My wife and I are acquiring a leasehold flat in Tilehurst. My property lawyer is not listed on the mortgage company solicitor panel. Am I still permitted to continue with my Tilehurst conveyancing solicitor even though they are excluded from the lender panel of approved conveyancing solicitors?
You have a number of alternatives available to you here
- Complete the deal with your chosen Tilehurst lawyer but your bank will no doubt retain a property lawyer from their approved panel. This will result in additional charges and likely frustration.
- Get a new solicitor to conduct the conveyancing, obviously checking they are on the bank conveyancing panel.
- Convince your solicitor to do everything within their powers to get listed on the mortgage company conveyancing panel
I require conveyancing for a flat in a fairly new development (five years built) in Tilehurst. Almost all the flats are already occupied. Do I need carry out the neighbourhood searches for my conveyancing in Tilehurst?
You would be taking a significant risk in refusing to carrying out Tilehurst conveyancing searches. Without searches you have no clarity over flooding, environmental etc which may mean you walk away due to potential problems down the line. If you are buying without a mortgage there is no legal necessity to have them, but we would strongly advise in no uncertain terms that your solicitor conducts them. If speed and price are top of your issues you should discuss with your solicitor about the options such as lack of search insurance available to you
Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly identified during conveyancing in Tilehurst?
Restrictive covenants can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the legal transfer of property in Tilehurst. 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…’
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Should local authority permission be required to split a single dwelling into a couple of appartments in Tilehurst? This has been carried out to a house next door to my house in Tilehurst and was not aware of the conversion until it was finished.
Planning consent is needed for splitting a single house in Tilehurst into apartments but probably not for reverting back to single dwelling-house so, simply put, yes.