I have been told that property searches are a common cause of hinderance in Haslingden house deals. Is there any truth in this?
The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) released determinations of research by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not feature within the most frequent causes of delays in the conveyancing process. Local searches are unlikely to be the root cause of delay in conveyancing in Haslingden.
I own a renovated Victorian property in Haslingden. Conveyancing practitioner represented me and Coventry Building Society. I did a free Land Registry search last week and I saw a couple of entries: the first freehold, another for leasehold with the exact same address. If a house is not a freehold shouldn't I have been informed?
You need to read the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register for mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered owner of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Haslingden and other areas of the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they remortgage they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with purchasers. You can also question the situation with your conveyancing practitioner who carried out the work.
Due to the input of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a house in Haslingden in advance of retaining solicitors. I have been advised that there is a flying freehold element to the property. The surveyor advised that some banks tend not give a loan on a flying freehold house.
It depends who your proposed lender is. Santander has different requirements from Nationwide. Should you wish to telephone us we can look into this further via the relevant mortgage company. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Haslingden. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Haslingden to see if the conveyancing costs will increase in light of this.
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Am I better off to go with a Haslingden conveyancing practitioner based in the location that I am hoping to buy? We have a good friend who can carry out the legal formalities but they are based 200miles drive away.
The benefit of a local Haslingden conveyancing practice is that you can drop in to sign paperwork, deliver your identification documents and pester them if necessary. Having local Haslingden know how is a bonus. That being said it's more important to get someone that will do a good and efficient job. If if people you trust instructed your friend and in the main were happy that should surpass using an unknown Haslingden conveyancing solicitor solely due to them being round the corner.