My partner and I are refinancing our flat in Childs Hill with Aldermore. We have a son 18 who lives at home. Our solicitor requested us to identify anyone over the age of 17 other than ourselves who reside at the property. Our lawyer has now e-mailed a document for our son to sign, giving up any rights in the event that the property is forfeited by the lender. I have two concerns (1) Is this document specific to the Aldermore conveyancing panel as he did not need to sign this form when we bought 3 years ago (2) In signing this form is our son in any way compromising his right to inherit the property?

First, rest assured that your Aldermore conveyancing panel solicitor is doing the right thing as it is established procedure for any occupier who is aged 17 or over to sign the necessary Consent Form, which is purely to state that any rights he has in the property are postponed and secondary to Aldermore. This is solely used to protect Aldermore if the property were re-possessed so that in such circumstances, your son would be legally obliged to leave. It does not impact your son’s right to inherit the apartment. Please note that if your son were to inherit and the mortgage in favour of Aldermore had not been discharged, he would be liable to take over the loan or pay it off, but other than that, there is nothing stopping him from keeping the property in accordance with your will or the rules of intestacy.

A colleague informed me that in purchasing a property in Childs Hill there may be a number of restrictions affecting the ability to carry out external alterations to a property. Is this right?

We are aware of a number of properties in Childs Hill which have some sort of restriction or requirement of consent to perform external alterations. Part of the conveyancing in Childs Hill should determine what restrictions are applicable and advising you as part of a ROT that should be sent to you.

I am buying a detached bungalow in Childs Hill. Our aim is to convert the garage to a playroom at the house.Will the conveyancing process include checks to determine if these works were previously refused?

Your property lawyer will check the deeds as conveyancing in Childs Hill will on occasion identify restrictions in the title deeds which prohibit categories of works or necessitated the permission of a 3rd party. Some works require local authority planning consent and approval under the building regulations. Many areas are designated conservation areas and special planning restrictions apply which frequently prevent or affect extensions. It would be sensible to check these issues with a surveyor prior to committing yourself to a purchase.

After shopping around on the internet I have found a Childs Hill lawyer having made sure that they are on the Principality conveyancing panel. Does my lawyer arrange the survey of the property?

Principality will need an independent valuation of the property. Your lawyer will not arrange this. Usually Principality will appoint their own surveyor to do this, and you will have to pay for it. Remember that this is a valuation for mortgage purposes and not a survey. You may wish to consider appointing your own Childs Hill surveyor to carry out a survey or prepare a home buyers report on the property. It is up to you to satisfy yourself that the property is structurally sound before you buy it. If the survey or report reveals that building work is needed, you should tell your solicitor. You may wish to renegotiate with the seller.

I am buying a house and the lawyer has raised the issue of Chancel Repair to which the house could be liable as it falls into the area of such a church. He has mentioned insurance. Is this strictly warranted for conveyancing in Childs Hill

Unless a previous purchase of the property completed post 12 October 2013 you can take it that lawyers conducting conveyancing in Childs Hill to remain recommending a chancel search and or chancel repair liability policy.

The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build flat in Childs Hill. Conveyancing is daunting at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build legal work.

Set out below are examples of a few leasehold new build enquiries that you should expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Childs Hill

The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme. The Vendor must covenant to keep unoccupied units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore. Where there is an Undertaking being granted there is the risk of forfeiture of the Headlease subject to relief if one or more of the Underlessees are willing to accept the original Head Lessee’s obligations as otherwise relief will be denied to the Underlessees. The only alternatives are the Head Lessor agreeing not to forfeit the Headlease or the Head Lessee guaranteeing to the Underlessees that it will not be in breach of the Headlease. Please supply a car parking plan.

I am selling my home. My former lawyers has retired. It would be helpful to have a recommendation of a conveyancing firm. I happen to live in Childs Hill if that affects matters.

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