What will a local search reveal regarding the property my wife and I purchasing in Sea Mills?

Sea Mills conveyancing often commences with the submitting local authority searches directly from your local Authority or via a personal search organisations for instance Onsearch The local search plays an important role in many a Sea Mills conveyancing purchase; that is if you wish to avoid any unpleasant surprises after you move into your new home. The search should supply data on, amongst other things, details on planning applications relevant 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 headings.

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In my capacity as executor for the estate of my aunt I am selling a property in Neath but I am based in Sea Mills. My lawyer (approximately 260 miles from meneeds me to sign a statutory declaration ahead of completion. Could you suggest a conveyancing practitioner in Sea Mills who can witness and place their company stamp on the document?

strictly speaking you are unlikely to need to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally any notary public or solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are located in Sea Mills

I invested in buying a studio flat in Sea Mills, conveyancing having been completed 3 years ago. Can you work out an approximate cost of a lease extension? Equivalent flats in Sea Mills with an extended lease are worth £165,000. The ground rent is £45 charged once a year. The lease finishes on 21st October 50

With only 50 years remaining on your lease the likely cost is going to range between £36,100 and £41,800 plus plus your own and the landlord's "reasonable" professional fees.

The figure that we have given is a general guide to costs for extending a lease, but we cannot give you a more accurate figure in the absence of detailed due diligence. You should not use the figures in a Notice of Claim or as an informal offer. There are no doubt additional concerns that need to be considered and clearly you want to be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. You should not move forward placing reliance on this information before getting professional advice.

Is planning consent required to split a house into multiple appartments in Sea Mills? This has taken place to a house opposite to my house in Sea Mills and was unaware of the conversion until after the works were complete.

Planning permission is needed for splitting a single dwelling in Sea Mills into flats but possibly not for reverting back to single dwelling-house so, simply put, yes.