It is a dozen years since I purchased my home in Greasby. Conveyancing solicitors have recently been appointed on the sale but I can't track down the deeds. Is this a major issue?
You need not be too concerned. Firstly there is a possibility that the deeds will be with your lender or they could stored with the lawyers who acted in the purchase. Secondly the chances are that the land will be recorded at the land registry and you will be able to establish that you are the registered owner by your conveyancing solicitors obtaining current official copies of the land registers. Nearly all conveyancing in Greasby involves registered property but in the unlikely event that your property is not registered it adds to the complexity but is not insurmountable.
How do I investigate if the solicitor conducting my conveyancing in Greasby is on the lender’sconveyancing panel? I am looking to avoid the situation of having one lawyer for me and one for Platform Home Loans Ltd thus paying £175.00 in additional conveyancing fees.
Feel free to make the most of the search tool on this web page. Please choose the lender and type ‘Greasby’ or your location and you will discover numerous conveyancers offices in Greasby or nearest you.
My partner and I are downsizing from our property in Greasby and the buyers lawyers are claiming that there is a possibility that the property was constructed on contaminated land. A local conveyancer would know this is not the case. For the life of me I don't know why the buyers are using a factory type conveyancing practice as opposed to a conveyancing solicitor in Greasby. We have lived in Greasby for 4 years we know of no issue. Do we get in touch with our local Authority to get confirmation that the buyers are looking for.
It sounds as though you may have a conveyancing firm already. Are they able to advise? You must enquire of your lawyer before you do anything. It is very possible that once the local authority has been informed of a potential issue it cannot be insured against (a bit like being diagnosed with a serious illness and then taking out health insurance to cover that same ailment)
Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly picked up as part of conveyancing in Greasby?
Restrictive covenants can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the process of conveyancing in Greasby. 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…’
One month into a sale of a flat in Greasby. Conveyancing is fine but we have been asked to pay a fortune from the freeholder. So far we have forked out £237 for a leasehold management information and then another £117.20 for answers to queries supplied by the purchaser's property lawyer.
You will not have control over the extent of the charges for this information however the typical fee for the information for Greasby leasehold property is £360. For Greasby conveyancing sales it is standard for the seller to pay for these costs. The freeholder or their agents are under no legal obligation to address such questions although many will agree to do so - albeit often at exorbitant prices where the fees bear little relation to the work involved. Unfortunately there is no legislation that requires set charges for administrative tasks. Neither is there any prescriptive time limit by which they are duty bound to supply answers.