Completed the sale of my flat in Lincoln last August yet the purchaser is whats apping me complaining that her conveyancer is waiting to hear from mine. What are the post completion sale formalities following completion?
Post completion of your disposal your lawyer is committed to deliver the transfer deeds and all of the paperwork to the purchaser's solicitors. If applicable, your lawyer must also send confirmation that the mortgage has been paid off to the buyers solicitors. There are no post completion tasks peculiar conveyancing in Lincoln.
We are buying a flat in Lincoln. It might be a silly question but how we can trust a conveyancer? On the day of competition we have to deposit funds into their account. What protection do we have from them run away with our monies?
Be assured that all money in a Solicitors client account is 100% safe, and even if your Solicitor ran off with it, the Law Society would reimburse you fully.
My wife and I buying a 4 bedroom semi-detached house in Lincoln. Our aim is to convert the garage to an office at the house.Will legal work on the property involve enquiries to see if these alterations are prohibited?
Your conveyancer should review the deeds as conveyancing in Lincoln can sometimes identify restrictions in the title documents which restrict certain changes or need the consent of another owner. Some extensions require local authority planning consent and approval in accordance building regulations. Many areas are designated conservation areas and special planning restrictions apply which often prevent or impact extensions. You should check these things with a surveyor prior to committing yourself to a purchase.
Is there a list of Kent Reliance panel conveyancers in Lincoln on the Building Society Association’s Website?
Unfortunately not yet. There is no such facility on the CML or Building Society Association sites. Very few mortgage companies make their panel listings visible over the internet. Where you are looking for a Lincoln property lawyer on the Kent Reliance please use our facility.
My relative advised me that if I am buying in Lincoln I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?
This is a search is usually quoted for as part of the standard Lincoln conveyancing searches. It is not a small report of about 40 pages, listing and detailing important information about Lincoln around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Lincoln Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime details, Lincoln Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data concerning Lincoln.
My wife and I own a renovated Edwardian property in Lincoln. Conveyancing practitioner acted for me and Coventry Building Society. I happened to do a free search for it on the Land Registry database and there are two entries: the first freehold, another for leasehold under the matching address. If a house is not a freehold shouldn't I have been informed?
You need to assess 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 proprietor of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Lincoln and other areas of the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they buy they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with buyers. You can also enquire as to the situation with your conveyancing lawyer who completed the work.
I have been recommended by numerous property agents in Lincoln to select a solicitor using your seach tool. What’s the financial advantage for Estate Agents to recommend your services rather than alternative conveyancing organisations?
We refuse to make any referral fee for directing people our way. We found it would be just too difficult a fee as members of the public would think, ‘How come the agent getting a kickback? Why aren’t I getting any benefit too?’ So we decided to step away from that.