We are looking to buy a property and require a conveyancing solicitor in Didcot who is on the TSB approved panel. Can you recommend a local solicitor?
Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for TSB . We don't recommend any particular firms conducting conveyancing in Didcot.
My grandmother passed away six months ago and as sole heir and executor I was left the property in Didcot. The house had a relatively small loan remaining of approximately £5k. I want to have the title changed into my name whilst I re-mortgage to Leeds Building Society, pay off the mortgage. Is this allowed?
Where you plan to refinance then Leeds Building Society will require that you use a conveyancer on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel. Here is link to the Land Registry online guidance around what to do when a property owner dies. This will help you to understand the registration process behind changing the details re the registered title. in your case it would appear that you are effectively purchasing the property from the estate. Your Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel solicitor pays the new mortgage money into the estate, the estate pays off the old mortgage, the charge is released and you become the owner and the Leeds Building Society mortgage is registered as a charge at the Land Registry.
A friend advised me that if I am buying in Didcot I should 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 Didcot conveyancing searches. It is not a small report of more than thirty pages, listing and detailing important information about Didcot around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Didcot Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime statistics, Local Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data about Didcot.
Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly picked up during conveyancing in Didcot?
Restrictive covenants can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the legal transfer of property in Didcot. 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…’
As co-executor for the estate of my grandfather I am selling a residence in Newport but reside in Didcot. My conveyancer (who is 250 miles awayhas requested that I execute a statutory declaration ahead of completion. Could you suggest a conveyancing practitioner in Didcot to witness this legal document for me?
strictly speaking you are not likely to be required to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily any notary public or qualified solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are Didcot based