What will a local search tell me concerning the property we're purchasing in Long Ashton?
Long Ashton conveyancing often starts with the ordering local authority searches directly from your local Authority or through a personal search organisations such as PSG The local search plays an important role in most Long Ashton conveyancing purchase; as long as you don’t want any nasty surprises after you move into your property. The search should provide information on, amongst other things, details on planning applications applicable to the property (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 sections.
Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly picked up during conveyancing in Long Ashton?
Restrictive covenants can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the process of conveyancing in Long Ashton. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’
I am looking for a leasehold apartment up to £305k and identified one near me in Long Ashton I like with amenity areas and station nearby, the downside is that it only has 61 years on the lease. There is not much else in Long Ashton for this price, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error purchasing a short lease?
If you need a home loan the shortness of the lease will likely be an issue. Reduce the price by the expected lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the existing proprietor has owned the property for at least twenty four months you may ask them to start the process of the extension and pass it to you. You can add 90 years to the existing lease term and have £0 ground rent by law. You should speak to your conveyancing solicitor concerning this.
I am looking into buying my first house which is in Long Ashton and I am already nervous. I couldn't find anything specific about Long Ashton. Conveyancing will be needed in due course but do you know about the Long Ashton area? or perhaps some other tips you can share?
Rather than looking online forget looking online you should go and have a look at Long Ashton. In the meantime here are some basic statistics that we found
My mum and dad are unable to locate their Long Ashton land registry title on the online search facility. They have a vague memory back in the 60’s when they acquired the property there were complications with the post code not being identified on some systems.
The vast majority of properties in Long Ashton should appear. Have you tried a search to just the postcode. Ordinarily it should disclose all the houses and flats inside the postcode. Assuming the property is recorded it will show up with a title number. If they bought back in the 70’s it's conceivable it may be not yet registered. The address might still be revealed but with the title number shown 'na'. In this scenario you will need to track down the original title papers which could be with your parent’s lender.