Having sold my house in Torpoint last February but the buyer keeps e-mailing me to moan that his conveyancer is waiting to hear from mysolicitor. What are the post completion sale formalities now that I have sold?

After completion of your disposal your solicitor should deliver the transfer documentation and all additional paperwork to the buyer’s conveyancer. If applicable, your conveyancer must also send confirmation that the home loan has been paid off to the buyers lawyers. There is unlikely to be post completion formalities unique to conveyancing in Torpoint.

What does a local search tell me concerning the property I am buying in Torpoint?

Torpoint conveyancing often starts with the ordering local authority searches directly from your local Authority or via a personal search company for instance PSG The local search plays an important part in many a Torpoint conveyancing purchase; as long as you don’t want any nasty once you have moved into your new home. The search should supply data on, amongst other things, details on planning applications relevant to the property (whether granted or refused), building control history, any enforcement action, restrictions on permitted development, nearby road schemes, contaminated land and radon gas; in all a total of thirteen subject headings.

I am selling my property. My former conveyancers closed down. I am in need of a recommendation of a conveyancing firm. Im based in Torpoint if that makes a difference.

Please use our search tool to help you find a solicitor for your conveyancing in Torpoint. We have connected thousands of home buyers and sellers with lender approved solicitors to ensure that the legalities of their house move runs with a minimum of fuss.

Am I best advised to go with a Torpoint conveyancing solicitor in close proximity to the house I am hoping to buy? An old friend can execute the legal work however they are based 200kilometers away.

The primary upside of using a local Torpoint conveyancing firm is that you can pop in to execute documents, hand in your identification documents and apply pressure on them if necessary. Having local Torpoint know how is a benefit. That being said nothing is more important than finding someone that will pull out all the stops for you. If other friends have instructed your friend and they were impressed that should outweigh using an unknown Torpoint conveyancing solicitor just because they are round the corner.

Can you offer any advice when it comes to finding a Torpoint conveyancing firm to carry out our lease extension conveyancing?

If you are instructing a conveyancer for lease extension works (regardless if they are a Torpoint conveyancing practice) it is essential that they be familiar with the legislation and specialises in this area of conveyancing. We recommend that you talk with two or three firms including non Torpoint conveyancing practices before you instructing a firm. Where the conveyancing practice is ALEP accredited then that’s a bonus. The following questions could be helpful:

If the firm is not ALEP accredited then what is the reason? What volume of lease extensions has the firm conducted in Torpoint in the last twenty four months?

I own a ground floor flat in Torpoint, conveyancing having been completed half a dozen years ago. Can you give me give me an indication of the likely cost of a lease extension? Corresponding properties in Torpoint with a long lease are worth £211,000. The average or mid-range amount of ground rent is £50 yearly. The lease finishes on 21st October 2092

With only 68 years left to run we estimate the price of your lease extension to range between £9,500 and £11,000 as well as professional fees.

The figure that we have given is a general guide to costs for extending a lease, but we are not able to supply the actual costs in the absence of comprehensive due diligence. Do not use the figures in a Notice of Claim or as an informal offer. There are no doubt additional concerns that need to be considered and clearly you want to be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Neither should you move forward placing reliance on this information before getting professional advice.