Can you help? My Ickenham conveyancer is advising me that she is duty bound toapply for Ickenham conveyancing searches asthe firm are on the HSBCconveyancing panel. These Ickenham checks cost a lot of money can this be avoided?
You have limited options available to you. Given that you are taking out a loan with a bank your conveyancer has to comply with their conditions as set out in their version of the CML Conveyancing Handbook. Your conveyancing practitioner would have previously signed the Terms and Conditions of your bank’s conveyancing panel appointment which obliges them to follow the CML Handbook provisions . Even if you were a cash buyer you would be ill advised not to carry out Ickenham conveyancing searches.
I have a 4 bedroom Georgian property in Ickenham. Conveyancing practitioner acted for me and The Mortgage Works. I did a free Land Registry search last week and I saw a couple of entries: one for freehold, another for leasehold with the exact same property. If a house is not a freehold shouldn't I have been informed?
You should review the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register for mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered owner of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Ickenham and other locations in the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they remortgage they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with purchasers. You can also enquire as to the position with your conveyancing solicitor who carried out the work.
I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold element on a house I have offered on last month in what was supposed to be a simple, no chain conveyancing. Ickenham is the location of the property. Can you shed any light on this issue?
Flying freeholds in Ickenham are not the norm but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Ickenham you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds thoroughly. Your bank may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Ickenham may ascertain 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 property.
What does commercial conveyancing in Ickenham cover?
Ickenham conveyancing for business premises covers a wide range of advice, offered by regulated solicitors, relating to business premises. For instance, this area of conveyancing can cover the sale or purchase of freehold business premises or, more commonly, the transfer 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 grandfather I am disposing of a house in Newport but live in Ickenham. My lawyer (approximately 300 kilometers from merequires that I sign a stat dec prior to the transaction finalising. Can you recommend a conveyancing solicitor in Ickenham to witness this legal document for me?
Technically speaking you are unlikely to need to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily any notary public or solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are based in Ickenham