I am obtaining a offer of a home loan from Nat West. I hope to retain the legal services of a Licensed Conveyancer in Cotswolds. Does the Nat West Solicitor panel include conveyancers regulated by the CLC?
The Nat West conveyancing panel is, like many other lenders, associated to the CML or Building Society Association, open to Licensed Conveyancers regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers.
Can you explain why leasehold purchase conveyancing in Cotswolds costs more?
Cotswolds leasehold properties involve far more paperwork than a freehold purchase, and therefore takes more time to examine and advise upon.Conveyancing will involve the lease having to be checked which is usually a lengthy document, queries raised to ensure that the covenants and conditions have been observed. If it is a flat there will be a management company in existence and the accounts of this will need to be checked and enquiries raised to ensure it is operating efficiently and that all monies due have been paid by the Seller to the company and if not ensuring that money is paid up to date or the appropriate undertakings obtained.
My friend advised me that where I am purchasing in Cotswolds I should ask my conveyancer to carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?
A search of this type is occasionally quoted for as part of the standard Cotswolds conveyancing searches. It is not a small report of about 40 pages, listing and setting out significant information about Cotswolds around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the local Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime details, Local Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information regarding Cotswolds.
It has been three months since my purchase conveyancing in Cotswolds took place. I have checked the Land Registry site which shows that I paid £150,000 when infact I paid £215,000. Why the discrepancy?
The price paid figure is taken from the application to register the purchase. It is the figure included in the Transfer (the legal deed which transfers the property from one person to the other) and referred to as the 'consideration' or purchase price. You can report an error in the price paid figure using the LR online form. In most cases errors result from typos so at first glance the figure. Do report it so they can double check and advise.
As co-executor for the estate of my grandmother I am disposing of a residence in Swansea but I am based in Cotswolds. My conveyancer (who is 300 kilometers awayhas requested that I execute a statutory declaration before completion. Can you recommend a conveyancing practitioner in Cotswolds to witness and place their company stamp on the document?
strictly speaking you should not be required to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily or notary public or qualified solicitor will do regardless of whether they are located in Cotswolds