A relative recommended that if I am buying in Worcester I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?
This is a search is sometimes included in the estimate for your Worcester conveyancing searches. It is not a small report of more than thirty pages, listing and detailing important information about Worcester around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Worcester Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime statistics, Worcester Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information about Worcester.
Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly identified during conveyancing in Worcester?
Restrictive covenants can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the legal transfer of property in Worcester. 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…’
Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold issue on a house I have offered on a fortnight ago in what was supposed to be a simple, no chain conveyancing. Worcester is the location of the property. Can you shed any light on this issue?
Flying freeholds in Worcester are not the norm but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Worcester you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds thoroughly. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Worcester may ascertain that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold property.