My aunt passed away 10 months ago and as sole heir and executor I was left the property in Lytchett Matravers. The house had a small mortgage left on it of around £8000. I want to transfer the title deeds into my name whilst I re-mortgage to Nationwide, pay off the mortgage. Is this possible?

Given you plan to re-mortgage then Nationwide will insist on your using a conveyancer on the Nationwide conveyancing panel. Here is link to the Land Registry online guidance around what to do when a property owner dies. This will help you to understand the registration process behind changing the details re the registered title. in your case it would appear that you are effectively purchasing the property from the estate. Your Nationwide conveyancing panel solicitor pays the new mortgage money into the estate, the estate pays off the old mortgage, the charge is released and you become the owner and the Nationwide mortgage is registered as a charge at the Land Registry.

Forgive me if this question is silly but I am unexperienced as FTB of a garden flat in Lytchett Matravers. Do I pick up the keys to the property on the completion date from my solicitor? If this is the case, I will appoint a High Street conveyancing solicitor in Lytchett Matravers?

There is no need to visit the lawyers office on the day of completion. Your solicitors will arrange to send the purchase money to the vendor’s lawyers, and once they have received this, you will be invited to collect the keys from the property Agents and start moving into the property. This tends to happen between 1 and 3pm.

We had selected solicitors locally in Lytchett Matravers on the Nationwide solicitor panel. They are now charging me a further fee for the legal aspects of the Nationwide mortgage. Is this a supplemental conveyancing fee set by Nationwide?

As unfair as it may seem, as long as it’s in their Terms of Engagement or Quote then yes your lawyer can charge a fee for this. This fee is not dictated by Nationwide but by your Lytchett Matravers solicitor. Plenty of firms on the Nationwide panel will charge ’dealing with mortgage’ fee but many practices incorporate it on their overall fee.

My offer was accepted on an apartment in Lytchett Matravers on 29/8/2024, valuation was booked 2 days later, all came back fine. Solicitor appointed, so all that was missing was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Santander and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Santander conveyancing panel. Can the lender hold off the offer?

A lender would not issue a mortgage until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Santander to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Santander conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.

Just acquired a terraced house in Lytchett Matravers , What is the estimated time for the Land Registry to register my proprietorship? My Lytchett Matravers conveyancing solicitor works at snail pace, so I want to check the registration formalities are dealt with.

As far as conveyancing in Lytchett Matravers is concerned, registration is no quicker or slower than anywhere else in England and Wales. As opposed to being determined by geographic area, timescales can adjust according to who lodges the application, whether it is in order and if the Land registry communicate with any interested persons or bodies. As of today roughly 80% of such applications are fully addressed in less than three weeks but occasionally there can be longer delays. Registration is effected once the new owner is living at the premises therefore post completion formalities is not usually top priority yet if it is urgent that the the registration takes place urgently then you or your conveyancer can communicate with the Registry to express the reasoning for the application to be prioritised.

Taking into account that I am about to part with over three hundred thousand on a two bedroom apartment in Lytchett Matravers I wish to have a conversation with the conveyancer regarding thehome move in advance of appointing the firm. Can this be arranged?

This is something that we recommend - it is our preference to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you speaking to the solicitor due to be carrying out your conveyancing in Lytchett Matravers.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - every client is an important person, not a matter number. The solicitors that we put you in touch with believe that the figure you are provided with for residential conveyancing in Lytchett Matravers should be the figure that you are charged.

What advice can you give us when it comes to finding a Lytchett Matravers conveyancing firm to carry out our lease extension conveyancing?

If you are instructing a property lawyer for lease extension works (regardless if they are a Lytchett Matravers conveyancing practice) it is most important that they be familiar with the legislation and specialises in this area of conveyancing. We advise that you make enquires with several firms including non Lytchett Matravers conveyancing practices prior to instructing a firm. Where the conveyancing practice is ALEP accredited then so much the better. The following questions might be of use:

If they are not ALEP accredited then why not? What volume of lease extensions has the firm completed in Lytchett Matravers in the last 12 months?

Lytchett Matravers Conveyancing for Leasehold Flats - Examples of Questions you should ask Prior to buying

Are there any major works in the planning that will increase the maintenance fees? The prefered form of lease arrangement is a share of the freehold. In this arrangement the leaseholders benefit from being in charge if their destiny and although a managing agent is frequently employed where it is bigger than a house conversion, the managing agent employed by the leaseholders.