The owners of the property we are purchasing have instructed a conveyancing firm in Brondesbury who has insisted on a exclusivity contract with a payment two thousand pounds. Are such agreements sensible?
This type of agreement is unusual in Brondesbury, conveyancers are not keen on them as they detract from the main conveyancing focus and if you end up losing your deposit then the lawyer is left exposed. In addition, there is no assurance that just because the seller has executed an exclusivity agreement they will complete the sale with you. They may be in contravention of the agreement if they are offered sufficient offer to do so because an aggrieved buyer with the benefit of a exclusivitycontract will still have to show losses as a consequence of the breach and these may not compare to the financial upside that your vendor may gain by reneging on the contract, however morally shameful that may be.
It is a dozen years since I bought my house in Brondesbury. Conveyancing solicitors have just been retained on the sale but I can't track down my deeds. Is this a major issue?
Don’t worry too much. First there is a chance that the deeds will be retained by the mortgage company or they may be in the possession of the solicitor who oversaw the purchase. Secondly in most cases the land will be recorded at the land registry and you will be able to prove you own the property by your conveyancing lawyers obtaining up to date copy of the land registers. Nearly all conveyancing in Brondesbury relates to registered property but in the unlikely event that your property is unregistered it adds to the complexity but is not insurmountable.
I used Arc property Solicitors several years ago for my conveyancing in Brondesbury. Now, I need my files but the law firm is no longer operating. 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 Brondesbury of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously hired, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold issue on a property I have offered on a fortnight ago in what should have been a straight forward, no chain conveyancing. Brondesbury is where the house is located. Is there any advice you can impart?
Flying freeholds in Brondesbury are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Brondesbury you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds thoroughly. Your bank may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Brondesbury may decide 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 premises.
My father has suggested that I instruct his lawyers for conveyancing in Brondesbury. Should I find my own conveyancer?
No doubt the best way to select a conveyancing lawyer is to have referrals from friends or family who have actually previously instructed the firm that you are contemplating using.
Please can you suggest a conveyancer for purchasing a house? Ideally someone in Brondesbury, who will communicate via email - not someone who insists on a letter in the post or fax.
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