Whether you are buying or selling, awareness of local considerations will positively impact the likelihood of a successful sale or purchase. Fridaysmove's Newport Conveyancing team is able to employ their local knowledge to help you move home sooner. They are also cognisant of the issues and considerations native to the area.

We have assisted home movers throughout Newport, including Conveyancing in NP10, NP19, NP20, PO30, SA42, TF10.

Local issues considered by Newport Conveyancing Solicitors:

Newport Chancel Searches

Chancel repair liability refers to a legally-enforceable right some Newport churches possess, obliging local homeowners to pay for repairs. Buyers should be aware that chancel repair can cost hundreds of thousands of pounds. This dates back to the medieval period, when churches (or more specifically their chancels) were maintained by wealthy owners of rectorial land. Since this time, large estates have been broken down into 100's or 1,000's of privately owned properties. Note that there is not a risk-free distance from a church which ensures that liability will not apply.

The future of this liability in Newport

Welsh conveyancing transactions are less likely to need such a search.

Listed Buildings Issues

Confirmation of a the status of a listed building will be discovered by a buyer's Conveyancing Solicitor, as part of the local search. Special interest may also apply to nationally important examples of particular building types and techniques, for example buildings displaying technological innovation or virtuosity. As the whole property is protected by listed status, if, for example, a sixteenth century house is listed, it would be an offence to demolish a twentieth century concrete garage in the grounds of the house. Owners of flats or apartments in a listed building should bear in mind that the building maintenance costs of such properties may be higher than for purpose-built blocks.

Alternatively, properties may be listed as scheduled monuments, but will still have strict guidelines governing planned works. Monuments and listed buildings in Newport include Bowl Barrow on Arreton Down, Bowl Barrow on Tapnell Down, Canal aqueduct, and Carn Briw Round Cairn.

Fridaysmove property lawyers in Newport are on all UK mortgage lender panels

What are the consequences if your solicitor is not on your Lender's panel?

Panels of solicitors are maintained by mortgage lenders in order to undertake legal work on mortgaged properties. Recently, lenders have changed the criteria for the firms which they will accept on their panels. They have also reduced the size of their panels, removing firms which do not carry out much Conveyancing work or which they consider to have proved unsatisfactory in the past. These options are available to any homebuyer whose solicitor is not on their lender's panel:

• Try to obtain a mortgage from another lender who will instruct your Conveyancing solicitor.
• Instruct another firm of Conveyancing solicitors who are on your lender's panel to handle your Conveyancing.
• Continue with your present Conveyancing solicitor, but accept that a separate firm will also act for the lender, and that you will have to pay their costs in addition.

It is usually cheaper to have the same firm act both for you and your lender, and carry out all the conveyancing work in connection with a purchase and the mortgage. Be aware of the following, if you choose to remain with your first choice of law firm:

• You must now pay the lender's costs in addition to your own
• You will not get any priority from the lender's solicitors, as they will have many other cases underway, and you are unable contact these solicitors directly

Looking for a mortgage lender with a branch in Newport, Essex, try:

• Santander Mortgages, 20-21 Commercial Street, NP20 4RS - Tel:
• Halifax, 25-26, Commercial Street, NP20 1YD - Tel: 08456 814095