I require conveyancing for an apartment in a fairly new development (seven years old) in Haddenham. The vast majority the appartments have already been occupied. Do I need carry out the conveyancing searches as part of conveyancing in Haddenham?

If you getting a loan, your bank will need some (many) of the searches so you'll have no choice. If not, then Haddenham conveyancing searches are optional. Your solicitor, will ’encourage’, perhaps strongly, that you should have the searches done, but he or she has a professional duty to do this. One thing to bear in mind; if you are likely to sell the house one day, it may be of interest to your future buyer what the searches contain. Sometimes houses with no practical issues can still throw up adverse search results. But if you insist that your lawyer to proceed without searches then your lawyer will have to follow your instructions or you will need to change to an alternative solicitor for your conveyancing in Haddenham.

Will lawyers ask for an advanced payment for my conveyancing in Haddenham?

Where you are retaining lawyers for conveyancing in Haddenham your lawyer will ask you place them with monies to cover the search fees. This will be the total of the cost of the conveyancing searches. If any down payment is as part of the total price then this should be required immediately before contracts are exchanged. Any further balance that is due should be sent to your lawyer shortly before completion.

Is there a search tool that I can utilise to investigate if the solicitor handling my conveyancing in Haddenham is on the lender’sconveyancing panel? I am looking to avoid the situation of having one lawyer for me and one for Bank of Scotland thus paying £187.00 plus VAT in additional conveyancing fees.

You should take advantage of the search tool on this web page. Pick the lender and type ‘Haddenham’ or your preferred area and you will be presented with a number of lawyer located in Haddenham or near you.

Will commercial conveyancing searches reveal planned roadworks that may affect a commercial estate in Haddenham?

Its becoming the norm that commercial conveyancing solicitors in Haddenham will perform a SiteSolutions Highways report as it dramatically cuts the time that conveyancers spend in sourcing accurate data on highways that impact buildings and development assets in Haddenham. The search result provides definitive information 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 Haddenham.

For every commercial conveyancing transaction in Haddenham it is crucial to investigate the adoption status of roads surrounding a site. Failure to identify developments where adoption procedures have not been dealt with adequately can result in delays to Haddenham commercial conveyancing transactions as well as pose a risk to future intentions for the site. These searches are not carried out for residential conveyancing in Haddenham.

I have todayfound out that Wolstenholmes have been shut down. They carried out my conveyancing in Haddenham for a purchase of a leasehold flat 10 months ago. How can I establish that the property is in my name in the name of the former proprietor?

The quickest way to check if the property is registered to you, you can carry out a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Haddenham conveyancing specialists.