As someone not used to the East Preston conveyancing process what’s the number one tip you can give me concerning the home moving process in East Preston

Not many law firms or advisers will tell you this but conveyancing in East Preston or throughout England and Wales is an adversarial process. Put another way, when it comes to conveyancing there is plenty of opportunity for conflict between you and other parties involved in the ownership transfer. For example, the vendor, selling agent and sometimes a lender. Choosing a solicitor for your conveyancing in East Preston an important selection as your conveyancer is your adviser, and is the ONE party in the transaction whose responsibility is to act in your legal interests and to protect you.

There is a definite ongoing adversarial element to conveyancing- someone has to be blamed for the process being so protracted. You your first instinct should be to trust your lawyer ahead of the other players in the home moving process.

I am helping my mother sell her flat in East Preston. Does the solicitor arrange an energy performance certificate or should I organise this?

After the demise of Home Information Packs, EPC’s became a compulsory part of moving property. An EPC should be commissioned prior to the property being placed on the market. This is not as aspect of the sale process that conveyancers normally organise. If you are instructing a East Preston conveyancing practitioner they may be willing to arrange energy performance certificates due to their relationships with reputable local assessors

We are buying a detached bungalow in East Preston. The intention is to an extension at the rear at the property.Will the conveyancing process include checks to see if these alterations were previously refused?

Your solicitor should review the deeds as conveyancing in East Preston can on occasion reveal restrictions in the title documents which prevent certain works or need the consent of another owner. Many works need local authority planning permissions and approval in accordance building regulations. Many areas are designated conservation areas and special planning restrictions apply which often prevent or affect extensions. It would be wise to check these issues with a surveyor ahead of any purchase.

After what feels like an age I have had an offer on an apartment in East Preston accepted, the owners do however have a dependent purchase. The sellers have placed an offer on a property, however it’s not been accepted yet, and have viewings of other properties in the pipeline. I have instructed a high street conveyancing solicitor in East Preston. What do I do now? When do I get the mortgage application with Coventry BS started?

It is normal to have anxieties where there is a chain as you are unlikely to want to incur costs too early (home loan application is in the region of one thousand pounds, then valuation, East Preston conveyancing search costs, etc). The first thing to do is check that your property lawyer is on the Coventry BS approved list. As to the subsequent stages this very much dictated by the uniqueness of your transaction, attraction to the property and on the state of the market. In a hot market the majority of purchasers will apply for a home loan with Coventry BS and pay for the valuation and only if it comes back ok would they ask their property lawyer to move forward with searches.

My relative suggested that if I am buying in East Preston I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?

This is a search is usually quoted for as part of the standard East Preston conveyancing searches. It is a large report of more than thirty pages, listing and detailing important information about East Preston around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the local Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime details, Local Education with plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data regarding East Preston.

I have a renovated Victorian house in East Preston. Conveyancing lawyer acted for me and Barclays . I did a free Land Registry search last week and I saw a couple of entries: one for freehold, another for leasehold with the exact same property. I thought I was buying a freehold how can I check?

You need to review the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register for mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered proprietor of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in East Preston and other areas of the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they remortgage they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with mortgage companies. You can also question the situation with your conveyancing practitioner who conducted the purchase.

Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold issue on a property I have offered on last month in what should have been a quick, no chain conveyancing. East Preston is the location of the property. What do you suggest?

Flying freeholds in East Preston are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside East Preston you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds diligently. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in East Preston may ascertain that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold property.