This question may be naive but I am new to the home moving as a 1st time purchaser of a two bedroom flat in Royton. Do I pick up the keys to the house on the completion date from my lawyer? If so, I will appoint a local conveyancing solicitor in Royton?

There is no need to visit the lawyers office on the day of completion. Your solicitors will electronically transfer the purchase money to the seller's lawyers, and shortly after the monies have arrived, you should be called to pick up the keys from the selling Agents and move into your new home. Usually this happens between 1 and 3pm.

My uncle pointed out to me me that in buying a property in Royton there may be various restrictions prohibiting external changes to a property. Is this right?

We are aware of a number of properties in Royton which have some sort of restriction or requirement of consent to perform external changes. Part of the conveyancing in Royton should determine what restrictions are applicable and advising you as part of a ROT that should be sent to you.

When it comes to lenders such as Co-operative, do Royton property lawyers have to pay a fee to be on the list of approved solicitors?

We are not aware of any lender fees to register on their list of approved firms, although some do levy an administration charge to deal with the processing of the conveyancing panel submission.

I got the keys to my flat on 9 September and my personal details is not yet on the land registry website. Any reason for this? My conveyancing solicitor in Royton advises it should be formalised inside ten days. Are transfers in Royton particularly slow to register?

As far as conveyancing in Royton registration is no faster or slower than the rest of England and Wales. Rather than based on location, timescales can differ according to the party submitting the application, whether it is in order and if the Land registry need to notify any other parties. As of today in the region of three quarters of submission are completed in less than three weeks but occasionally there can be protracted delays. Registration takes place once the new owner has moved in to the property so post completion formalities is not typically primary concern but if it is urgent that the the registration takes place urgently then you or your lawyers should communicate with the Registry to express the reasoning for an expedited registration.

The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build apartment in Royton. Conveyancing is daunting at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build legal work.

Set out below are examples of a selection of leasehold new build questions that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Royton

Please supply evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry. If there are lifts in the building, please confirm that the owners of flats on the ground and basement floors will not be required to contribute towards the cost of maintenance and renewal. Where service of notices and proceedings can be at the property demised please confirm that this can be amended to include simultaneous services at the Lessees’ solicitors’ offices where the Lessee from time to time is not resident in the UK - such solicitors may be varied by notice in writing to the Landlord from time to time but otherwise will be as previously specified. There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants. Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose?

I opted to have a survey done on a property in Royton prior to appointing conveyancers. I have been informed that there is a flying freehold aspect to the property. The surveyor has said that some mortgage companies will not grant a loan on this type of house.

It depends who your proposed lender is. Santander has different requirements for example to Birmingham Midshires. If you contact us we can check with the appropriate bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Royton. Conveyancing will be smoother if you use a solicitor in Royton especially if they regularly deal with such properties in Royton.

Hoping to buy a property located in Royton and I am already nervous. I couldn't find anything specific about Royton. Conveyancing will be needed in due course but do you know about the Royton area? or perhaps some other tips you can share?

Rather than looking online forget looking online you should go and have a look at Royton. In the meantime here are some basic statistics that we found