I have given 8 weeks notice to my existing landlord and must leave my rented property in Bracebridge Heath by 9/9/2025. Conveyancing for my house purchase is underway. How realistic is it to complete in three weeks as I wish to avoid having to find short term accommodation?
Generally one should not serve notice for your lease until your lawyer suggests that you should. If you have not already done so, contact to your lawyer and request that they seek the assistance the sellers solicitors, try to an acceptable time-line that all parties will look to achieve
Completed the sale of my flat in Bracebridge Heath last April yet the purchaser is texting daily to say their lawyer needs to hear from mine. What are the post completion sale legalities following completion?
Post completion of your sale your lawyer should send the transfer deeds and all additional paperwork to the buyer’s solicitors. If applicable, your solicitor should also evidence that the mortgage has been redeemed to the purchasers lawyers. There are no post completion procedures peculiar conveyancing in Bracebridge Heath.
Should my solicitor be raising enquiries concerning flooding as part of the conveyancing in Bracebridge Heath.
Flooding is a growing risk for solicitors dealing with homes in Bracebridge Heath. Some people will buy a property in Bracebridge Heath, fully expectant that at some time, it may suffer from flooding. However, aside from the physical destruction, where a house is at risk of flooding, it may be difficult to obtain a mortgage, suitable building insurance, or dispose of the premises. Steps can be carried out during the course of a house purchase to forewarn the purchaser.
Lawyers are not qualified to give advice on flood risk, however there are a numerous searches that may be undertaken by the purchaser or on a buyer’s behalf which should give them a better appreciation of the risks in Bracebridge Heath. The conventional set of completed inquiry forms given to a buyer’s solicitor (where the Conveyancing Protocol is adopted) incorporates a usual inquiry of the owner to discover if the property has historically flooded. If flooding has previously occurred which is not notified by the vendor, then a buyer may issue a legal claim for losses resulting from an incorrect response. A purchaser’s solicitors may also commission an environmental search. This should higlight whether there is any known flood risk. If so, more detailed investigations will need to be made.
I used Wolstenholmes several years past for my conveyancing in Bracebridge Heath. I now require my file however the law firm has closed. What do I do?
Do contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Bracebridge Heath of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously instructed, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
Over the last few months I have been searching for a flat up to £305k and found one near me in Bracebridge Heath I like with amenity areas and transport links in the vicinity, the downside is that it only has 52 remaining years left on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Bracebridge Heath in this price bracket, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake buying a short lease?
If you need a home loan the shortness of the lease will likely be an issue. Reduce the offer by the amount the lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the existing proprietor has owned the property for at least twenty four months you may request that they start the process of the extension and then assign it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the existing lease term with a zero ground rent applied. You should speak to your conveyancing lawyer regarding this.