I am buying a house without a mortgage in Llantrisant. I have resided for the last twelve years in Llantrisant. Conveyancing searches are exorbitant. Given that I have knowledge of the road and vicinity intimately must I have all the conveyancing searches?

In the absence of a home loan, then all but one or two of the Llantrisant conveyancing searches are non-obligatory. Your lawyer will 'advise', perhaps strongly, that you should have searches done, but he is duty bound to do this. Do consider; if you are intend to dispose of the house one day, it may be of interest to your prospective purchaser what the searches contain. Sometimes premises with no practical issues can still throw up detrimental search results. A competent conveyancing solicitor in Llantrisant will provide you some helpful guidance concerning this.

A friend recommended that where I am buying in Llantrisant I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?

This is a search is usually included in the estimate for your Llantrisant conveyancing searches. It is not a small document of about 40 pages, listing and setting out important information about Llantrisant around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Llantrisant Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime statistics, Local Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information concerning Llantrisant.

The deeds to our home are lost. The conveyancers who did the conveyancing in Llantrisant 10 years ago have long since closed. Will I be able to sell the house?

Gone are the days when you need to hold title original deeds to prove you are the owner of your registered land or property, given that the Land Registry hold details of all registered land or property electronically.

I am buying a new build flat in Llantrisant. 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.

Here is a sample of a selection of leasehold new build questions that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Llantrisant

Where service of notices and proceedings can be at the property demised please confirm that this can be amended to include simultaneous services at the Lessees’ solicitors’ offices where the Lessee from time to time is not resident in the UK - such solicitors may be varied by notice in writing to the Landlord from time to time but otherwise will be as previously specified. Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier? There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants. Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose?

I decided to have a survey done on a house in Llantrisant ahead of appointing solicitors. I have been informed that there is a flying freehold aspect to the house. The surveyor advised that some mortgage companies will not grant a mortgage on a flying freehold property.

It varies from the lender to lender. Lloyds has different instructions for example to Nationwide. If you call us we can investigate further with the relevant bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Llantrisant. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Llantrisant to see if the conveyancing costs will increase in light of this.