Why do I have to pay up front when it comes to conveyancing in Great Stanmore?
Where you are retaining lawyers for conveyancing in Great Stanmore your solicitor will ask you place them with monies to cover the the cost of the conveyancing searches. This will be the total of the cost of the Local Authority Search. When the down payment is as part of the sale price then this should be asked for immediately prior to contracts are exchanged. The final balance that is needed will be payable shortly before completion.
Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly identified during conveyancing in Great Stanmore?
Covenants that are restrictive in nature can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the process of conveyancing in Great Stanmore. 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…’
Due to the encouragement of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a property in Great Stanmore before appointing lawyers. I have been advised that there is a flying freehold element to the property. Our surveyor advised that some mortgage companies will refuse to give a loan on a flying freehold premises.
It varies from the lender to lender. Bank of Scotland has different instructions from Birmingham Midshires. Should you wish to call us we can look into this further via the relevant bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Great Stanmore. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Great Stanmore to see if the conveyancing will be more expensive.
I am thinking of appointing a conveyancing practitioner in Great Stanmore for my remortgage. Is there any facility to check a solicitor's record with the legal regulator?
Members of the public can find published Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) determinations resulting from inquisitions commenced on or after Jan 2008. Go to Check a solicitor's record. To find information about the period before 1 January 2008, or to check a solicitors history, call 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and 09.30 - 18.00 Tuesday. For non-uk callers, dial +44 (0)121 329 6800. The SRA sometimes monitor telephone calls for training purposes.
The conveyancers handling our conveyancing in Great Stanmore has forwarded documents to review that indicate that the property is unregistered with epitome documents. Surely all properties in Great Stanmore should be registered?
The majority of property in Great Stanmore is registered. An 'epitome' is basically a dossier of photocopies of documents affecting an unregistered title. Many Great Stanmore conveyancing practitioners will be able to handle such matters but where uncertainty reigns the standard advice nowadays seems to be for the vendor’s solicitor to register the title first and subsequently sell - this will have a domino effect to cause a significant delay.