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Ready to buy a new home in Enfield? Failing to check that a lawyer is on your lender’s list of approved solicitors can put your Enfield conveyancing at risk of delay or failure.

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Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Enfield

My partner and I are acquiring our first home. Our property lawyer has texted usto ask if we would like to take out supplemental conveyancing searches. As novices we have no idea as to what's necessary for conveyancing in Enfield

The scope of Enfield conveyancing searches should be triggered based primarily on the premises, the location, the possibility of any of these risks, your knowledge of the region and risks, your overall attitude to risk. What matters is that you adequately appreciate what information the searches could give you. Then you can make a decision if you consider that you need that search. Should you be unsure, ask the conveyancing practitioner to advise.

My wife and I are buying a apartment in Enfield. It might be a silly question but how we can trust a lawyer? At some point we will need to send our life savings into their account. What is the protection we have from them run away with our deposit?

Be assured that all money in a Solicitors client account is 100% safe, and even if your Solicitor ran off with it, the Law Society would reimburse you fully.

A relative informed me that in buying a property in Enfield there could be a number of restrictions limiting what one can do in terms of external changes to a property. Is this right?

There are a number of properties in Enfield which have some sort of restriction or requirement of consent to carry out external alterations. Part of the conveyancing in Enfield should determine what restrictions are applicable and advising you as part of a ROT that should be sent to you.

I'm in the throws of viewing apartments in Enfield and I am about to put in an offer. Is it too early to have a solicitor in place? I intend to finance via a home loan with Santander.

It would be sensible to instigate your search sooner rather than later. After you have chosen your lawyer and once your offer is accepted you can instruct them to work for you and pass their contact information on to the estate agent. Given that you are getting a mortgage with Santander, ask your prospective lawyers if they are on the Santander conveyancing panel otherwise they can't do the mortgage legal work.

Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to our property are lost. The lawyers who handled the conveyancing in Enfield 4 years ago no longer exist. Will I be able to sell the house?

Assuming you have a registered title the information relating to your ownership will be documented by the Land Registry with a Title Number. It is possible to perform a search at the Land Registry, identify your property and obtain up to date copies of the Registered Entries for less than a fiver. Where the property is Leasehold then the Land Registry will usually retain a file copy of the Registered Lease and again, a copy can be ordered for £20 inclusive of VAT.

Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold element on a house I have offered on a fortnight ago in what should have been a simple, chain free conveyancing. Enfield is the location of the property. Is there any guidance you can give?

Flying freeholds in Enfield are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Enfield you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds very carefully. Your bank may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Enfield may determine 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 residence.

Are there any apps to help find a Enfield conveyancing solicitor on the bank conveyancing panel? I have a car and am prepared to travel up to twentykilometers to meet the conveyancer.

You can use the find a conveyancing panel search on this website. Please choose the lender and your location, in this case Enfield and you will see a number of lawyer located nearest Enfield. Alternatively you can type in the name of your proposed law firm and see if they are listed as being on the lender solicitor panel.

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