Can conveyancing in West Wittering to be concluded in 3 weeks?

In a situation where you are under pressure for your conveyancing it is advisable to make sure that your conveyancer is familiar with the location as they will make use of local contacts and intelligence. It is even conceivable that they would have conducted previoushomes in the same road. Therefore consider using a West Wittering conveyancing lawyer. Second, check that the conveyancing firm is on the on the approved list for your mortgage company. It is estimated that 18% of West Wittering conveyancing transactions are held up or derailed after finding out that a buyer’s solicitor was not on their banks panel. In many cases this discovery resulted in the buying process being delayed by as much as 21 days. It is believed that this issue impacts in the region of 100,000 home sales annually. Many West Wittering conveyancing practices can not act for certain mortgage companies so do check at the outset.

My home in West Wittering is up for sale and I have a purchaser. Does the conveyancing practitioner need to be required to be on the Skipton conveyancing panel in order to deal with the discharge of my mortgage?

Ordinarily, even if your lawyer is not on the Skipton conveyancing panel they can still act for you on your sale. It might be that the lender will not release the original deeds (if applicable and increasingly irrelevant) until after the mortgage is paid off. You should speak to your lawyer directly before you start the process though to ensure that there is no problem as lenders are changing their specifications fairly frequently at the moment.

The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build flat in West Wittering. Conveyancing is daunting at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build legal work.

Set out below are examples of a selection of leasehold new build questions that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in West Wittering

Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants. Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier? Please supply a car parking plan. Forfeiture - bankruptcy or liquidation must not apply under this provision.

Over the last few months I have been searching for a leasehold apartment up to £235,500 and identified one round the corner in West Wittering I like with a park and transport links in the vicinity, however it only has 61 years unexpired on the lease. There is not much else in West Wittering in this price bracket, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error buying a lease with such few years left?

If you need a home loan that many years will likely be a potential deal breaker. Discount the price by the anticipated lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the current proprietor has owned the premises for at least 2 years you can ask them to commence the lease extension formalities and pass it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the current lease term and have £0 ground rent by law. You should consult your conveyancing solicitor regarding this.

I am looking for a conveyancing lawyer in West Wittering for my home move. Is there any facility to check a firm’s complaints history with the legal regulator?

Anyone can review presented Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) determinations stemming from investigations started on or after Jan 2008. Go to Check a solicitor's record. For records Pre 2008, or to check a solicitors record, ring 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 any week day save for Tuesday when lines open at 9.30am. For non-uk callers, call +44 (0)121 329 6800. The SRA sometimes recorded telephone calls for training requirements.