It is a dozen years since I purchased my house in Billesdon. Conveyancing lawyers have now been instructed on the sale but I can't find my title documents. Is this a major issue?
Don’t worry too much. Firstly the deeds may be retained by your lender or they may be archived with the lawyers who oversaw the purchase. Secondly the likelihood is that the title will be recorded at the land registry and you will be able to prove you are the registered owner by your conveyancing solicitors procuring up to date copy of the land registers. Nearly all conveyancing in Billesdon involves registered property but in the unlikely event that your home is unregistered it adds to the complexity but is resolvable.
My relative recommended that if I am purchasing in Billesdon I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?
This is a search is sometimes quoted for as part of the standard Billesdon conveyancing searches. It is not a small report of about 40 pages, listing and detailing significant information about Billesdon around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the local Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime details, Billesdon Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information about Billesdon.
My cousin has encouraged me to appoint his lawyers for conveyancing in Billesdon. Do I take his recommendation?
There are no two ways about it the best way to select a conveyancing solicitor is to have recommendations from friends or family who have actually used the firm you're considering.