Some advice if I may. My Greenfield solicitor is assuring me that she is duty bound toconduct Greenfield conveyancing searches asthe firm are on the Virgin Moneyconveyancing panel. Is this really necessary?
You have limited options available to you. Given that you are taking out a loan with a mortgage company your lawyer has to comply with their conditions as set out in their version of the CML Conveyancing Handbook. Your solicitor would have previously signed the Terms and Conditions of your bank’s conveyancing panel appointment which obliges them to follow the Council of Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook conditions . Even if you were a cash buyer you would be ill advised not to carry out Greenfield conveyancing searches.
A colleague recommended that where I am buying in Greenfield I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?
A search of this type is sometimes included in the estimate for your Greenfield conveyancing searches. It is a large report of about 40 pages, listing and detailing important information about Greenfield around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the local Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime details, Greenfield Education with plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information concerning Greenfield.
I used Stirling Law a few years ago for my conveyancing in Greenfield. I now require my file but the law firm has closed. What do I do?
Do call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracing your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Greenfield of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously instructed, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
I'm remortgaging my primary home to a BTL loan with Skipton Building Society and I will use the ballance of the raised equity as a deposit on a second house. The location we are interested in is Greenfield. Will your lawyers be able to act for both sets of mortgage companies and tie in the two deals?
Do use our search tool on this site to be sure that the solicitors are approved by both banks. Assuming that they are the solicitor will be able to connect the two transactions but you should have a chat with you conveyancer and specify your desired outcome and needs.
I purchased a property in Greenfield last 28/12/2023 and to date it is still not recorded with HM Land Registry. It is part of a new estate and my property lawyer told me that it may take 12 months to register. I have called the Land Registry directly and they have informed me the initial application was cancelled due to failure to reply to requisitions. Should I be concerned?
It is your solicitor that you really need to turn to here in order to satisfy any concerns which have arisen as part of the registration formalities for your Greenfield property. Normal Greenfield conveyancing practice includes an undertaking on the part of the previous owner’s solicitor that they will help resolve any requisition raised by HMLR so it may be a case of seeking to enforce that undertaking if necessary.