Some advice if I may. My Ovingham solicitor is advising me that he is legally obliged toconduct Ovingham conveyancing searches becausethe firm are on the Nat Westconveyancing panel. Is this really necessary?
Unfortunately both you and your lawyer have little choice here. Given that you are taking out a loan with a bank your property lawyer has to comply with their conditions as set out in their version of the CML Conveyancing Handbook. Your conveyancing practitioner would have previously signed the Terms and Conditions of your lender’s conveyancing panel appointment which obliges them to comply with the CML Handbook requirements . Even if you were a cash buyer you would be ill advised not to carry out Ovingham conveyancing searches.
Do the Building Society Association intend to launch a online directory to to identify solicitors on the Loughborough BS conveyancing panel for instance in Ovingham?
Lexsure has not been advised of any intention on the part of the BSA to develop such a search facility.
Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly identified during conveyancing in Ovingham?
Restrictive covenants can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the legal transfer of property in Ovingham. 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…’
I decided to have a survey done on a house in Ovingham before appointing lawyers. I have been told that there is a flying freehold element to the house. My surveyor advised that some mortgage companies will not give a mortgage on this type of house.
It depends who your proposed lender is. Lloyds has different requirements for example to Halifax. If you call us we can look into this further via the appropriate mortgage company. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Ovingham. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Ovingham to see if the conveyancing will be more expensive.
In my capacity as executor for the estate of my uncle I am selling a house in Monmouth but live in Ovingham. My lawyer (who is 235 miles from merequires that I sign a statutory declaration ahead of the transaction finalising. Could you suggest a conveyancing solicitor in Ovingham who can attest and place their company stamp on the document?
strictly speaking you are unlikely to be required to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally or notary public or solicitor will do regardless of whether they are based in Ovingham