Having sold my house in Burton upon Trent last November yet the purchaser is telephoning every few hours to moan that his solicitor is waiting to hear from mine. What should have happened following completion?

Following your house sale your solicitor should forward the transfer documentation and all additional paperwork to the buyer’s solicitors. Depending on the transaction, your lawyer should also confirm that the mortgage has been repaid to the purchasers conveyancers. There are no post completion tasks peculiar conveyancing in Burton upon Trent.

Our mortgage company has suggested solicitors on their panel based in Burton upon Trent but I would rather instruct a conveyancing lawyer in Burton upon Trent or nearer to where I live. Are you able to assist?

It is by no means the case that all Burton upon Trent conveyancing firms are listed all lender’s conveyancing panel. Do make use of the above find an approved solicitor tool to find a Burton upon Trent conveyancing conveyancer on the on the mortgage company panel.

I just acquired a flat at auction in Burton upon Trent. Conveyancing is necessary. What are my next steps?

Given that you have now exchanged you will need to choose a conveyancing solicitor soon as you are faced with a pending deadline in which to complete the property. An auction property will ordinarily have an associated auction set of papers. This should include most,if not all of the documents that your lawyer will need. In the case of leasehold property the legal pack may provide a copy of the lease, management information and a sellers leasehold information form and other conveyancing documentation specific to leasehold premises. You must pass this on to your appointed conveyancing solicitor ASAP. You also need to ensure that you have funds in place to complete on the date specified in the contract.

I am due to move home in February. Should my conveyancing solicitor communicate with the removal company on the completion day. As an aside, can you put forward a removal company in Burton upon Trent. Conveyancing lawyer was chosen prior to coming across your site.

On the day of completion you can collect the keys from the estate agent however this should only be done once the previous owners conveyancers advise the agent that they acknowledge receipt of the completion payment and the keys can be passed over. You should advise the removal company that they can start moving you in. We are not in a position to recommend a specific removal company but can assist you in locating a residential property solicitor in Burton upon Trent or a firm that specialises in conveyancing in Burton upon Trent.

After weeks of negotiation I have agreed a price on a house in Burton upon Trent. My financial adviser recommended their conveyancers. I paid an advanced payment of £225. Soon after, the property lawyer contacted me to say that they were not on the Nottingham 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 Nottingham 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.

I am buying a new build apartment in Burton upon Trent. 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 conveyancing.

Set out below is a sample of a few leasehold new build enquiries that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Burton upon Trent

The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme. Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier? Where there is an Undertaking being granted there is the risk of forfeiture of the Headlease subject to relief if one or more of the Underlessees are willing to accept the original Head Lessee’s obligations as otherwise relief will be denied to the Underlessees. The only alternatives are the Head Lessor agreeing not to forfeit the Headlease or the Head Lessee guaranteeing to the Underlessees that it will not be in breach of the Headlease. There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants.

Back In 2006, I bought a leasehold house in Burton upon Trent. Conveyancing and Birmingham Midshires mortgage organised. I have received a letter from someone saying they have taken over the reversionary interest in the property. It included a ground rent demand for rent dating back to 1992. The conveyancing solicitor in Burton upon Trent who previously acted has long since retired. Any advice?

First make enquiries of HMLR to be sure that this person is in fact the registered owner of the freehold reversion. You do not need to incur the fees of a Burton upon Trent conveyancing practitioner to do this as you can do this on the Land Registry website for less than a fiver. You should note that in any event, even if this is the legitimate freeholder, under the Limitation Act 1980 the limitation period for recovery of ground rent is six years.

Burton upon Trent Leasehold Conveyancing - A selection of Questions you should ask before buying

This information is useful as a) areas can result in problems in the block as the communal areas may begin to deteriorate where services remain unpaid b) if the leaseholders have a dispute with the managing agents you will want to know about it How is the lease structured? Please note that where the lease has no more than eighty years it will impact the marketability of the flat. It is worth checking with your mortgage company that they are happy with remaining years on the lease. A short lease means that you will most likely have to extend the lease at some point and you need to have some idea of what this would cost. For most Burton upon Trentlease extensions you would be required to have owned the premises for two years before you are entitled to extend the lease.