Willinstructing a Thornhill conveyancing lawyer make the ownership transfer smoother?

Thornhill is a special area, where regional knowledge counts for a lot. The laid-back lifestyle is great – just not when it comes to your conveyancing. The solicitors that we recommend providing well rounded Thornhill knowledge with a positive, hands-onattitude that helps the conveyancing to progress actively engaging with all parties to reduce communication delays. It will certainly help that they can make use of long term rapport with financial advisers, local authorities, surveyors and counterpart Thornhill conveyancing solicitors

The deeds to our house can not be found. The conveyancers who conducted the conveyancing in Thornhill 4 years ago are no longer around. What do I do?

As long as the title is registered the information relating to your ownership will be evidenced by HMLR with a Title Number. It is possible to perform a search at the Land Registry, find your house and secure up to date copies of the property title for less than a fiver. If the property is Leasehold then the Land Registry will usually hold a file duplicate of the Registered Lease and again, a copy can be ordered for twenty pounds.

Over the last few months I have been searching for a leasehold apartment up to £305k and identified one round the corner in Thornhill I like with a park and transport links nearby, the downside is that it only has 52 years on the lease. There is not much else in Thornhill in this price bracket, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake buying a short lease?

If you require a mortgage the shortness of the lease will likely be a potential deal breaker. Discount the offer by the anticipated lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the current owner has owned the premises for a minimum of 2 years you can ask them to commence the lease extension formalities and then assign it to you. You can add 90 years to the existing lease and have £0 ground rent by law. You should speak to your conveyancing lawyer concerning this matter.

In my capacity as executor for the will of my grandmother I am disposing of a residence in Swansea but I am based in Thornhill. My conveyancer (approximately 200 miles awayneeds me to execute a statutory declaration prior to completion. Can you recommend a conveyancing lawyer in Thornhill to witness this legal document for me?

strictly speaking you should not be required to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily any notary public or solicitor will suffice regardless of whether they are Thornhill based

I am in need of some leasehold conveyancing in Thornhill. Before diving in I require certainty as to the remaining lease term.

If the lease is recorded at the land registry - and almost all are in Thornhill - then the leasehold title will always include the short particulars of the lease, namely the date; the term; and the original parties. From a conveyancing perspective such details then enable any prospective buyer and lender to confirm that any lease they are looking at is the one relevant to that title. For any other purpose, such as confirming how long the term was granted for and calculating what is left, then the register should be sufficient on it's own.

Thornhill Conveyancing for Leasehold Flats - Sample of Queries before buying

Who is in charge of the block? The answer will be helpful as a) areas could result in problems for the building as the common areas may begin to deteriorate where repairs are not paid for b) if the leaseholders have an issue with the running of the building you will want to have complete disclosure Best to be warned if window replacement or some other significant cost is coming up that will be shared amongst the leasehold owners and may well dramatically increase the the maintenance costs or require a specific invoice.