Having sold my house in St Austell last March but the buyer keeps texting daily to say his solicitor needs to hear from mine. What are the post completion sale formalities following completion?
Following your sale your lawyer is duty bound to deliver the transfer deeds and all supplemental paperwork to the buyer’s solicitors. Depending on the transaction, your solicitor must also evidence that the mortgage has been repaid to the buyers conveyancers. There is unlikely to be post completion steps peculiar conveyancing in St Austell.
Me and my partner are purchasing a apartment in St Austell. It might be a silly question but how we can trust a solicitor? At some point we will need to deposit money into their account. What protection do we have from them run away with our deposit?
Be assured that all money in a Solicitors client account is 100% safe, and even if your Solicitor ran off with it, the Law Society would reimburse you fully.
How can we know in advance if a St Austell conveyancing solicitor on the Virgin Money panel is any good?
When it comes to conveyancing in St Austell seeking recommendations is a good starting point. Before you go ahead, check if they offer a no sale no fee offer. Also, you often get what you pay for - a firm which quotes more, will often provide a better service than one which is cheap as chips. We would always recommend that you speak with the solicitor carrying out your conveyancing.
I had an offer accepted on an apartment in St Austell on 3/12/2024, valuation was booked 4 days after, all came back fine. Solicitor appointed, so the only thing outstanding was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to RBS and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the RBS conveyancing panel. Can the lender hold off the offer?
A lender would not issue an offer until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for RBS to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the RBS conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
My friend recommended that where I am purchasing in St Austell I should ask my conveyancer to perform a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?
A search of this type is usually quoted for as part of the standard St Austell conveyancing searches. It is not a small document of more than thirty pages, listing and detailing significant information about St Austell 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 demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime statistics, Local Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information about St Austell.
Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly identified as part of conveyancing in St Austell?
Restrictive covenants can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the legal transfer of property in St Austell. 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…’
How and when do I incur stamp duty due for my conveyancing in St Austell?
The conveyancer should complete a Land Transaction Return Form for you during your St Austell purchase transaction for signature. After completion your conveyancing practitioner will submit your Land Transaction Return Form to the Inland Revenue and - assuming they have the funds - pay any tax bill payable for you.