I am told that my conveyancing solicitors will need to check that the building insurance for my purchase of a house in East Dean. My lender is Platform

Platform have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 11/12/2025, the requirements read as follows :

I am purchasing a house and the conveyancer has mentioned Chancel Repair for which the house may be liable given it’s proximity to the area of such a church. She has suggested insurance. Is this strictly necessary for conveyancing in East Dean

Unless a prior acquisition of the house took place post 12 October 2013 you can expect conveyancing practitioners handling conveyancing in East Dean to remain encouraging a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.

In my capacity as executor for the will of my grandmother I am disposing of a property in Newport but live in East Dean. My lawyer (approximately 250 kilometers from mehas requested that I execute a stat dec before completion. Can you recommend a conveyancing practitioner in East Dean to witness and place their company stamp on the document?

Technically speaking you are unlikely to be required to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally any notary public or qualified solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are East Dean based

Expecting to exchange soon on a ground floor flat in East Dean. Conveyancing solicitors assured me that they report fully on Monday. What should I be looking out for?

The report on title for your leasehold conveyancing in East Dean should include some of the following:

Rent payments - what is due and when is collected, and also know whether this will change in the future Information as to the provision as set out in the lease to pay service charges - with regard to both the building, and the wider rights a leaseholder has Alterations to the premises How long the lease is. You should receive guidance as what happens when the lease expires, and aware of the importance of not letting the lease term falling below eighty years Does the lease prevent you from letting out the property, or working from home

East Dean Conveyancing for Leasehold Flats - Sample of Queries Prior to buying

Many East Dean leasehold properties will incur a service bill for the upkeep of the building levied by the landlord. If you buy the property you will have to meet this contribution, normally in instalments during the year. This can differ from a few hundred pounds to thousands of pounds for buildings with lifts and large common grounds. There will also be a ground rent for you to pay annual, this is usually not a large amount, say about £25-£75 but you should to enquire it because on occasion it could be surprisingly expensive. Is the freehold owned collectively by the tenants?

Finally our conveyancing in East Dean completes this Friday, yet the owners I am purchasing off wants to move out 24 hours later at afternoon. Do I agree to such a idea?

You can't complete on a Saturday due to the bank systems are not operational.