I have been told that property searches are the primary cause of obstruction in Woodthorpe house deals. Is that correct?
The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) released findings of research by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not feature amongst the most frequent causes of hindrances in the conveyancing process. Local searches are not likely to feature in any delay in conveyancing in Woodthorpe.
My wife and I own a 4 bedroom Victorian house in Woodthorpe. Conveyancing solicitor acted for me and Birmingham Midshires. I did a free Land Registry search last week and I saw a couple of entries: one for freehold, the second leasehold with the matching address. I'd like to know for sure, how can I find out??
You should read 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 owner of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Woodthorpe and other locations in the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they mortgage they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with buyers. You can also question the position with the conveyancing practitioner who conducted the purchase.
My company is looking to take an assignment of a lease of a shop on the high street. Can you recommend lawyers offering competitive costs for commercial conveyancing in Woodthorpe for under 1500k?
We are happy to recommend firms who have specialist knowledge of commercial conveyancing in Woodthorpe, including the disposal and acquisition of businesses as well as simply premises. If you are intending to acquire or lease a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail premises or a whole business we will put you in touch with the right firm. As for the costs these will vary based on the structure and nuances of the deal. Let us have your details or email so as to enable us to furnish you with a detailed commercial conveyancing calculation.
Is it best to use a Woodthorpe conveyancing solicitor who is local to the property I am hoping to buy? I have an old university friend who can conduct the legal formalities however they are based a couple of hundredkilometers away.
The primary upside of using a local Woodthorpe conveyancing firm is that you can attend the office to execute documents, hand in your identification documents and pester them where appropriate. Having local Woodthorpe know how is a benefit. That being said nothing is more important than finding someone that will do a good and efficient job. If you know people who instructed your friend and on the whole were impressed that should surpass using an unknown Woodthorpe conveyancing lawyer just because they are based in the area.
Myself and my partner have just had an offer agreed on a property and had an appointment on Wednesday with Nationwide for the mortgage. They warned us that when it comes to appointing a conveyancer that if they are not on their approved list of conveyancing practitioners then we will be subject to an an additional fee of £200. This is is due to the fact that they will then have to instruct a solicitor to act for them in addition to the one we select for ourselves and we assume responsibility for their invoice. I have asked Nationwide to furnish me with a list so I can request estimates only from their approved lawyers but was told that I need to check with each individual conveyancer to see if they are on the panel. Is there a list online?
Ask Nationwide what their panel criteria is for a solicitor.Thereafter ask the property lawyer of your choice whether they meet the criteria and have they acted on mortgages for Nationwide in the past. Where the answer to those is yes, then just double check with Nationwide. Alternatively please make use of our search tool and we may be able to locate a lawyer in Woodthorpe on the approved list for Nationwide.