This question may be naive but I am wet behind the ears as FTB of a garden flat in Betws Y Coed.Do I receive the keys to the property on completion from my conveyancer? If this is the case, I will use a High Street conveyancing solicitor in Betws Y Coed?
On the day of completion you do not need to go to the conveyancers office in Betws Y Coed. Conveyancing lawyers for you will electronically transfer the completion advance to the owner’s lawyers, and once they have received this, you will be invited to receive the keys from the property Agents and move into your new home. This tends to happen between 1 and 3pm.
My friend recommended that if I am purchasing in Betws Y Coed I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?
This is a search is sometimes quoted for as part of the standard Betws Y Coed conveyancing searches. It is a large report of about 40 pages, listing and setting out important information about Betws Y Coed around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Betws Y Coed Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime details, Local Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information regarding Betws Y Coed.
Is it best to instruct a Betws Y Coed conveyancing lawyer in close proximity to the house I am hoping to buy? I have an old university friend who can carry out the legal formalities however they are based 400miles drive away.
The primary upside of using a high street Betws Y Coed conveyancing practice is that you can visit the firm to execute paperwork, hand in your identification documents and pester them where appropriate. They will also have local knowledge which is a benefit. That being said it's more important to get someone that will do a good and efficient job. If other friends have instructed your friend and on the whole were happy that should surpass using an unknown Betws Y Coed conveyancing solicitor just because they are based in the area.