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You want to buy, they want to sell.
What could be simpler?
In an ideal world, it would be simple to buy, sell and rent property. In principle it is. In practice, however, there are a huge number of things which must happen before the keys are handed over. For example, you need to make sure the seller actually owns the property. You probably need to organise finance to buy it. It is the seemingly unending series of things which need to be checked that make the process sometimes seem endless. It is a process that will only move forward as quickly as the slowest part. Home Information Packs (HIPs), in which the seller provides much of the information when the property is marketed help, however, a HIP is only part of the story. We think the other key issues in making sure our clients come back to us everytime they move (and they do) are:
Keeping our clients informed about what is happening on a regular basis; being organised so we drive the process on behalf of our clients - chasing up other parties in the process; and offering good advice and a sympathetic ear at all times.
Documents to Download
- Cohabitation Agreement
People often consider themselves to be a ‘common law’ husband or wife if they have lived together ot brought up children togther over a period of time. The reality is that there no such legal status and the law considers this type of relationship to be one of cohabitation.
(pdf | 92kB | 56k Modem - 15 sec, Broadband - 1 sec)
Links
Housing
- Lease Advice Service
The Leasehold Advisory Service provides free advice on the law affecting residential long leasehold property and Commonhold. - Bromley Borough Council
website for the London borough of Bromley - FENSA
Gives a list of FENSA approved Contractors so you can check them out and also lists all properties where FENSA certificates have been issued for replacement doors, windows, conservatories etc. - Planning Portal
gives advice on the planning system for England and Wales. - The Land Registry
As a user of Land Registry Direct you will have instant on-line access to more than 19 million registers of title covering the great majority of properties in England and Wales. Viewing registers of title by Land Registry Direct is a simple, quick and inexpensive way of obtaining register information for conveyancing and property information purposes.
