Do the conveyancing practitioners that you recommend handle auction conveyancing in Waterlooville?

There are a few auction practitioners we can put you in touch with those who can conduct auction conveyancing. Waterlooville is one of hundreds of locations in which our lawyers have offices.

It is a dozen years since I acquired my house in Waterlooville. Conveyancing lawyers have now been appointed on the sale but I can't track down the title documents. Will this jeopardise the sale?

Don’t worry too much. First there is a possibility that the deeds will be kept by your mortgage company or they could be in the possession of the lawyers who acted in the purchase. Secondly the chances are that the land will be recorded at the land registry and you will be able to establish that you own the property by your conveyancing lawyers acquiring up to date copy of the land registers. The vast majority of conveyancing in Waterlooville relates to registered property but in the unlikely event that your property is unregistered it adds to the complexity but is resolvable.

I am purchasing a house and the lawyer has identified Chancel Repair for which the house could be liable given it’s proximity to the area of such a church. He has suggested insurance. Is this strictly necessary for conveyancing in Waterlooville

Unless a prior acquisition of the premises took place after 12 October 2013 you could assume that conveyancing practitioners handling conveyancing in Waterlooville to remain recommending a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.

I have todaybeen informed that Action Conveyancing have been shut down. They conducted my conveyancing in Waterlooville for a purchase of a freehold house 10 months ago. How can I establish that my home is registered correctly in the name of the former proprietor?

The quickest method to see if the premises is in your name, you can carry out a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Waterlooville conveyancing specialists.

I am buying a new build house in Waterlooville with a loan from Lloyds TSB Bank. The sellers refused to budge the amount so I negotiated 6k of additionals instead. The estate agent advised me not inform my lawyer about this deal as it may adversely affect my mortgage with the bank. Is this normal?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.

Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.

Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.