I have given 2 months notice to my current landlord and must leave my let out flat in Carmarthen by 17/3/2026. Conveyancing on my purchase has just started. Can I complete in 4 weeks as I wish to avoid having to find temporary accommodation?

The normal practice is not to serve notice for your tenancy until your lawyer suggests that you should. Assuming that you have not already done so, update to your conveyancer and ask them to they apply pressure on the sellers solicitors, try to get a realistic time scale from them that everyone will aim to achieve

It is a dozen years since I purchased my house in Carmarthen. Conveyancing solicitors have recently been appointed on the sale but I am unable to track down the deeds. Is this a major issue?

You need not be too concerned. First there is a possibility that the deeds will be kept by your lender or they may be in the possession of the conveyancers who handled your purchase. Secondly in most cases the land will be recorded at the land registry and you will be able to establish that you own the property by your conveyancing lawyers obtaining current official copies of the land registers. Almost all conveyancing in Carmarthen relates to registered property but in the rare situation where your home is not registered it adds to the complexity but is not insurmountable.

Should my conveyancer be asking questions concerning flooding during the conveyancing in Carmarthen.

Flooding is a growing risk for lawyers specialising in conveyancing in Carmarthen. There are those who acquire a house in Carmarthen, fully aware that at some time, it may be flooded. However, leaving to one side the physical damage, where a house is at risk of flooding, it may be difficult to get a mortgage, satisfactory building insurance, or dispose of the premises. Steps can be carried out during the course of a property purchase to forewarn the buyer.

Solicitors are not qualified to offer advice on flood risk, however there are a numerous checks that can be undertaken by the purchaser or on a buyer’s behalf which will figure out the risks in Carmarthen. The conventional set of property information forms sent to a purchaser’s conveyancer (where the Conveyancing Protocol is adopted) incorporates a standard question of the seller to discover whether the premises has suffered from flooding. In the event that flooding has previously occurred which is not disclosed by the vendor, then a buyer could issue a compensation claim as a result of such an inaccurate response. The purchaser’s conveyancers should also carry out an enviro search. This will indicate if there is a recorded flood risk. If so, additional inquiries should be carried out.

I have todaybeen informed that Action Conveyancing have closed. They carried out my conveyancing in Carmarthen for a purchase of a leasehold flat 9 months ago. How can I check that the property is registered correctly in the name of the former proprietor?

The easiest way to see 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 Carmarthen conveyancing specialists.

We are in the process of buying a apartment in Carmarthen. Could our conveyancer have our transaction price a secret from the likes of Zoopla. Is this achievable and how?

HMLR as a matter of law required to disclose price paid information on a register of the title for residential properties nationwide including premises in Carmarthen. The Title Register is a public document, so HM Land Registry would be breaking the law if they did not grant access to the register.

You can make a request of the Land Registry to hide the price paid entry yet the answer would be a No.