I have given 8 weeks notice to my current landlord and have to be out of my let out flat in Stoke Sub Hamdon by the end of next month. Conveyancing for my house purchase is progressing. Can I complete in 5 weeks as don't want to have to move into short term accommodation?
It is unwise to serve notice on a rental until you have exchanged. Assuming that you have not previously done so, speak to your lawyer and ask them to they cajole the sellers side, try to an agreed time frame that everyone will work towards
My uncle advised me that in buying a property in Stoke Sub Hamdon there may be a number of restrictions affecting the ability to carry out external changes to a property. Is this right?
There are a number of properties in Stoke Sub Hamdon which have some sort of restriction or requirement of consent to perform external alterations. Part of the conveyancing in Stoke Sub Hamdon should determine what restrictions are applicable and advising you as part of a ROT that should be sent to you.
Is it the case that all Stoke Sub Hamdon conveyancing solicitors on the Nottingham conveyancing panel are overseen by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority?
As solicitors, in order to be on the Nottingham conveyancing panel they would need to be overseen by the SRA. Many mortgage companies do list licenced conveyancers on their panel and in that case the organisation would be regulated by the CLC.
My fiancee and I are spending time looking at houses in Stoke Sub Hamdon and I am about to put in an offer. Is it sensible to have my conveyancing practitioner on ‘stand by’? I am planning to take a mortgage with Principality.
It would be wise to commence your search sooner rather than later. Once you decide who you want to use and once your offer is accepted you can instruct them to work for you and forward their contact information on to the estate agent. Given that you are getting a mortgage with Principality, ask your prospective lawyers if they are on the Principality conveyancing panel otherwise they can't do the mortgage legal work.
My colleague recommended that where I am purchasing in Stoke Sub Hamdon I should ask my conveyancer to perform a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?
This is a search is occasionally quoted for as part of the standard Stoke Sub Hamdon conveyancing searches. It is a large document of more than thirty pages, listing and detailing important information about Stoke Sub Hamdon around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Stoke Sub Hamdon Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime details, Local Education with plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data regarding Stoke Sub Hamdon.
Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to my home are lost. The conveyancers who did the conveyancing in Stoke Sub Hamdon 10 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 proprietorship will be retained by HMLR under a Title Number. It is possible to perform a search at the Land Registry, find your property and get up to date copies of the property title for less than a fiver. Where the title is Leasehold then the Land Registry will in most cases retain a file duplicate of the Registered Lease and again, a copy can be ordered for a small fee.
How does conveyancing in Stoke Sub Hamdon differ for new build properties?
Most buyers of new build premises in Stoke Sub Hamdon contact us having been asked by the builder to exchange contracts and commit to the purchase even before the property is completed. This is because developers in Stoke Sub Hamdon tend to acquire the real estate, plan the estate and want to get the plots sold off as they are building the properties. Buyers, therefore, will have to exchange contracts without actually seeing the house they are buying. To reduce the chances of losing the property, buyers should instruct conveyancers as soon as the property is reserved and mortgage applications should be submitted quickly. Due to the fact that it could be several months and even years between exchange of contracts and completion, the mortgage offer may need to be extended. It would be wise to use a lawyer who specialises in new build conveyancing especially if they are accustomed to new build conveyancing in Stoke Sub Hamdon or who has acted in the same development.