It is is a decade since I bought my home in Great Harwood. Conveyancing solicitors have just been appointed on the sale but I can't find the title documents. Will this cause complications?
Don’t worry too much. Firstly there is a chance that the deeds will be with the mortgage company or they may stored with the solicitor who oversaw the purchase. Secondly in most cases the property will be recorded at the land registry and you will be able to establish that you are the registered owner by your conveyancing lawyers procuring up to date copy of the land registers. Most conveyancing in Great Harwood involves registered property but in the rare situation where your home is not registered it is more problematic but is not insurmountable.
We are planning on selling our home in Great Harwood and the buyers lawyers are claiming that there is a risk of it being constructed on contaminated land. Any local lawyer would know this is not the case. It does beg the question why the purchasers used an internet conveyancing practice rather than a conveyancing solicitor in Great Harwood. Having lived in Great Harwood for 5 years we know of no issue. Do we get in touch with our local Authority to get clarification that there is no issue.
It would appear that you have a conveyancing lawyer already. What do they say? You should enquire of your lawyer before you do anything. It is very possible that once the local authority has been informed of a potential issue it cannot be insured against (a bit like being diagnosed with a serious illness and then taking out health insurance to cover that same ailment)
I used Arc property Solicitors a few years past for my conveyancing in Great Harwood. Now, I need the documents but the law firm is no longer operating. What do I do?
You should call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracking down your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Great Harwood of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously used, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
Over the last few months I have been searching for a ground for flat up to £235,500 and found one close by in Great Harwood I like with amenity areas and transport links in the vicinity, the downside is that it only has 52 years on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Great Harwood in this price bracket, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error buying a short lease?
Should you need a mortgage the remaining unexpired lease term may be an issue. Reduce the offer by the anticipated lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the current owner has owned the property for at least 2 years you can ask them to commence the lease extension formalities and pass it to you. You can add 90 years to the existing lease term and have £0 ground rent by law. You should speak to your conveyancing solicitor regarding this.
Hoping to buy a property located in Great Harwood and I am already nervous. I couldn't find anything specific about Great Harwood. Conveyancing will be needed in due course but do you know about the Great Harwood area? or perhaps some other tips you can share?
Rather than looking online forget looking online you should go and have a look at Great Harwood. In the meantime here are some basic statistics that we found