Having sold my house in Connahs Quay last September yet the purchaser is calling me to say their lawyer needs to hear from myconveyancer. What should my lawyer have done following completion?

Following your disposal your conveyancer is obliged to forward the transfer deeds and all supplemental paperwork to the purchaser's conveyancer. Where appropriate, your conveyancer should also confirm that the mortgage has been repaid to the buyers lawyers. There is unlikely to be post completion tasks specific conveyancing in Connahs Quay.

I am planning on selling our house in Connahs Quay and the buyers lawyers are claiming that there is a possibility that the property was constructed on contaminated land. Any local conveyancer would know that there is no such problem. For the life of me I don't know why the buyers used an online conveyancing outfit rather than a conveyancing solicitor in Connahs Quay. We have lived in Connahs Quay for many years we know of no issue. Do we contact our local Authority to obtain clarification that the buyers are looking for.

It would appear that you have a conveyancing lawyer currently acting for you. Are they able to advise? You must check with 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 ailment)

Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly identified during conveyancing in Connahs Quay?

Restrictive covenants can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the process of conveyancing in Connahs Quay. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’

The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build apartment in Connahs Quay. Conveyancing is necessary evil at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build legal work.

Set out below are examples of a few leasehold new build enquiries that you should expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Connahs Quay

Please supply a car parking plan. Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company? The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme. Where service of notices and proceedings can be at the property demised please confirm that this can be amended to include simultaneous services at the Lessees’ solicitors’ offices where the Lessee from time to time is not resident in the UK - such solicitors may be varied by notice in writing to the Landlord from time to time but otherwise will be as previously specified. There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants.

I have been on the look out for a leasehold apartment up to £245,000 and identified one round the corner in Connahs Quay I like with a park and transport links nearby, however it only has 52 remaining years left on the lease. There is not much else in Connahs Quay for this price, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake purchasing a short lease?

Should you require a home loan that many years may be an issue. Reduce the price by the anticipated lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the current proprietor has owned the property for at least 2 years you may ask them to commence the lease extension formalities and pass it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the existing lease with a zero ground rent applied. You should speak to your conveyancing lawyer regarding this.