We are planning to acquire a property and require a conveyancing solicitor in Ravenshead who is on the Coventry BS approved panel. Can you recommend a local conveyancing firm?
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The Ravenshead conveyancing lawyers that just started acting on my purchase in Ravenshead have suddenly shut down. I only went with them because I needed a lawyer on the Aldermore conveyancing panel and my previous Ravenshead lawyer was not. I wrote them a cheque for two hundred pounds in advance. What should be my next steps?
If you have an estate agent involved then let them know immediately so that they advise the vendors that there may be a slight delay due to reasons beyond your control. Hopefully they will be sympathetic and urge their lawyer to send a new set of papers to your new solicitors. You will need to appoint new lawyers that are on the Aldermore conveyancing panel and notify the lender. If you have paid over any money, it will hopefully be held by the SRA as money in an intervened firm's bank accounts is transferred to the SRA. Then, the SRA or the intervention agent looks at the intervened firm's accounts to work out who the money belongs to. To claim your money you will need to contact the SRA. If the SRA cannot return money you are owed from the firm's bank accounts, or if they can only return part of the money, you can apply to the Compensation Fund for a grant. Your new lawyers should be in a position to help.
We are selling our house in Ravenshead and the buyers lawyers are claiming that there is a risk of it being constructed on contaminated land. A high street Ravenshead lawyer would know this is not the case. It does beg the question why the buyers are using a national conveyancing practice as opposed to a conveyancing solicitor in Ravenshead. We have lived in Ravenshead for three years we know of no issue. Should we contact our local Authority to seek confirmation need.
It would appear that you have a conveyancing solicitor already. What do they say? You need to check with 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 life insurance to cover that same sickness)
I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold element on a house I put an offer in a fortnight ago in what should have been a simple, no chain conveyancing. Ravenshead is the location of the property. Can you offer any guidance?
Flying freeholds in Ravenshead are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Ravenshead you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds thoroughly. Your bank may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Ravenshead may decide that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold property.
My parents are unable to locate their Ravenshead land registry title on the site. They recall that back in the 70’s when they purchased the bungalow there were complications regarding Ravenshead not being identified on some systems.
Almost all residences in Ravenshead should show up. Have you limited your search with simply the postcode. Ordinarily it should identify all the residences inside the postcode. Assuming the property is registered it will show up with a title number. If they bought fifty years ago it's conceivable it may be unrecorded. The property might still be revealed but with the title number identified as 'na'. In this scenario you will need to locate the original title documentation which could be with your parent’s mortgage company.