Can the conveyancing practitioners identified through your search tool conduct right to buy conveyancing in West Wickham?
We do have a variety of conveyancing practitioners who can conduct right to buy transactions Please get in touch with the lawyers listed in order to secure a costs calculation.
It is a dozen years since I bought my house in West Wickham. Conveyancing solicitors have now been instructed on the sale but I can't locate the deeds. Is this a problem?
You need not be too concerned. Firstly the deeds may be retained by your lender or they could be in the possession of the lawyers who oversaw the purchase. Secondly in most cases the title will be recorded at the land registry and you will be able to prove you own the property by your conveyancing lawyers obtaining up to date copy of the land registers. Most conveyancing in West Wickham involves registered property but in the unlikely event that your home is not registered it adds to the complexity but is resolvable.
We're in West Wickham, FTBs buying with a mortgage (lender is Skipton , and our solicitor is on the Skipton conveyancing panel). How long should the conveyancing process take?
The fact that your lawyer is on the Skipton conveyancing panel is a help. It would almost certainly delay matters if they were not. However, no lawyer should guarantee a timeframe for your conveyancing, due to third parties outside of your control such as delays caused by lenders,conveyancing search providers or by the other side’s solicitors. The time taken is often determined by the number of parties in a chain.
My wife and I are intent on selling our home in West Wickham and according to the buyers it appears that there is a possibility that the property was built land that was not decontaminated. A local conveyancer would know this is not the case. It does beg the question why the buyers instructed an internet conveyancing practice rather than a conveyancing solicitor in West Wickham. We have lived in West Wickham for three years we know that this is a non issue. Should we get in touch with our local Authority to seek clarification that the buyers are looking for.
It sounds as though you may have a conveyancing lawyer already. What do they say? You must enquire of your lawyer before you do anything. It is very possible that once the local authority has been informed of a potential issue it cannot be insured against (a bit like being diagnosed with a serious illness and then taking out life insurance to cover that same sickness)
Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold element on a property I have offered on two weeks back in what was supposed to be a quick, chain free conveyancing. West Wickham is where the house is located. Is there any guidance you can give?
Flying freeholds in West Wickham are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside West Wickham you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds very carefully. Your mortgage company may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in West Wickham 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 residence.