Having sold my house in Tintagel last May but the buyer keeps texting every few hours to moan that his lawyer is waiting to hear from mysolicitor. What should have happened now that I have sold?

Following your sale your lawyer should send the transfer documentation and all supplemental paperwork to the buyer’s conveyancer. Where relevant, your conveyancer must also evidence that the mortgage has been repaid to the buyers conveyancers. There is unlikely to be post completion requirements peculiar conveyancing in Tintagel.

Will our conveyancer be raising enquiries about flooding during the conveyancing in Tintagel.

The risk of flooding is if increasing concern for solicitors dealing with homes in Tintagel. There are those who buy a house in Tintagel, fully expectant that at some time, it may be flooded. However, aside from the physical damage, where a house is at risk of flooding, it may be difficult to get a mortgage, adequate insurance cover, or dispose of the property. Steps can be carried out during the course of a property purchase to forewarn the purchaser.

Solicitors are not best placed to give advice on flood risk, but there are a number of searches that can be carried out by the purchaser or by their conveyancers which can give them a better appreciation of the risks in Tintagel. The standard information sent to a buyer’s lawyer (where the Conveyancing Protocol is adopted) incorporates a standard question of the seller to find out if the premises has suffered from flooding. In the event that flooding has previously occurred which is not notified by the vendor, then a buyer could issue a compensation claim as a result of such an misleading reply. A purchaser’s lawyers will also conduct an enviro report. This will higlight whether there is a recorded flood risk. If so, additional inquiries will need to be initiated.

I used Arc property Solicitors a few years ago for my conveyancing in Tintagel. I now require my papers however the law firm is no longer operating. What do I do?

Do call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Tintagel of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously instructed, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold element on a property I put an offer in two weeks back in what was supposed to be a quick, chain free conveyancing. Tintagel is where the house is located. Can you offer any opinion?

Flying freeholds in Tintagel are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Tintagel you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds very carefully. Your bank may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Tintagel may determine 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 property.

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