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Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Roehampton

My solicitor has discovered a a legal deficiency with the lease for the property we are purchasing in Roehampton. The other side have suggested title insurance as a solution. We are happy with insurance and will pay for it. Our solicitor has advised that he must be satisfied that the mortgage company is willing to move forward with this solution. Who is the client here, us or the mortgage company ?

The short answer to your last question is that, notwithstanding the risk of a conflict of interest, you and the mortgage company are the client. Your conveyancing practitioner must comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook conditions. The UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook conditions require your lawyer to disclose issues such as defects with the lease so that the bank can be afforded the opportunity to check with their valuer as to the extent that the value of the property is affected. Should you refuse to allow your lawyer to make the appropriate notification then your conveyancing practitioner will have no choice but to discontinue acting for you.

Finally the sale completed on my house in Roehampton last April but our buyer keeps SMS messaging every few hours complaining that their conveyancer is waiting to hear from mylawyer. What should my lawyer have done now that I have sold?

Post completion of your house sale your lawyer is obliged to deliver the transfer deeds and all additional paperwork to the purchaser's lawyers. Where appropriate, your lawyer must also confirm that the home loan has been paid off to the purchasers lawyers. There are no post completion procedures specific conveyancing in Roehampton.

Will my conveyancing lawyers need to check that the building insurance when buying a house in Roehampton. My lender is Bank of Ireland

Bank of Ireland have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 13/2/2025, the requirements read as follows :

Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to our home can not be found. The solicitors who conducted the conveyancing in Roehampton 4 years ago no longer exist. Will I be able to sell the house?

As long as you have a registered title the details of your ownership will be recorded by HMLR with a Title Number. It is easy to carry out a search at the Land Registry, locate your property and secure up to date copies of the property title for a small fee. If the property is Leasehold then the Land Registry will usually hold a file copy of the Registered Lease and again, a copy can be retrieved for a small fee.

I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold issue on a house I have offered on two weeks back in what was supposed to be a straight forward, no chain conveyancing. Roehampton is where the house is located. Can you offer any assistance?

Flying freeholds in Roehampton are not the norm but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Roehampton you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds diligently. Your mortgage company may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Roehampton may decide that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold residence.

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