What can a local search tell me regarding the property my wife and I purchasing in Endon?

Endon conveyancing often commences with the ordering local authority searches directly from your local Authority or through a personal search company for instance PSG The local search plays a central role in many a Endon conveyancing purchase; as long as you don’t want any nasty surprises after you move into your new home. The search should provide information on, amongst other things, details on planning applications applicable to the premises (whether granted or refused), building control history, any enforcement action, restrictions on permitted development, nearby road schemes, contaminated land and radon gas; in all a total of 13 topic headings.

I used Stirling Law several years ago for my conveyancing in Endon. Now, I need the documents 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 Endon of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously instructed, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

I have been on the look out for a leasehold apartment up to £195,000 and identified one round the corner in Endon I like with amenity areas and railway links nearby, however it's only got 52 years unexpired on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Endon for this price, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake purchasing a lease with such few years left?

If you need a mortgage the shortness of the lease may be an issue. Discount the price by the expected lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the current owner has owned the property for at least 2 years you could ask them to start the process of the extension and pass it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the current lease term with a zero ground rent applied. You should speak to your conveyancing lawyer about this matter.

I own a leasehold house in Endon. Conveyancing and Godiva Mortgages Ltd mortgage organised. A letter has just been received from someone claiming to own the freehold. It included a demand for arrears of ground rent dating back to 1995. The conveyancing practitioner in Endon who acted for me is not around. What should I do?

The first thing you should do is make enquiries of the Land Registry to be sure that the individual purporting to own the freehold is in fact the new freeholder. There is no need to incur the fees of a Endon conveyancing lawyer to do this as you can do this on the Land Registry website for less than a fiver. Rest assured that in any event, even if this is the legitimate landlord, under the Limitation Act 1980 no more than 6 years of rent can be collected.

Endon Conveyancing for Leasehold Flats - Sample of Queries Prior to Purchasing

Is there a share of the freehold? The best form of lease arrangement is a share of the freehold. In this arrangement the leaseholders have being in charge if their destiny and notwithstanding that a managing agent is often retained if the building is bigger than a house conversion, the managing agent retained by the leaseholders. It is important to be aware if changing the roof or some other significant cost is coming up that will be shared by the leaseholders and will dramatically increase the the maintenance costs or necessitate a one off invoice.

I am buying a flat with all finances in place. My conveyancer has been handed with two distinct forms of photographic identification, bank statement, endless utility bills. Now he wants a copy from a probate lawyer stating that the money is legitimate and that it has come from inheritance and not dealing E's in Ibiza.

For some years now requires conveyancing solicitors as well as banks, building societies and other financial institutes to obtain satisfactory evidence of the identity of the client. This is because solicitors who deal with money and property on behalf of their clients can be used by criminals wishing to launder money. In order to comply with the law of money laundering, your Endon conveyancing lawyer will need to obtain evidence of your identity as as well as make sure that your funds are legitimate.