I am in need of a conveyancer. Do I opt for a national conveyancer or a local St Mary Cray conveyancing lawyer?
In the main conveyancing practitioners in your neck of the woods will benefit from good alliances with your local authority, which can help with your St Mary Cray conveyancing searches that your solicitor will require on your transaction. It can only help if they enjoy existing connections with the Local Land Registry Office your area St Mary Cray, other lawyers in the area and St Mary Cray Estate Agents.
I have given 2 months notice to my current landlord and have to be out of my let out apartment in St Mary Cray by the end of next month. Conveyancing for my house purchase has just started. Is it possible to complete in 4 weeks as I wish to avoid having to find temporary accommodation?
The normal practice is not to give notice for your tenancy unless you have exchanged. If you have not previously done so, notify to your solicitor and request that they cajole the owners side, try to get a realistic time scale from them that all parties will aim to achieve
Do lawyers request money on account when it comes to conveyancing in St Mary Cray?
Where you are retaining lawyers for conveyancing in St Mary Cray your lawyer will request that you place them with monies to cover the search fees. Normally this is asked for to cover the fees of the conveyancing searches. When the down payment is as part of the sale price then this should be required shortly prior to contracts are exchanged. The closing balance that is due will be payable a few days ahead of the day of completion.
Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to our house can not be found. The lawyers who conducted the conveyancing in St Mary Cray 10 years ago no longer exist. What do I do?
As long as you have a registered title the details of your ownership will be documented by the Land Registry with a Title Number. It is possible to carry out a search at the Land Registry, locate your house and get current copies of the property title for less than a fiver. If the property is Leasehold then the Land Registry will in most cases hold a certified duplicate of the Registered Lease and again, a copy can be obtained for £20 inclusive of VAT.
I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold issue on a house I have offered on last month in what was supposed to be a straight forward, no chain conveyancing. St Mary Cray is where the house is located. What do you suggest?
Flying freeholds in St Mary Cray are not the norm but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside St Mary Cray you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds diligently. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in St Mary Cray 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 residence.