We have very assertive sellers who has recommended a lock out agreement with a down payment of 5k. Are such contracts appropriate for Bewdley conveyancing transactions?

This form of contract is not the norm in Bewdley, conveyancers are often found to direct clients away from them as they divert attention from the main conveyancing focus and if you end up having your deposit forfeited then the lawyer is left exposed. Secondly, there is no assurance that just because the seller has signed an exclusivity contract they will complete the sale with you. They may breach the agreement if they are offered a large enough incentive to do so because an aggrieved party with the benefit of a exclusivity agreement will still have to establish consequential losses from the breach and this may not equalise the extra amount that your vendor may secure by breaking the contract, no matter how morally condemnable that may be.

I need some fast conveyancing in Bewdley as I am under pressure to exchange contracts within one month. A mortgage is not required. Is it possible to decline from having conveyancing searches to save fees and time?

If.Given you are not getting a home loan you have the choice not to do searches although no solicitor would recommend that you don't. Drawing on years of experience of conveyancing in Bewdley the following are examples of what can arise and adversely affect the marketability of the property: Enforcement Notices, Overdue Charges, Outstanding Grants, Railway Schemes,...

Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to our property are lost. The solicitors who dealt with the conveyancing in Bewdley 5 years ago have long since closed. What do I do?

As long as you have a registered title the information relating to your ownership will be evidenced by the Land Registry with a Title Number. It is easy to carry out a search at the Land Registry, find your property and secure current copies of the property title for less than a fiver. If the title is Leasehold then the Land Registry will in most cases hold a certified duplicate of the Registered Lease and again, a copy can be retrieved for a small fee.

In my capacity as executor for the will of my grandfather I am selling a house in Neath but I am based in Bewdley. My conveyancer (approximately 260 miles from mehas requested that I sign a stat dec ahead of completion. Can you recommend a conveyancing solicitor in Bewdley who can attest and place their company stamp on the document?

strictly speaking you are unlikely to need to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily or notary public or qualified solicitor will suffice regardless of whether they are based in Bewdley

Having had my offer accepted I require leasehold conveyancing in Bewdley. Before I set the wheels in motion I would like to find out the remaining lease term.

If the lease is registered - and almost all are in Bewdley - then the leasehold title will always include the short particulars of the lease, namely the date; the term; and the original parties. From a conveyancing perspective such details then enable any prospective buyer and lender to confirm that any lease they are looking at is the one relevant to that title. For any other purpose, such as confirming how long the term was granted for and calculating what is left, then the register should be sufficient on it's own.

Leasehold Conveyancing in Bewdley - A selection of Queries Prior to Purchasing

Many Bewdley leasehold properties will incur a service charge for maintenance of the building invoiced on behalf of the freeholder. If you acquire the apartment you will have to pay this contribution, normally in instalments during the year. This could be anything from two or three hundred pounds to thousands of pounds for bigger purpose-built buildings. In all probability there will be a ground rent to be met yearly, ordinarily this is not a large amount, say around £50-£100 but you need to check as on occasion it can be many hundreds of pounds. Who are the managing agents?