It is a dozen years since I bought my property in Hampton Hill. Conveyancing lawyers have recently been retained on the sale but I am unable to find the deeds. Will this cause complications?
You need not be too concerned. First there is a possibility that the deeds will be with the lender or they could be in the possession of the lawyers who acted in your purchase. Secondly in most cases the title will be registered at the land registry and you will be able to establish that you own the property by your conveyancing solicitors procuring up to date copy of the land registers. Nearly all conveyancing in Hampton Hill relates to registered property but in the rare situation where your property is not registered it is more tricky but is resolvable.
My wife and I have recently appointed a conveyancing solicitor in Hampton Hill. I I am struggling to find out whether they are accepted on the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society approved list of lawyers. Can you advise?
You should phone the conveyancer and enquire whether they can act for the lender. Otherwise please get in touch with Norwich and Peterborough Building Society who may be able to confirm.
Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold issue on a property I have offered on last month in what was supposed to be a simple, no chain conveyancing. Hampton Hill is where the house is located. Can you offer any advice?
Flying freeholds in Hampton Hill are not the norm but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Hampton Hill you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds diligently. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Hampton Hill 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.
Am I better off to choose a Hampton Hill conveyancing solicitor in close proximity to the house I am hoping to buy? An old friend can handle the legal formalities but they are based over three hundred miles away.
The primary upside of using a high street Hampton Hill conveyancing firm is that you can visit the firm to sign paperwork, hand in your identification documents and pester them where appropriate. Having local Hampton Hill know how is a plus. However it's more important to get someone that will pull out all the stops for you. If if people you trust instructed your friend and in the main were impressed that should trump using an unfamiliar Hampton Hill conveyancing solicitor just because they are round the corner.
Is it true that a Hampton Hill conveyancing firm got sued by clients for not carrying out comprehensive conveyancing searches?
Our attention has not be brought to such a Hampton Hill conveyancing claim but it has been reported that, clients buying a house in Cumbria successfully won a case against their lawyer due to development plans to build a wind farm not being identified in conveyancing searches.
Where you are contemplating buying a home in Hampton Hill It is critical that your property lawyer carry out all Hampton Hill conveyancing searches required to ensure you have accurate and current information ahead of acquiring a property.