It is is a decade since I acquired my home in Brislington. Conveyancing solicitors have recently been appointed on the sale but I am unable to track down the title deeds. Is this a major issue?

You need not be too concerned. First the deeds may be with your lender or they may still be with the lawyers who handled your purchase. Secondly in all probability the land will be registered at the land registry and you will be able to establish that you own the property by your conveyancing solicitors obtaining up to date copy of the land registers. Most conveyancing in Brislington relates to registered property but in the rare situation where your property is unregistered it adds to the complexity but is not insurmountable.

What can a local search reveal about the property my wife and I purchasing in Brislington?

Brislington conveyancing often commences with the applying for local authority searches directly from your local Authority or through a personal search company for instance Searches UK The local search plays an important role in many a Brislington conveyancing purchase; as long as you don’t want any unpleasant once you have moved into your new home. The search will provide 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 headings.

I'm buying my first flat in Brislington with a loan from Barclays Direct. The developers would not move on the price so I negotiated £7000 of fixtures and fittings instead. The property agent told me not reveal to my conveyancer about this deal as it could affect my loan with the lender. Do I keep my lawyer in the dark?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.

Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.

Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.

Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold element on a property I have offered on a fortnight ago in what was supposed to be a straight forward, chain free conveyancing. Brislington is the location of the property. Can you offer any advice?

Flying freeholds in Brislington are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Brislington you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds very carefully. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Brislington may decide 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.

Do you have any top tips for leasehold conveyancing in Brislington with the purpose of saving time on the sale process?

• Much of the frustration in leasehold conveyancing in Brislington can be avoided if you get in touch lawyers as soon as your agents start advertising the property and request that they start to collate the leasehold information which will be required by the buyers’ solicitors.
The majority of freeholders or Management Companies in Brislington charge for supplying management packs for a leasehold premises. You or your lawyers should find out the actual amount of the charges. The management information sought as soon as you have a buyer, thus reducing delays. The average time it takes to receive management information is three weeks. It is the most usual reason for delay in leasehold conveyancing in Brislington. If there is a history of conflict with your landlord or managing agents it is very important that these are settled before the property is put on the market. The buyers and their solicitors will be reluctant to purchase a property where there is a current dispute. You may need to swallow your pride and discharge any arrears of service charge or resolve the dispute prior to the buyers completing the purchase. It is therefore preferable to have any dispute settled prior to the contract papers being issued to the buyers’ solicitors. You are still duty bound to disclose details of the dispute to the purchasers, but it is better to present the dispute as over rather than unsettled. If you hold a share in a the freehold, you should ensure that you hold the original share document. Organising a replacement share certificate can be a time consuming process and slows down many a Brislington conveyancing deal. If a duplicate share is needed, you should approach the company officers or managing agents (where applicable) for this at the earliest opportunity.

Leasehold Conveyancing in Brislington - A selection of Queries before Purchasing

Is the freehold reversion owned collectively by the leaseholders? The best form of lease structure is where the freehold title is owned by the leaseholders. In this situation the tenants have being in charge if their destiny and although a managing agent is often retained where the building is larger than a house conversion, the managing agent retained by the leaseholders.