I am helping my mother sell her house in Aspley Guise. Will the conveyancing solicitor order an energy assessment or should I organise this?

After the abolition of Home Information Packs, energy performance certificates became a compulsory element of selling a property. An energy assessment needs to be to hand before the property is advertised. It is not as aspect of the sale process that lawyers ordinarily organise. Where you are using a Aspley Guise conveyancing solicitor they may be willing to arrange energy performance certificates due to their relationships with long established local assessors

My fiancee and I are in the process of viewing flats in Aspley Guise and I am now considering a potential offer. Is it best to have a lawyer on ‘stand by’? I am planning to take a mortgage with Coventry BS.

It would be sensible to start your search sooner rather than later. After you have chosen your lawyer and once your offer is accepted you can instruct them to work for you and forward their contact information on to the selling agent. As you are taking out a mortgage with Coventry BS, ask your prospective lawyers if they are on the Coventry BS conveyancing panel otherwise they can't do the mortgage legal work.

I was told three weeks ago that my mortgage has been agreed to by Coventry BS. Is it usual for Coventry BS to only issue the offer once my solicitor in Aspley Guise is approved on their conveyancing panel? Coventry BS have asked my solicitor to see a copy of their PI Insurance.

A lender would not issue a mortgage until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Coventry BS to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Coventry BS conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.

What does a local search reveal concerning the house I am purchasing in Aspley Guise?

Aspley Guise conveyancing often starts with the applying for local authority searches directly from your local Authority or through a personal search organisations for example Xpress Legal The local search is essential in every Aspley Guise conveyancing purchase; that is if you don’t want any nasty once you have moved into your new home. The search will supply data on, amongst other things, details on planning applications applicable to the property (whether granted or refused), building control history, any enforcement action, restrictions on permitted development, nearby road schemes, contaminated land and radon gas; in all a total of 13 topic sections.

I have justbeen informed that Action Conveyancing have closed. They carried out my conveyancing in Aspley Guise for a purchase of a freehold house 12 months ago. How can I establish that the property is in my name in the name of the former proprietor?

The easiest method to see if the property is in your name, you can make a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Aspley Guise conveyancing specialists.

I am buying a new build flat in Aspley Guise. Conveyancing is necessary evil 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.

Set out below is a sample of a few leasehold new build enquiries that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Aspley Guise

Please supply a car parking plan. The Vendor must covenant to keep unoccupied units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore. 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 Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme.

I opted to have a survey completed on a property in Aspley Guise ahead of retaining solicitors. I have been told that there is a flying freehold element to the property. My surveyor advised that some lenders will refuse to give a mortgage on a flying freehold house.

It depends who your proposed lender is. Bank of Scotland has different instructions from Halifax. If you e-mail us we can check via the appropriate mortgage company. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Aspley Guise. Conveyancing will be smoother if you use a solicitor in Aspley Guise especially if they are accustomed to such properties in Aspley Guise.