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Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Norbiton

Our bank has recommended solicitors on their panel based in Norbiton but I would rather use a conveyancing lawyer in Norbiton local to me. Are you able to help?

Not all Norbiton conveyancing solicitors are on all banks conveyancing panel. Please make use of the above search tool to locate a Norbiton conveyancing solicitor on the on the mortgage company panel.

My bid for a property was accepted at auction in Norbiton. Conveyancing is required. What is next?

Now that you have legally committed yourself to purchase you now have to retain a conveyancing lawyer quickly as you will have a tight a drop dead date to complete the deal. Every auction property will have an associated auction pack. This will include the copy title deeds, local authority and drainage searches. If you have purchased leasehold premises the conveyancing pack should include a copy of the lease, management information and a sellers leasehold information form and other conveyancing paperwork relating to leasehold premises. You should give this to the solicitor instructed by you as soon as possible. You also need to ensure that you have funds in order to complete on the on the contractual date .

This question may be naive but I am new to the house moving as FTB of a two bedroom flat in Norbiton. Do I receive the keys to the house on completion from my solicitor? If so, I will use a High Street conveyancing solicitor in Norbiton?

There is no need to visit the lawyers office on the day of completion. Conveyancing lawyers for you will transfer the purchase money to the vendor’s solicitors, and shortly after the monies have arrived, you will be invited to collect the keys from the Estate Agents and start moving into the property. Usually this occurs early afternoon.

I am the only beneficiary of my late father’s estate with all property in now in my sole name, including the my former home in Norbiton. Conveyancing formalities meant that the Land Registry date was in October. I plan to dispose of the property. I do know about the Mortgage Lenders 6 month 'rule', meaning my property ownership could be considered the same way as though I had purchased the house in October. Will no one buy the property for half a year?

The Council of Mortgage Lenders’ handbook mandates solicitors to: "report to us immediately if the owner or registered proprietor has been registered for less than six months." By the strict wording you may be affected by that. How practical a view mortgage companies take of it, depend on the lender as this clause chiefly exists to capture the purchase and immediately sell or the quick reselling of property.

My relative suggested that where I am purchasing in Norbiton I should ask my conveyancer to execute a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?

A search of this type is sometimes quoted for as part of the standard Norbiton conveyancing searches. It is a large report of about 40 pages, listing and detailing significant information about Norbiton around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Norbiton Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime details, Norbiton Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information concerning Norbiton.

Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly identified as part of conveyancing in Norbiton?

Restrictive covenants can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the process of conveyancing in Norbiton. 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…’

What does commercial conveyancing in Norbiton cover?

Norbiton conveyancing for business premises incorporates a wide array of services, provided by regulated solicitors, relating to business premises. By way of example, this type of conveyancing can cover the sale or purchase of freehold business premises or, more usually, the transfer of existing business tenancies or the drafting of new leasing arrangements. Commercial conveyancing solicitors can also offer advice on the sale of business assets, commercial mortgages and the termination of leases.

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