We note that you have a search directory identifying firms on the Co-operative conveyancing panel. Do companies pay you a commission if I appoint them for our conveyancing in Brighstone?

We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the Co-operative conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Brighstone.

A friend recommended that where I am purchasing in Brighstone I should ask my conveyancer to carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?

A search of this type is sometimes quoted for as part of the standard Brighstone conveyancing searches. It is a large report of more than thirty pages, listing and detailing important information about Brighstone around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the local Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime statistics, Brighstone Education with plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information about Brighstone.

I have recentlybeen informed that Action Conveyancing have been shut down. They conducted my conveyancing in Brighstone 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 previous owner?

The easiest method to check if the premises is in your name, you can carry out 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 Brighstone conveyancing specialists.

I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold element on a property I put an offer in two weeks back in what should have been a quick, chain free conveyancing. Brighstone is the location of the property. Can you shed any light on this issue?

Flying freeholds in Brighstone are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Brighstone you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds thoroughly. Your bank may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Brighstone may determine that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold residence.

I am on look out for some leasehold conveyancing in Brighstone. Before I get started I want to be sure as to the unexpired term of the lease.

Assuming the lease is registered - and most are in Brighstone - 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.

Brighstone Leasehold Conveyancing - Examples of Questions you should consider before buying

Can you inform me if there are any major works in the near future that will likely increase the service costs? The prefered form of lease structure is a share of the freehold. In this situation the lessees enjoy control and notwithstanding that a managing agent is often retained if it is larger than a house conversion, the managing agent acts for the leaseholders themselves. It is important to be aware whether window replacement or some other major work is due in the near future to be shared amongst the tenants and may well materially increase the the service fees or result in a specific invoice.