I opted for a local firm for our conveyancing in New Milton last week. Going through the official terms of business I seeI am liable for charges even where the transaction does not complete. Should I go with them or choose a web based solicitor practice offering no-sale-no-fee conveyancing in New Milton?

Generally there is a compromise along the lines that if "No Completion No Fee" is available then the fee levels will generally be more expensive to offset the transactions that abort. Dont forget that such deals rarely protect you from expenditure for instance New Milton conveyancing search fees.

Finally the sale completed on my house in New Milton last April yet the purchaser is e-mailing me to moan that their lawyer is waiting to hear from myconveyancer. What are the post completion sale legalities now that I have sold?

After completion of your sale your conveyancer should forward the transfer deeds and all of the paperwork to the purchaser's conveyancer. If applicable, your solicitor should also evidence that the legal charge in favour of the lender has been repaid to the buyers conveyancers. There is unlikely to be post completion steps specific conveyancing in New Milton.

Just had an offer accepted on a new build apartment in New Milton. Conveyancing is a frightening process at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build conveyancing.

Set out below are examples of a few leasehold new build questions that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in New Milton

Please confirm the Lease plans are surveyor prepared. Please supply a car parking plan. Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose? There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants. Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier?

In my capacity as executor for the estate of my uncle I am selling a property in Cardiff but I am based in New Milton. My solicitor (approximately 260 miles from merequires that I sign a statutory declaration before the transaction finalising. Could you suggest a conveyancing lawyer in New Milton who can witness this legal document for me?

strictly speaking you are not likely to be required to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally any notary public or qualified solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are New Milton based

I purchased a flat in New Milton last 22/12/2023 and to date it is still not recorded with the Land Registry. It was part of a development site and my property lawyer told me that it may take twelve months to complete the registration formalities. I have spoken with HM Land Registry directly and they say that the original application was cancelled due to questions not being addressed in time. Do I need to be concerned?

It is your conveyancing practitioner that you must get in touch with in order to satisfy any issues which have arisen as part of the registration formalities for your New Milton property. Normal New Milton conveyancing practice includes an undertaking on the part of the seller's lawyer that they will assist in resolving any requisition raised by HMLR so it may be a case of seeking to enforce that undertaking if necessary.