I have given 8 weeks notice to my current landlord and have to be out of my rented property in Whimple by 7/6/2024. Conveyancing on my purchase is underway. Can I complete in 5 weeks as I wish to avoid having to move into temporary accommodation?

It is unwise to give notice on a rental unless your lawyer suggests that you should. If you have not already done so, speak to your solicitor and urge them to they chase the sellers lawyers, try to get a realistic time scale from them that all parties will look towards

Do lawyers request money up-front for my conveyancing in Whimple?

If you are buying a property in Whimple your lawyer will ask you place them with monies to cover the search fees. This will be the total of the cost of the Local Authority Search. When the deposit is payable against the purchase price then this should be asked for shortly ahead of exchange of contracts. Any further balance that is needed should be sent to your lawyer a couple of days prior to the day of completion.

Forgive me if this question is silly but I am new to the home buying as FTB of a garden flat in Whimple. Do I collect the keys to the property on the completion date from my solicitor? If this is the case, I will use a local conveyancing solicitor in Whimple?

On the day of completion you do not need to go to the conveyancers office in Whimple. Your solicitors will transfer the purchase money to the seller's conveyancers, and once they have received this, you will be called to collect the keys from the selling Agents and move into your new home. This tends to happen between 1 and 3pm.

I am aiming to move home in May. Should my conveyancing solicitor update the removal company on the completion day. As an aside, can you suggest a removal company in Whimple. Conveyancing solicitor was found before I stumbled across your page.

On the afternoon of completion you will need to collect the house keys from your selling agent but this should only occur once the previous owners conveyancers advise the agent that they have the completion monies and the keys can be collected. Subsequently you should tell the removal men that they can start moving you in. We are not in a position to suggest a particular removal company but can assist you in locating a conveyancing in Whimple or a firm with expertise in conveyancing in Whimple.

We previously selected conveyancers based in Whimple on the Barclays solicitor approved list. They have just billed me a separate sum for handling the Barclays mortgage. Is this an additional conveyancing fee specified by Barclays?

Unfortunately, so long as it is in their Terms of Engagement or estimate then yes your conveyancer is entitled to charge a fee for this. The charge is not dictated by Barclays but by your Whimple conveyancing practitioner. Some firms on the Barclays panel will levy an ‘acting for lender’ fee and others do not.

I used Wolstenholmes several years ago for my conveyancing in Whimple. Now, I need the documents but the law firm has closed. What do I do?

You should 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 Whimple of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously retained, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build apartment in Whimple. 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 conveyancing.

Set out below is a sample of a few leasehold new build questions that you should expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Whimple

Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose? The Lease must contain a provision on behalf of the Vendor to pay the service charges in respect of unoccupied units in order to ensure that all services can be provided. Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier? Where there is an Undertaking being granted there is the risk of forfeiture of the Headlease subject to relief if one or more of the Underlessees are willing to accept the original Head Lessee’s obligations as otherwise relief will be denied to the Underlessees. The only alternatives are the Head Lessor agreeing not to forfeit the Headlease or the Head Lessee guaranteeing to the Underlessees that it will not be in breach of the Headlease. Where service of notices and proceedings can be at the property demised please confirm that this can be amended to include simultaneous services at the Lessees’ solicitors’ offices where the Lessee from time to time is not resident in the UK - such solicitors may be varied by notice in writing to the Landlord from time to time but otherwise will be as previously specified.