Why do I have to pay up front for my conveyancing in Corby?

Where you are retaining lawyers for conveyancing in Corby your solicitor will request that you to provide them with funds to cover the search fees. Generally this is requested to cover the fees of the Local Authority Search. If any down payment is as part of the purchase price then this should be asked for shortly in advance of contracts are exchanged. Any further balance that is due should be sent to your lawyer a couple of days prior to the day of completion.

I have todayfound out that Stirling Law have closed. They conducted my conveyancing in Corby for a purchase of a leasehold apartment 9 months ago. How can I be sure that my home is not still registered in the name of the former proprietor?

The easiest method to check if the premises is in your name, you can make a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Corby conveyancing specialists.

As co-executor for the estate of my grandmother I am disposing of a property in Swansea but live in Corby. My conveyancer (approximately 300 kilometers awayhas requested that I execute a stat dec ahead of completion. Can you recommend a conveyancing practitioner in Corby who can witness this legal document for me?

Technically speaking you are not likely to need to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally or notary public or qualified solicitor will suffice regardless of whether they are based in Corby

I work for a busy estate agent office in Corby where we see a number of flat sales derailed as a result of leases having less than 80 years remaining. I have been given conflicting advice from local Corby conveyancing solicitors. Please can you shed some light as to whether the owner of a flat can initiate the lease extension process for the buyer?

As long as the seller has owned the lease for at least 2 years it is possible, to serve a Section 42 notice to start the lease extension process and assign the benefit of the notice to the purchaser. This means that the buyer need not have to wait 2 years for a lease extension. Both sets of lawyers will agree to form of assignment. The assignment needs to be completed before, or simultaneously with completion of the disposal of the property.

Alternatively, it may be possible to agree the lease extension with the freeholder either before or after the sale. If you are informally negotiating there are no rules and so you cannot insist on the landlord agreeing to grant an extension or transferring the benefit of an agreement to the buyer.

Leasehold Conveyancing in Corby - A selection of Queries Prior to buying

You will want to discover as much as possible regarding the company managing the block as they will affect your use and enjoyment of the property. Being a leasehold owner you will be in the clutches of the managing agents both financially and when it comes to practical issues like the tidiness of the communal areas. Ask other people what they think of their service. Finally, find out the dates that the maintenance charges are due to the appropriate party and precisely how they are spending the funds. How much is the annual service fee and ground rent? For most Corby leaseholds the cost for major works tend not to be included within service charges, albeit that some managing agents in Corby require leaseholders to contribute towards a sinking fund created for the specific intention of building a fund for major works.

A licensed conveyancer dealt with my conveyancing in Corby 5 years past and was holding my deeds but has now closed – What can I do to retreive these?

Deeds, as such, are no longer appropriate for most properties in Corby are archived electronically at Land Registry. If you need to show ownership or are selling or re-mortgaging your property lawyer can obtain up to date copies of the register from the Land Registry in any case.

If you feel there may be other documents or you have any other queries please e-mail your request with details of the transaction and documents you need to filerequest@clc-uk.org. The CLC will let you know what information they have and any additional information they may need before they are in a position to identify and send the documents to you. Following an intervention it may take some time for the CLC to access archived files and documents, but your request will be actioned as quickly as possible.