Finally the sale completed on my house in Wareham last January but my buyer keeps SMS messaging every few hours complaining that her solicitor is waiting to hear from mine. What are the post completion sale formalities following completion?
Following your disposal your solicitor should send the transfer deeds and all of the paperwork to the buyer’s solicitors. Depending on the transaction, your lawyer must also confirm that the home loan has been paid off to the buyers lawyers. There is unlikely to be post completion formalities specific conveyancing in Wareham.
Do the Building Society Association intend to launch a searchable register to list law firms on the Melton Mowbray Building Society conveyancing panel for instance in Wareham?
We have not been informed any intention on the part of the BSA to develop such a tool.
Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to our house are lost. The conveyancers who did the conveyancing in Wareham 4 years ago have long since closed. What are my options?
As long as the title is registered the information relating to your ownership will be retained by HMLR with a Title Number. It is easy to perform a search at the Land Registry, identify your house and get up to date copies of the Registered Entries for less than a fiver. Where the property is Leasehold then the Land Registry will usually hold a file duplicate of the Registered Lease and again, a copy can be obtained for a small fee.
Due to the guidance of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a property in Wareham before retaining solicitors. I have been told that there is a flying freehold element to the house. Our surveyor advised that some lenders may not give a loan on this type of house.
It depends who your proposed lender is. HSBC has different requirements for example to Halifax. Should you wish to call us we can look into this further with the appropriate mortgage company. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Wareham. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Wareham to see if the conveyancing will be more expensive.
How do I search for a Wareham solicitor on the Birmingham Midshires conveyancing panel? I drive a motor bike and am willing to travel upto 10kilometers to meet the solicitor.
You can use the search on this website. Please select a mortgage company and your location and you will see a number of Wareham conveyancing lawyers based on proximity. We have detailed some Wareham conveyancing firms at the bottom of this page and you can ring them to check whether they are on the Birmingham Midshires panel