As someone not used to conveyancing in Southwold what’s the number one tip you can impart concerning the legal transfer of property in Southwold

Not many law firms shout this from the rooftops but conveyancing in Southwold or throughout England and Wales is often a confrontational process. In other words, when it comes to conveyancing there is an abundance of opportunity for confrontation between you and others involved in the legal transfer of property. E.g., the vendor, selling agent and even potentially your bank. Choosing a solicitor for your conveyancing in Southwold should not be taken lightly as your conveyancer is your adviser, and is the ONE party in the legal process whose interest is to act in your legal interests and to protect you.

There is a distinct ongoing adversarial element to conveyancing- someone has to be blamed for the process being so protracted. We recommend that you must always trust your lawyer above the other parties in the conveyancing process.

My property lawyer in Southwold is not on the Barclays Direct Approved Panel. Is it possible for me to use my family solicitor even though they are not on the Barclays Direct approved list?

The limited options available to you here include:

1. Carry on with your existing Southwold lawyers but Barclays Direct will need to retain a solicitor on their panel. This will result in additional overall conveyancing charges as well as result in delays.
2. Get a new lawyer to to deal with the purchase, remembering to check they are Barclays Direct approved.
3. Persuade your Barclays Direct based solicitor to attempt to join the Barclays Direct panel

five months have gone by since my purchase conveyancing in Southwold took place. I have checked the Land Registry website which shows that I paid £150,000 when infact I paid £180,000. Why the discrepancy?

The price paid figure is taken from the application to register the purchase. It is the figure included in the Transfer (the legal deed which transfers the premises from one person to the other) and referred to as the 'consideration' or purchase price. You can report an error in the price paid figure using the LR online form. In most cases errors result from typos so at first glance the figure. Do report it so they can double check and advise.

I am looking into buying my first house which is in Southwold and I am already nervous. I couldn't find anything specific about Southwold. Conveyancing will be needed in due course but do you know about the Southwold area? or perhaps some other tips you can share?

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

Due to sign contracts shortly on a ground floor flat in Southwold. Conveyancing lawyers assured me that they will have a report out to me next week. What should I be looking out for?

The report on title for your leasehold conveyancing in Southwold should include some of the following:

Repair and maintenance of the flat You need to be informed what counts as a Nuisance in the lease Whether the lease restricts you from subletting the flat, or working from home What you can do if an adjoining owner is in violation of a provision in their lease? Who has the liability for maintaining the window frames

Southwold Conveyancing for Leasehold Flats - A selection of Queries Prior to buying

What is the yearly maintenance fee and ground rent? You should be aware if it is fewer than eighty years it will have adverse implications on the salability of the flat. It is worth checking with your lender that they are willing to lend given the lease term. A short lease means that you will probably need a lease extension at some point and you need to have some idea of what this will be. For most Southwoldlease extensions you will need to own the property for 24 months before you are entitled to exercise a lease extension. The answer will be helpful as a) areas may result in problems for the building as the common areas may start to deteriorate where maintenance are not paid for b) if the tenants have a dispute with the managing agents you will want to have all the details