My bid for a property was accepted at auction in North Plymouth. Conveyancing is required. What are my next steps?

Given that you have now exchanged you will need to retain a conveyancing solicitor quickly as you will have a tight deadline in which to complete the property. An auction property should have a corresponding auction pack. This should include the copy title deeds, local authority and drainage searches. Where you are dealing with leasehold premises the legal pack should include a copy of the lease, management information and a sellers leasehold information form and associated conveyancing documentation specific to leasehold premises. You should pass this on to your appointed conveyancing solicitor as soon as possible. Do make sure that you have funds in place to complete on the on the contractual date .

We have a mortgage agreed in principle with RBS. North Plymouth conveyancing lawyers were instructed. What is the average time that one could expect to receive a mortgage offer from RBS?

There is no definitive answer here. Have RBS completed the valuation? Have you advised RBS as to your lawyers' details and checked that your lawyers are on the RBS conveyancing panel? Sometimes it can take as long as six weeks for a mortgage offer to be issued.

I had an offer accepted on a house in North Plymouth on 5/12/2025, valuation was booked 4 days later, all came back fine. Property lawyer retained, so all that was missing was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Kent Reliance and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel. Are Kent Reliance entitled to hold back the Mortgage pending the lawyer being on the approved list?

A lender would not issue an offer until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Kent Reliance to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.

Do commercial conveyancing searches reveal proposed roadworks that could affect a commercial site in North Plymouth?

Its becoming the norm that commercial conveyancing solicitors in North Plymouth will perform a SiteSolutions Highways report as it dramatically cuts the time that conveyancers invest in researching accurate data on highways that impact buildings and development assets in North Plymouth. The report provides definitive information on the adoption status of roads, footpaths and verges, as well as the implication of traffic schemes and the rights of way surrounding a commercial development sites in North Plymouth.

For each commercial conveyancing transaction in North Plymouth it is crucial to investigate the adoption status of roads surrounding a site. The absence of identifying developments where adoption procedures have not been addressed adequately can result in delays to North Plymouth commercial conveyancing deals as well as pose a risk to future plans for the site. These searches are not conducted for residential conveyancing in North Plymouth.

Given that I am about to part with £400,000 on a house in North Plymouth I would like to have a conversation with the lawyer regarding thetransaction prior to giving the go ahead to the firm. Can this be arranged?

This is something that we encourage - it is our preference to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you first talking to the solicitor due to be conducting your property ownership legalities in North Plymouth.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - every client is unique person, not a file reference. The law firms that we put you in touch with believe that the fees you are quoted for residential conveyancing in North Plymouth should be the figure that you are charged.

In my capacity as executor for the estate of my uncle I am selling a residence in Newport but reside in North Plymouth. My solicitor (based 250 kilometers awayhas requested that I sign a statutory declaration prior to completion. Could you suggest a conveyancing practitioner in North Plymouth to attest and place their company stamp on the document?

Technically speaking you are unlikely to be required to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily any notary public or qualified solicitor will do regardless of whether they are North Plymouth based

I purchased a flat in North Plymouth last 25/11/2024 and to date it is still not recorded with the Land Registry. It is part of a development site and my property lawyer told me that it may take twelve months to register. I have spoken with the Land Registry directly and they have informed me the original application was cancelled due to failure to reply to requisitions. Should I be concerned?

Call your conveyancer - Where you are unsatisfied with the responses, look up their internal complaints process and amplify your concerns to a Complaints Manager. Registrations for North Plymouth conveyancing are not known to be especially complex.