My wife and I are due to complete on the purchase of a house in Wigan but as a consequence of wreckage from a small fire at the property I have managed to agree reparation from the vendor of £3k in the form of a adjustment in the price. I had intended this to be dealt with as part of a side agreement however will not permit this. Why were they notified?
Your that is on the approved list is obliged to disclose to of any amendments to the purchase price. If you prohibit your to disclose the reduction to then they would have to discontinue acting for you. In addition, and you would have to appoint a new for your conveyancing in Wigan.
I purchased a terraced Georgian property in Wigan. Conveyancing practitioner represented me and . I did a free Land Registry search last week and I saw a couple of entries: the first freehold, another for leasehold with the exact same address. If a house is not a freehold shouldn't I have been informed?
You need to read the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register for mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered owner of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Wigan and other areas of the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they buy they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with lenders. You can also check the situation with your conveyancing lawyer who conducted the conveyancing.
Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold issue on a property I put an offer in a fortnight ago in what was supposed to be a quick, chain free conveyancing. Wigan is where the house is located. What do you suggest?
Flying freeholds in Wigan are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Wigan you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds very carefully. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Wigan may ascertain 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.
I'm remortgaging my existing house to a buy to let loan with and I will use the ballance of the raised equity towards a second house. The area we are looking at is Wigan. Will your lawyers be able to act for the two lenders and link together the two deals?
Do use our search tool on this page to check that the conveyancers are approved by both banks. Having checked that they are your lawyer should be able to tie up the two conveyancing matters but you should talk with you lawyer and make clear your expectations and needs.
In my capacity as executor for the will of my father I am disposing of a house in Newport but I am based in Wigan. My solicitor (based 235 kilometers from mehas requested that I execute a statutory declaration before the transaction finalising. Can you recommend a conveyancing practitioner in Wigan who can witness and place their company stamp on the document?
strictly speaking you are not likely to need to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally any notary public or qualified solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are Wigan based