Please could you vouch for a Platform Home Loans Ltd sanctioned Yarm conveyancing practice who can have us moved in within two weeks? Am I best advised to go for a local Yarm conveyancer or a nationwide comparison site?

We can recommend some very good Yarm conveyancing firms. Another option is to visit the high street in Yarm. Approach two or three law practices and ask to see a conveyancing solicitor for a quote. Mention your deadline together with the reasons and get a commitment on your deadline. Select the lawyer that you are most comfortable with.

A colleague recommended that where I am purchasing in Yarm I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?

A search of this type is usually quoted for as part of the standard Yarm conveyancing searches. It is not a small report of more than thirty pages, listing and setting out significant information about Yarm around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Yarm Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime details, Local Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data regarding Yarm.

Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly identified during conveyancing in Yarm?

Restrictive covenants can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the process of conveyancing in Yarm. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’

The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build apartment in Yarm. Conveyancing is a frightening process at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build conveyancing.

Here are examples of a few leasehold new build questions that you should expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Yarm

Forfeiture - bankruptcy or liquidation must not apply under this provision. The Lease must contain a provision on behalf of the Vendor to pay the service charges in respect of unoccupied units in order to ensure that all services can be provided. There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants. Where service of notices and proceedings can be at the property demised please confirm that this can be amended to include simultaneous services at the Lessees’ solicitors’ offices where the Lessee from time to time is not resident in the UK - such solicitors may be varied by notice in writing to the Landlord from time to time but otherwise will be as previously specified. The Vendor must covenant to keep unoccupied units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore.

What does commercial conveyancing in Yarm cover?

Yarm conveyancing for business premises incorporates a wide array of advice, provided by regulated solicitors, relating to business premises. By way of example, this area of conveyancing can cover the sale or purchase of freehold business premises or, more commonly, the assignment of existing leases or the drafting of new leasing arrangements. Commercial conveyancing solicitors can also offer advice on the sale of business assets, commercial loans and the termination of leases.