It is 10 years ago since I purchased my house in Ashtead. Conveyancing lawyers have now been retained on the sale but I am unable to track down the deeds. Will this jeopardise the sale?
Don’t worry too much. Firstly the deeds may be with your mortgage company or they could stored with the lawyers who acted in your purchase. Secondly the chances are that the property will be registered at the land registry and you will be able to establish that you are the registered owner by your conveyancing solicitors acquiring current official copies of the land registers. Almost all conveyancing in Ashtead relates to registered property but in the unlikely event that your property is not registered it is more problematic but is resolvable.
We are buying a house and the conveyancer has raised the issue of Chancel Repair for which the house may be liable given it’s proximity to the area of such a church. She has recommended insurance. Is this strictly necessary for conveyancing in Ashtead
Unless a prior acquisition of the property completed post 12 October 2013 you could take it that lawyers delivering conveyancing in Ashtead to continue to propose a a chancel search and or chancel repair liability policy.
I used Arc property Solicitors a few years past for my conveyancing in Ashtead. Now, I need my documents however cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?
Do call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Ashtead of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously retained, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
How does conveyancing in Ashtead differ for newly converted properties?
Most buyers of new build residence in Ashtead approach us having been asked by the housebuilder to exchange contracts and commit to the purchase even before the property is built. This is because developers in Ashtead tend to purchase the site, plan the estate and want to get the plots sold off as they are building the properties. Buyers, therefore, will have to exchange contracts without actually seeing the house they are buying. To reduce the chances of losing the property, buyers should instruct property lawyers as soon as the property is reserved and mortgage applications should be submitted quickly. Due to the fact that it could be several months and even years between exchange of contracts and completion, the mortgage offer may need to be extended. It would be wise to use a lawyer who specialises in new build conveyancing especially if they are accustomed to new build conveyancing in Ashtead or who has acted in the same development.
In what way does the Landlord & Tenant Act 1954 affect my commercial offices in Ashtead and how can you help?
The 1954 Act gives protection to business lessees, granting the dueness to make a request to court for a continuation of occupancy when the lease reaches an end. There are certain specified grounds that a landlord can refuse a lease renewal and the rules are involved. We are happy to direct you to commercial conveyancing solicitors who use the act for protection and assist with commercial conveyancing in Ashtead