Why is leasehold purchase conveyancing in Willen is more expensive?
Willen leasehold conveyancing transactions usually involve additional investigations than freeholds including investigating the Lease, liaising with the Landlord such as serving relevant notices on the Landlord or managing agent, obtaining up-to-date service charge and management information, obtaining Landlord’s consents and reviewing management accounts and formation documents.
I am buying a property and the solicitor has identified Chancel Repair to which the house may be liable because it falls into the area of such a church. He has recommended insurance. Is this strictly necessary for conveyancing in Willen
Unless a prior acquisition of the house took place post 12 October 2013 you could expect conveyancing practitioners carrying out conveyancing in Willen to continue to recommend a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.
My wife and I purchased a renovated Victorian house in Willen. Conveyancing lawyer represented me and Bank of Ireland. I happened to do a free search for it on the Land Registry database and I saw a couple of entries: the first freehold, the second leasehold with the matching property. If a house is not a freehold shouldn't I have been informed?
You need to review the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register for mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered proprietor of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Willen and other areas of the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they sell they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with purchasers. You can also question the situation with your conveyancing practitioner who carried out the work.
Are there any apps to assist me to identify a Willen solicitor on the Skipton Building Society conveyancing panel? I am a keen cyclist and am happy to travel upto 25kilometers to meet the lawyer.
You can use the tool on this website. Please choose the lender and your location and you will see a number of Willen conveyancing lawyers based on proximity. We have detailed some Willen conveyancing firms towards the end of this page and you can call them to see whether they are on the Skipton Building Society panel
As co-executor for the estate of my grandfather I am disposing of a house in Neath but reside in Willen. My lawyer (based 250 kilometers from mehas requested that I sign a statutory declaration prior to completion. Can you recommend a conveyancing lawyer in Willen to witness this legal document for me?
strictly speaking you should not be required to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally or notary public or solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are Willen based