Having sold my house in Tredegar last April but the buyer keeps SMS messaging daily to say her lawyer is waiting to hear from mine. What should my lawyer have done now that I have sold?

Following your disposal your lawyer should forward the transfer documentation and all supplemental paperwork to the buyer’s conveyancer. If applicable, your lawyer should also confirm that the mortgage has been repaid to the purchasers lawyers. There are no post completion procedures peculiar conveyancing in Tredegar.

We are intent on selling our property in Tredegar and the buyers lawyers are claiming that there is a risk of it being built land that was not decontaminated. Any local lawyer would know that there is no such problem. For the life of me I don't know why the purchasers are using a web based conveyancing outfit rather than a conveyancing solicitor in Tredegar. We have lived in Tredegar for 5 years we know of no issue. Is it a good idea to contact our local Authority to seek clarification that the buyers are looking for.

It sounds as though you may have a conveyancing solicitor already. What do they say? You should enquire of your lawyer before you do anything. It is very possible that once the local authority has been informed of a potential issue it cannot be insured against (a bit like being diagnosed with a serious illness and then taking out life insurance to cover that same illness)

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Can you provide any advice for leasehold conveyancing in Tredegar from the point of view of saving time on the sale process?

• Much of the delay in leasehold conveyancing in Tredegar can be bypassed where you appoint lawyers the minute you market your property and ask them to collate the leasehold documentation needed by the purchasers’ conveyancers.
The majority of freeholders or Management Companies in Tredegar levy fees for providing management packs for a leasehold property. You or your lawyers should enquire as to the fee that they propose to charge. The management pack sought on or before finding a buyer, thus accelerating the process. The typical amount of time it takes to obtain the necessary information is three weeks. It is the most frequent cause of delay in leasehold conveyancing in Tredegar. A minority of Tredegar leases require Landlord’s consent to the sale and approval of the buyers. If this applies to your lease, you should notify your estate agents to make sure that the purchasers obtain bank and professional references. The bank reference will need to confirm that the buyers are able to meet the yearly service charge and the actual amount of the service charge should be quoted in the bank’s letter. You will therefore need to provide your estate agents with the service charge figures so that they can pass this information on to the purchasers or their solicitors. If you hold a share in a the Management Company, you should make sure that you have the original share document. Organising a re-issued share certificate can be a lengthy formality and delays many a Tredegar conveyancing transaction. If a duplicate share is necessary, do contact the company officers or managing agents (if relevant) for this at the earliest opportunity. In the event that you altered the property did you need the Landlord’s consent? Have you, for example installed wooden flooring? Tredegar leases often stipulate that internal structural alterations or addition of wooden flooring calls for a licence from the Landlord acquiescing to such alterations. Should you dont have the approvals in place do not contact the landlord without checking with your conveyancer in the first instance.

Tredegar Leasehold Conveyancing - A selection of Queries before Purchasing

What is the length of the lease? Is the freehold reversion owned collectively by the leaseholders? What is the maintenance charge and ground rent on the flat?

To what extent are Tredegar conveyancing solicitors duty bound by the Law Society to publish clear conveyancing costs?

Contained within the Solicitors Code of Conduct are set rules and regulations as to how the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) allow solicitors to publicise their charges to clients.The Law Society have a practice note giving advice on how to publicise transparent charges to avoid breaching any such rule. Practice notes are not legal advice issued by the Law Society and is not to be regarded as the only standard of good practice a conveyancing solicitor should adhere to. The Practice Note does, however, constitute the Law Society’s perspective of acceptable practice for publicising conveyancing charges, and accordingly it’s a recommended read for any solicitor or conveyancer in Tredegar or or elsewhere in the country.