Completed the sale of my flat in Easingwold last April but our buyer keeps Skype messaging me complaining that his conveyancer needs to hear from mysolicitor. What should have happened now that I have sold?

Following your house sale your conveyancer should deliver the transfer deeds and all additional paperwork to the buyer’s lawyers. Depending on the transaction, your lawyer should also evidence that the home loan has been repaid to the buyers conveyancers. There is unlikely to be post completion tasks unique to conveyancing in Easingwold.

What is the difference between a licensed conveyancer and conveyancing solicitor in Easingwold

There are two types of lawyers who can carry out conveyancing in Easingwold namely licenced conveyancers or solicitors. The two can administer the legal services that required to complete the disposal or acquisition of property. Both are required to perform Easingwold conveyancing on similar standards and guidelines so you may be sure that your conveyancing will be properly administered and that the requisite steps should be suitably attended to.

This question may be naive but I am wet behind the ears as FTB of a garden flat in Easingwold. Do I receive the keys to the house on completion from my conveyancer? If this is the case, I will appoint a local conveyancing solicitor in Easingwold?

On the day of completion you do not need to go to the conveyancers office in Easingwold. Conveyancing lawyers for you will arrange to send the purchase money to the vendor’s conveyancers, and shortly after the monies have arrived, you will be invited to receive the keys from the Estate Agents and move into your new home. This tends to happen between 1 and 3pm.

I am purchasing a detached bungalow in Easingwold. Our aim is to carry out an extension to the side at the house.Will legal investigations on the property involve investigations to determine if these alterations are prohibited?

Your conveyancer will check the deeds as conveyancing in Easingwold can on occasion reveal restrictions in the title documents which restrict certain changes or necessitated the permission of a 3rd party. Some works need local authority planning consent and approval in compliance with building regulations. Some locations are designated conservation areas and special planning restrictions apply which frequently prevent or affect extensions. It would be sensible to check these things with a surveyor before you commit yourself to a purchase.

Will my conveyancer be raising enquiries about flooding during the conveyancing in Easingwold.

The risk of flooding is if increasing concern for lawyers dealing with homes in Easingwold. Some people will buy a house in Easingwold, fully aware that at some time, it may be flooded. However, leaving to one side the physical damage, where a house is at risk of flooding, it may be difficult to obtain a mortgage, suitable building insurance, or sell the property. Steps can be carried out during the course of a property purchase to forewarn the buyer.

Lawyers are not best placed to impart advice on flood risk, but there are a various checks that may be carried out by the buyer or on a buyer’s behalf which can figure out the risks in Easingwold. The standard property information forms supplied to a purchaser’s conveyancer (where the Conveyancing Protocol is adopted) includes a usual question of the vendor to determine whether the property has ever been flooded. In the event that flooding has previously occurred and is not revealed by the vendor, then a buyer could issue a compensation claim resulting from an inaccurate answer. The purchaser’s lawyers may also conduct an enviro report. This should disclose whether there is any known flood risk. If so, more detailed inquiries should be conducted.

I have been on the look out for a leasehold apartment up to £195,000 and identified one round the corner in Easingwold I like with a park and transport links in the vicinity, the downside is that it's only got 49 remaining years left on the lease. There is not much else in Easingwold for this price, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake buying a short lease?

Should you require a home loan that many years may be problematic. Discount the price by the expected lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the existing owner has owned the property for at least 2 years you could ask them to commence the lease extension formalities and pass it to you. You can add 90 years to the current lease term and have £0 ground rent by law. You should speak to your conveyancing solicitor concerning this.

What does commercial conveyancing in Easingwold cover?

Easingwold conveyancing for business premises covers a wide range of guidance, provided by regulated solicitors, relating to business premises. By way of example, this area of conveyancing can cover the sale or purchase of freehold business premises or, more usually, the transfer of existing business tenancies or the drafting of new leasing arrangements. Commercial conveyancing solicitors can also offer advice on the sale of business assets, commercial mortgages and the termination of tenancies.