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Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Finedon

I am assisting my step-mother sell her property in Finedon. Does the solicitor commission the energy assessment or should I organise this?

Following the demise of Home Packs, energy performance certificates was kept a compulsory part of selling a property. An energy performance certificate should be commissioned before the property is marketed. This is not a task that conveyancers ordinarily arrange. Where you are instructing a Finedon conveyancing solicitor they might be willing to arrange energy assessments given their relationships with long established Finedon assessors

When it comes to mortgage companies such as Nationwide, do Finedon solicitors face a fee to be on the conveyancing panel?

We are not aware of any mortgage company fees to register on their panel, although some do levy an administration charge to deal with the processing of the conveyancing panel application.

I have decided to exercise my right to buy my property in Finedon off the council. I have a mortgage offer with Coventry BS. Conveyancing is new to me. Can I proceed without a solicitor easily? I think we can but we keep being told I should use one. Any advice?

It is not advisable to proceed with a house purchase without a solicitor. The council's solicitor are not acting for you. You need a solicitor for a number reasons. One of which is to verify what plans the Council have for repairs and refurbishment for the next five years. Many leaseholders have been stung for contributions of thousands of pounds. In any event, if you are getting a mortgage with Coventry BS, you will need to appoint a solicitor on the Coventry BS conveyancing panel.

A colleague suggested that where I am purchasing in Finedon I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?

This is a search is occasionally quoted for as part of the standard Finedon conveyancing searches. It is not a small document of more than thirty pages, listing and setting out significant information about Finedon around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Finedon Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime details, Local Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information concerning Finedon.

Due to the guidance of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a property in Finedon prior to retaining conveyancers. I have been informed that there is a flying freehold overhang to the property. The surveyor has said that some lenders may refuse to grant a loan on this type of property.

It varies from the lender to lender. Lloyds has different instructions from Halifax. If you e-mail us we can investigate further with the relevant lender. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Finedon. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Finedon to see if the conveyancing costs will increase in light of this.

I need to instruct a conveyancing solicitor in Finedon for my home move. Can I review a firm’s complaints history with the profession’s regulator?

Anyone can read documented Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) determinations stemming from inquisitions from 2008 onwards. Visit Check a solicitor's record. For records about the period before 1 January 2008, or to check a firm's record, phone 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and 09.30 - 18.00 Tuesday. For callers outside the UK, use +44 (0)121 329 6800. The SRA sometimes recorded call for training requirements.

I am in need of some leasehold conveyancing in Finedon. Before I get started I require certainty as to the unexpired term of the lease.

Assuming the lease is recorded at the land registry - and 99.9% are in Finedon - then the leasehold title will always include the short particulars of the lease, namely the date; the term; and the original parties. From a conveyancing perspective such details then enable any prospective buyer and lender to confirm that any lease they are looking at is the one relevant to that title. For any other purpose, such as confirming how long the term was granted for and calculating what is left, then the register should be sufficient on it's own.

Finedon Conveyancing for Leasehold Flats - A selection of Queries before Purchasing

    This information is useful as a) areas can cause problems for the block as the common areas may start to deteriorate if services are not paid for b) if the leaseholders have a dispute with the managing agents you will wish to have all the details Are there any major works anticipated that will likely add a premium to the maintenance costs? Does the lease have onerous restrictions?

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