I am acquiring a property without a mortgage in Freshford. I have lived for the previous 15 years in Freshford. Conveyancing searches are expensive. As I know the area and road very well should I not bother getting the solicitor to do all the conveyancing searches?

If you not getting a mortgage, then the vast majority of the Freshford conveyancing searches are optional. Your lawyer will ’encourage you, perhaps strongly, that you should have searches completed, but she is duty bound to take that path of encouragement . One thing to bear in mind; if you are intend to sell the house one day, it will likely be be of relevance to your future buyer what the searches disclose. Sometimes premises with day to day issues can still show up detrimental search results. A good conveyancing solicitor in Freshford will provide you some practical guidance concerning this.

We are buying a 4 bedroom semi-detached house in Freshford. We would like to an extension at the rear at the property.Will the conveyancing process include checks to ascertain if these alterations are prohibited?

Your property lawyer should check the registered title as conveyancing in Freshford can occasionally identify restrictions in the title deeds which prevent certain alterations or necessitated the permission of another owner. Some extensions call for local authority planning permissions and approval in compliance with building regulations. Many locations are designated conservation areas and special planning restrictions apply which often prevent or impact extensions. You should check these things with a surveyor ahead of any purchase.

is it true that all Freshford solicitor firms on the Nottingham conveyancing panel are overseen by the SRA?

As solicitors, in order to be on the Nottingham approved list of solicitors they would need to be overseen by the SRA. The majority of lenders do list licenced conveyancers on their panel in which case such organisation would be overseen by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers.

Planning on purchasing a flat in Freshford. I have received an online quote from a licenced conveyancer, which states: "There will be no charge for dealing with the Lender if you are obtaining a mortgage". I take this to mean that there will be no additional fee if the solicitor is on the HSBC conveyancing panel. I wanted to make sure it means there will be no additional fees for dealing with the mortgage.

They are simply saying that the cost for acting for the lender is included in the fee being quoted. It is worth you checking that the Freshford conveyancing practitioner is on the HSBC conveyancing panel.

A colleague advised me that if I am purchasing in Freshford I should ask my conveyancer to carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?

This is a search is usually quoted for as part of the standard Freshford conveyancing searches. It is a large report of about 40 pages, listing and setting out significant information about Freshford around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Freshford Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime statistics, Freshford Education with plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information regarding Freshford.

I have justbeen informed that Stirling Law have been shut down. They carried out my conveyancing in Freshford for a purchase of a leasehold flat 10 months ago. How can I be sure that the property is not still registered in the name of the previous owner?

The quickest way to check if the property is registered to you, 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 Freshford conveyancing specialists.

Just had an offer accepted on a new build flat in Freshford. Conveyancing is a frightening process 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 legal work.

Set out below are examples of a few leasehold new build enquiries that you should expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Freshford

There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants. Please confirm the Lease plans are surveyor prepared. If there are lifts in the building, please confirm that the owners of flats on the ground and basement floors will not be required to contribute towards the cost of maintenance and renewal. 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.