We are acquiring our first property. Our conveyancer has messagedto ask if we want to take out supplemental conveyancing searches. Unfortunately we have no idea as to what's necessary for conveyancing in Camberwell

The range of Camberwell conveyancing searches depends entirely on the property, the location, the likelihood of any of these risks, your familiarity of the locality and risks, your overall approach to risk. What matters is that you adequately comprehend what information each search could give you. Then you can decide if you personally think you need that search. If unsure, ask the lawyer to recommend.

Finally the sale completed on my house in Camberwell last March but the buyer keeps e-mailing every few hours to say her conveyancer needs to hear from mysolicitor. What are the post completion sale formalities following completion?

Post completion of your sale your solicitor should send the transfer documentation and all of the paperwork to the buyer’s lawyers. Depending on the transaction, your solicitor must also confirm that the legal charge in favour of the lender has been discharged to the purchasers lawyers. There are no post completion formalities unique to conveyancing in Camberwell.

Do commercial conveyancing searches disclose planned roadworks that could affect a commercial site in Camberwell?

Its becoming the norm that commercial conveyancing solicitors in Camberwell will perform a SiteSolutions Highways report as it dramatically cuts the time that conveyancers invest in looking into accurate data on highways that impact buildings and development assets in Camberwell. The report provides definitive data on the adoption status of roads, footpaths and verges, as well as the implication of traffic schemes and the rights of way surrounding a commercial development sites in Camberwell.

For each commercial conveyancing transaction in Camberwell it is critical to investigate the adoption status of roads surrounding a site. Failure to identify developments where adoption procedures have not been addressed adequately can cause delays to Camberwell commercial conveyancing transactions as well as pose a risk to future intentions for the site. These searches are not ordered for residential conveyancing in Camberwell.

Have purchased a a terraced house in Camberwell , how long should it take for the Land Registry to register my proprietorship? My Camberwell conveyancing solicitor works at snail pace, so I want to be certain the post completion formalities are addressed.

As far as conveyancing in Camberwell registration is no faster or slower than the rest of the country. Rather than based on location, timeframes can vary depending on who lodges the application, whether it is in order and whether the Land registry need to notify any interested persons or bodies. Currently approximately three quarters of submission are completed in less than three weeks but occasionally there can be longer hold-ups. Historically registration takes place once the new owner has moved in to the premises therefore 'speed' is not usually an essential issue yet if there is a degree of urgency associated with the registration then you or your lawyers could communicate with the Registry to express the reasoning for the application to be prioritised.

I'm buying a new build house in Camberwell benefiting from help to buy. The developers refused to move on the amount so I negotiated £7000 of extras instead. The sale representative told me not reveal to my solicitor about this extras as it will put at risk my loan with the lender. Do I keep my lawyer in the dark?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the developer 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.