyers for your mortgage company.
We note that you have a post code search directory listing law firms on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel. Do companies pay you a referral fee if I appoint them for our conveyancing in Yeovil?
We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Yeovil.
Is it necessary to take out insurance to cover chancel repairs when acquiring a property in Yeovil?
Unless a previous purchase of the house completed post 12 October 2013 you may take it that conveyancing practitioners handling conveyancing in Yeovil to continue to propose a a chancel search and or chancel repair liability policy.
Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly identified during conveyancing in Yeovil?
Covenants that are restrictive in nature can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the process of conveyancing in Yeovil. 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…’
The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build apartment in Yeovil. Conveyancing is daunting 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 conveyancing.
Set out below is a sample of a few leasehold new build questions that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Yeovil
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Please supply evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry. The Lease must contain a provision on behalf of the Vendor to pay the service charges in respect of unoccupied units in order to ensure that all services can be provided. There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants. Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. Please confirm the Lease plans are surveyor prepared.
Due to the encouragement of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a property in Yeovil in advance of instructing lawyers. I have been told that there is a flying freehold aspect to the property. Our surveyor has said that some lenders may refuse to issue a mortgage on a flying freehold house.
It depends who your proposed lender is. Santander has different instructions for example to Nationwide. If you call us we can look into this further via the relevant lender. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Yeovil. Conveyancing will be smoother if you use a solicitor in Yeovil especially if they regularly deal with such properties in Yeovil.