Me and my wife are acquiring our first home. The solicitor has texted usto enquire if we would like to take out extra conveyancing searches. We are really unsure what's recommended for conveyancing in Wolsingham

The range of Wolsingham conveyancing searches should be triggered based entirely on the premises, the location, the likelihood of any of these risks, your familiarity of the locality and risks, your general appetite to risk. What matters is that you adequately understand what information the searches could give you. Then you can decide if you consider that you need that search. If unclear, ask your solicitor to recommend.

Completed the sale of my flat in Wolsingham last August yet the purchaser is SMS messaging every few hours to say his solicitor is waiting to hear from mylawyer. What are the post completion sale formalities now that I have sold?

After completion of your house sale your conveyancer is committed to deliver the transfer deeds and all additional paperwork to the buyer’s conveyancer. Depending on the transaction, your lawyer should also send confirmation that the home loan has been repaid to the buyers lawyers. There is unlikely to be post completion procedures specific conveyancing in Wolsingham.

I appreciate that there are debates on Chancel Insurance on online forums. Am I compelled to have this when buying a property in Wolsingham? or I am told that there is a law dating back centuries that means some homeowners residing in a parish church boundary may be liable to pay for maintenance towards the chancel in proximity to the church. Is this relevant for conveyancing in Wolsingham?

Unless a previous purchase of the property took place after 12 October 2013 you may expect solicitors conducting conveyancing in Wolsingham to continue to suggest a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.

My wife and I own a semi-detached Edwardian property in Wolsingham. Conveyancing solicitor represented me and Platform Home Loans Ltd. I did a free Land Registry search last week and I saw two entries: the first freehold, the second leasehold under the matching property. If a house is not a freehold shouldn't I have been informed?

You should review the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register as there may be mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered proprietor of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Wolsingham and other areas of the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they mortgage they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with buyers. You can also question the situation with the conveyancing practitioner who conducted the purchase.

How does conveyancing in Wolsingham differ for new build properties?

Most buyers of new build premises in Wolsingham contact us having been asked by the developer to exchange contracts and commit to the purchase even before the premises is constructed. This is because new home sellers in Wolsingham tend to buy the site, plan the estate and want to get the plots sold off as they are building the properties. Buyers, therefore, will have to exchange contracts without actually seeing the house they are buying. To reduce the chances of losing the property, buyers should instruct conveyancing solicitors as soon as the property is reserved and mortgage applications should be submitted quickly. Due to the fact that it could be several months and even years between exchange of contracts and completion, the mortgage offer may need to be extended. It would be wise to use a lawyer who specialises in new build conveyancing especially if they are used to new build conveyancing in Wolsingham or who has acted in the same development.