Having sold my house in Frogmore last April but our buyer keeps telephoning daily to moan that their conveyancer needs to hear from myconveyancer. What should my lawyer have done now that I have sold?
Following your disposal your solicitor is obliged to deliver the transfer deeds and all additional paperwork to the buyer’s lawyers. Depending on the transaction, your solicitor must also send confirmation that the mortgage has been redeemed to the buyers solicitors. There are no post completion formalities specific conveyancing in Frogmore.
A relative suggested that if I am purchasing in Frogmore I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?
This is a search is usually quoted for as part of the standard Frogmore conveyancing searches. It is not a small document of about 40 pages, listing and detailing important information about Frogmore around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the local Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime statistics, Local Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information about Frogmore.
The deeds to our property can not be found. The solicitors who handled the conveyancing in Frogmore 4 years ago no longer exist. Will I be able to sell the house?
Gone are the days when you need to have the physical official documentation to prove you own the land or premises, as the Land Registry have everything they need in a digital format.
I have been on the look out for a flat up to £235,500 and identified one round the corner in Frogmore I like with open areas and transport links nearby, however it only has 61 remaining years left on the lease. There is not much else in Frogmore suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error purchasing a short lease?
If you require a home loan the shortness of the lease will likely be problematic. Reduce the offer by the anticipated lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the existing proprietor has owned the premises for at least 2 years you may request that they start the process of the extension and pass it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the current lease and have £0 ground rent by law. You should consult your conveyancing lawyer about this.
I have been recommended by a number of estate agents in Frogmore to get a quote from a property lawyer on your site. Is there a financial inducement for Estate Agents to promote your lawyers over and above another?
We don’t make any financial incentive for sending work to this site. We found it would be just too difficult to pay a commission because members of the public would think, ‘Why is the agent getting a kickback? Why am I not getting any benefit too?’ We would prefer to grow our business on genuine recommendations.
My husband and I are novice buyers - agreed a price, yet the estate agent has warned us that the seller will only proceed if we use the agent's preferred solicitors as they want a ‘quick sale’. Our preferred option is to instruct a local conveyancer with experience of conveyancing in Frogmore
We suspect that the seller is unaware of this requirement. If they desire ‘a quick sale', alienating a serious purchaser is likely to cause more damage than good. Speak to the owners direct and make the point that (a)you are serious buyers (b)you are excited to move forward, with mortgage lined up © you are unencumbered (d) you intend to proceed fast (e)however you will continue to instruct your own,trusted Frogmore conveyancing firm - not the ones that will give the estate agent a referral fee or achieve conveyancing targets demanded by corporate headquarters.