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It is 10 years ago since I acquired my property in Sturminster Newton. Conveyancing lawyers have just been appointed on the sale but I can't find the title documents. Is this a major issue?
You need not be too concerned. First there is a possibility that the deeds will be kept by the mortgage company or they may be in the possession of the lawyers who acted in your purchase. Secondly the chances are that the property will be registered at the land registry and you will be able to prove you are the registered owner by your conveyancing solicitors procuring current official copies of the land registers. The vast majority of conveyancing in Sturminster Newton involves registered property but in the rare situation where your home is unregistered it is more problematic but is not insurmountable.
My aunt passed away last year and as sole heir and executor I was left the property in Sturminster Newton. The house had a small mortgage remaining of approximately £4500. I want to have the title changed into my name whilst I re-mortgage to Aldermore, pay off the mortgage. Is this possible?
Given you intend to refinance then Aldermore will insist on your using a conveyancer on the Aldermore conveyancing panel. Here is link to the Land Registry online guidance around what to do when a property owner dies. This will help you to understand the registration process behind changing the details re the registered title. in your case it would appear that you are effectively purchasing the property from the estate. Your Aldermore conveyancing panel solicitor pays the new mortgage money into the estate, the estate pays off the old mortgage, the charge is released and you become the owner and the Aldermore mortgage is registered as a charge at the Land Registry.
My colleague suggested that if I am purchasing in Sturminster Newton I should ask my conveyancer to execute a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?
A search of this type is sometimes included in the estimate for your Sturminster Newton conveyancing searches. It is a large report of more than thirty pages, listing and detailing important information about Sturminster Newton around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the local Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime details, Local Education with plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information concerning Sturminster Newton.
My husband and I are first time buyers - agreed a price, yet the estate agent informed us that the vendor will only move forward if we instruct the agent's preferred conveyancers as they need a ‘quick sale’. Our preferred option is to instruct a family conveyancer used to conveyancing in Sturminster Newton
It is improbable the vendors are behind this. If they want ‘a quick sale', taking such a hostile approach to a genuine buyer is going to damage their objectives. Bypass the agents and go straight to the sellers and make the point that (a)you are genuine buyers (b)you are excited to move forward, with mortgage lined up © you are unencumbered (d) you intend to proceed fast (e)but you are going to appoint your own,trusted Sturminster Newton conveyancing solicitors - as opposed tothose that will provide the negotiator at the agency a commission or achieve conveyancing thresholds pre-set by head office.