I am looking to buy a house and need a conveyancing solicitor in Poynton who is on the Leeds Building Society approved. Can you recommend a local firm?

Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Leeds Building Society in certain locations such as Poynton. We dont recommend any particular firm.

My wife and I buying a 4 bedroom semi-detached house in Poynton. Our aim is to an extension at the rear at the property.Will the conveyancing process include checks to see if these works were previously refused?

Your solicitor should review the deeds as conveyancing in Poynton will occasionally reveal restrictions in the title documents which restrict categories of works or require the consent of another owner. Many works require local authority planning permissions and approval under the building regulations. Some locations are designated conservation areas and special planning restrictions apply which frequently prevent or affect extensions. It would be sensible to check these things with a surveyor ahead of any purchase.

After shopping around on the internet I have found a Poynton conveyancing practitioner having checked that they are on the HSBC conveyancing panel. Does my lawyer arrange the survey of the property?

HSBC will need an independent valuation of the property. Your lawyer will not arrange this. Usually HSBC will appoint their own surveyor to do this, and you will have to pay for it. Remember that this is a valuation for mortgage purposes and not a survey. You may wish to consider appointing your own Poynton surveyor to carry out a survey or prepare a home buyers report on the property. It is up to you to satisfy yourself that the property is structurally sound before you buy it. If the survey or report reveals that building work is needed, you should tell your solicitor. You may wish to renegotiate with the seller.

HSBC have agreed my mortgage in principle, my bid on a property in Poynton has been agreed to, now what?

The property agent will need to know who your solicitors are (ensure that the solicitors are on the bank’s approved list). Telephone HSBC or the financial adviser and finalise any relevant documentation. HSBC will instruct a valuer who will get in touch with the estate agent or seller to arrange an appointment. Once conducted (assuming no problems) it takes approximately ten days for the mortgage offer to be issued. HSBC will send the offer to you and your conveyancers. The legal work will then take it’s course according the nature and complexity of the conveyancing in Poynton.

A relative suggested that if I am buying in Poynton I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?

A search of this type is occasionally included in the estimate for your Poynton conveyancing searches. It is not a small report of more than thirty pages, listing and setting out important information about Poynton around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the local Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime details, Local Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data concerning Poynton.

I am buying a new build apartment in Poynton. Conveyancing is a frightening process at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build conveyancing.

Set out below is a sample of a selection of leasehold new build questions that you should expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Poynton

Please confirm the Lease plans are architect prepared. Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier? Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose? Where service of notices and proceedings can be at the property demised please confirm that this can be amended to include simultaneous services at the Lessees’ solicitors’ offices where the Lessee from time to time is not resident in the UK - such solicitors may be varied by notice in writing to the Landlord from time to time but otherwise will be as previously specified. The Vendor must covenant to keep unoccupied units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore.

I am looking to sell my house. My past lawyers have shut. It would be helpful to have a recommendation of a conveyancing firm. I happen to live in Poynton if that makes a difference.

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