Our conveyancer has discovered a defect with the lease for the apartment we are purchasing in Forest Hall. The other side have put forward defective title insurance as a workaround. We are happy with insurance and will pay for it. Our conveyancing practitioner has advised that he must check that the bank is happy with this solution. Who is the client here, us or the mortgage company ?

Notwithstanding that you have a mortgage offer from the lender does not mean to say that the property will meet their provisions for the purposes of a mortgage. Your lawyer has to ensure that the lease has to comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook conditions. You and the mortgage company are the client. The appropriate lender provisions must be adhered to.

Should commercial conveyancing searches reveal planned roadworks that may affect a commercial estate in Forest Hall?

Many commercial conveyancing solicitors in Forest Hall will conduct a SiteSolutions Highways report as it reduces the time that conveyancers spend in sourcing accurate data on highways that impact buildings and development assets in Forest Hall. 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 Forest Hall.

For each commercial conveyancing transaction in Forest Hall it is critical to investigate the adoption status of roads surrounding a site. The absence of identifying developments where adoption procedures have not been addressed adequately could cause delays to Forest Hall commercial conveyancing transactions as well as present a risk to future plans for the site. These searches are not conducted for domestic conveyancing in Forest Hall.

I moved into my apartment on 10 July and the transaction details are still not registered. Need I be worried? My conveyancing solicitor in Forest Hall advises it would be registered in a couple of weeks. Are titles in Forest Hall particularly slow to register?

There is nothing unique when it comes to conveyancing in Forest Hall registration formalities. Rather than based on location, timescales can adjust depending on who lodges the application, whether it is in order and whether the Land registry have to notify any interested persons or bodies. As of today roughly three quarters of such applications are completed in less than three weeks but some can be subject to longer hold-ups. Registration occurs once the new owner is living at the premises thus post completion formalities is not typically top priority yet if it is urgent that the the registration takes place urgently then you or your solicitor can speak with the land registry and explain the circumstances.

What does commercial conveyancing in Forest Hall cover?

Commercial conveyancing in Forest Hall covers a wide array of guidance, given by regulated solicitors, relating to business premises. For example, this type of conveyancing can cover the sale or purchase of freehold business premises or, more usually, the assignment of existing leases or the drafting of new leasing arrangements. Commercial conveyancing solicitors can also offer advice on the sale of business assets, commercial loans and the termination of tenancies.

As co-executor for the estate of my aunt I am selling a property in Newport but I am based in Forest Hall. My lawyer (who is 300 miles awayrequires that I sign a stat dec before the transaction finalising. Can you recommend a conveyancing practitioner in Forest Hall who can witness this legal document for me?

strictly speaking you are unlikely to need to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily or notary public or qualified solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are based in Forest Hall