Our son is in the process of securing a new build apartment in Lapworth with a mortgage from Co-operative. His conveyancer has said that there is a delay in completing the ‘Disclosure of Incentive Form’. What is this document - I have never come across this before?
The document is intended to provide information to the main parties engaged in the purchase. Therefore, it will be provided to your son’s lawyer who should be on the Co-operative conveyancing panel as a standard part of the process, and to the surveyor when asked. The developer will be required to start the process by downloading the form and completing it. The form will therefore need to be available for the valuer at the time of his or her site visit. The form should be sent to the Co-operative conveyancing panel solicitor as early as possible, in order to avoid any last minute delays, and no later than at exchange of contracts.
Can your site be used to find a Conveyancing solicitor in Lapworth even if I’m not buying or selling a house, for example if I want to buy a shop in Lapworth with a loan from Bank of Scotland?
The service is predominantly utilised to get a quote from residential conveyancing solicitors in Lapworth but we have set out towards the end of this page a few Lapworth commercial conveyancing firms. You should speak with the firm directly to establish if they can also act for Bank of Scotland
What does a local search inform me regarding the house we're buying in Lapworth?
Lapworth conveyancing often starts with the submitting local authority searches directly from your local Authority or through a personal search company for instance Searchflow The local search is essential in every Lapworth conveyancing purchase; as long as you don’t want any unpleasant surprises after you move into your property. The search will reveal data on, amongst other things, details on planning applications applicable to the property (whether granted or refused), building control history, any enforcement action, restrictions on permitted development, nearby road schemes, contaminated land and radon gas; in all a total of thirteen subject sections.
Me and my brother purchased a renovated Victorian house in Lapworth. Conveyancing lawyer represented me and Barclays Direct. I did a free Land Registry search last week and I saw two entries: the first freehold, the second leasehold with the exact same property. If a house is not a freehold shouldn't I have been informed?
You need to assess 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 Lapworth and other locations in the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they buy they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with buyers. You can also check the situation with the conveyancing practitioner who completed the work.
My partner is purchasing a shared ownership flat in Lapworth. He was given a quote by the solicitor suggested by the selling agents totaling £1275 . It was seven years ago I sold and bought a house and it cost was £just under six hundred pounds. Have costs really gone up that much?
What does the conveyancing estimate include? Is it just for the legal fees, or what you will be paying in total (for example Lapworth searches, land registry fees, etc)