We are about to sign contracts for a property in Paulton. We have hit a stumbling block. The mortgage offer with Nottingham Building Society expires on 11/12/2025 but the vendors are suggesting a completion date of 15/12/2025. Is it possible to extend the mortgage offer?
The best person to address this concern is your lawyer who will determine whether he or she is corresponding with the lender, owner’s conveyancers, property agents or conceivably all three taking into account what has gone on in your house move to date.
Having sold my house in Paulton last January yet the purchaser is SMS messaging me to moan that their solicitor is waiting to hear from myconveyancer. What are the post completion sale legalities now that I have sold?
Following your disposal your conveyancer is committed to forward the transfer documentation and all supplemental paperwork to the purchaser's lawyers. Depending on the transaction, your conveyancer should also send confirmation that the legal charge in favour of the lender has been discharged to the purchasers solicitors. There is unlikely to be post completion requirements specific conveyancing in Paulton.
My colleague recommended that where I am purchasing in Paulton I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?
This is a search is sometimes quoted for as part of the standard Paulton conveyancing searches. It is a large report of about 40 pages, listing and detailing significant information about Paulton around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Paulton 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 data about Paulton.
My wife and I own a semi-detached Victorian house in Paulton. Conveyancing lawyer acted for me and Yorkshire Building Society. I happened to do a free search for it on the Land Registry database and there are 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 read the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register as there may be 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 Paulton and other locations in the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they sell they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with mortgage companies. You can also enquire as to the situation with the conveyancing practitioner who conducted the conveyancing.
Is it possible to transfer to a new firm as I have to instruct a firm on the Yorkshire Building Society conveyancing list. I was using a high street conveyancing solicitor in Paulton five minutes from me but the firm is not accepted by Yorkshire Building Society
We will our best to assist in finding you a conveyancing solicitor in Paulton on the Yorkshire Building Society panel. Please note that the conveyancers that we work with do not pay us a referral fee if you instruct them and are regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority who regulate all conveyancing solicitors in Paulton. In making use of the find a conveyancing solicitor tool on this website, you can compare and instruct different solicitors and conveyancers both nationally and in Paulton.