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Have you ever wondered what Conveyancing Solicitors do?

If you are selling a property, your Conveyancing Solicitor will draft a sale contract and handle a series of legal enquiries made by the buyer's solicitor.

If buying, your Solicitor conducts thorough due dilligence into the property's title, the land upon which it sits and local and environmental issue. They make sure that the seller actually owns the property, that any mortgage is correctly administered and that the property is correctly registered with the Land Registry.

If the property is leasehold, further enquiries must be made about the lease itself, as well as any obligations you will have as the owner such as Service charges, ground rent, repair obligations and responsibility for costs of upkeep and repair.

It doesn't end there either as Property Lawyers must consider a whole number of other factors depending in the property and its location;

Examples of other issues taken into account by Conveyancing Lawyers:

Contaminated Land

Since 2000, local authorities have been obliged to inspect and identify seriously contaminated land areas. If a local authority identifies a home as being on or near contaminated land, they can issue remediation notices requiring action to clean up the contamination in the absence of voluntary agreement to do so.

Liability in such circumstances would primarily rest with the contaminator of the property. However, if that person cannot be identified, then liability could pass to the current owner of the property and compliance could be costly. This is one of the reasons why Environmental Searches are performed during a conveyancing transaction.

Planning Permissions and Building Regulations Consents

If you believe works have been carried out on a property you are buying, that may have required local authority consents (such as an extension, or other structural works), you should raise this with your solicitor as soon as possible.

Searches may reveal breaches of local authority consents, but they will not reveal whether works have been commissioned without formal consent. It is your responsibility to highlight any such works to your conveyancer. In addition to extensions, works could include, for example, the removal of structural walls or the conversion of a garage or loft space to create additional living accommodation.

Planning Permissions and Building Regulations consents may be supplied by the Seller. Where conditions have been imposed then please check from your own personal knowledge of the property that the Seller has met the conditions.

Missing Building Regulation Approval

Where there is no evidence that Building Regulation Approval has been obtained for works carried out by the seller, if they were completed more than four years ago it is unlikely that the council would take any enforcement action. The only circumstances in which the council would take action is if the property is a threat to health and safety. A surveyor should usually recognise this, but your solicitor may advise obtaining indemnity insurance against the council taking any action. This not only will give you the benefit of piece of mind, but may also be required by your lender.

Applying for a change of use

Note that your solicitor will assume that the property is to be used for residential purposes unless you specify otherwise. In the event that you have a different proposed use, such as conversion to retail premises, be sure to raise this.

If you are considering a change of use, you should consider whether or not this could adversely effect the value of the property. It may be prudent for you to check with the local planning department and see what the chances of an Application for Change of Use would be.

The impact of Local Development Projects

All local authorities will have development plans for their areas within their planning departments and these are not released to Conveyancers as part of the local search result, although reference is commonly made to their availability for inspection. We recommend that you must visit the local authority to inspect these plans in the event that you have any concerns regarding the Councils proposals for development within their area, particularly if your property benefits from views over, or is adjacent to, open land.