Purchase of freehold residence: Conveyancing Felpham, West Sussex, PO22

Our conveyancing West Sussex team handled the purchase conveyancing for a freehold, for a residence located at Felpham, West Sussex - in September 2009.  This property was in the local authority of Arun District Council and was valued at around £390,000.00.

We considerably improved upon the national average, being 90 days, due to us completing this transaction within 36 days of receiving the conveyancing agreement from the registered owners conveyancing specialist.

The local authority search revealed that Davenport Road was an unadopted road in this area. This was of concern to the buyer and their mortgage lender, so therefore further investigations needed to be made with the registered owners as to ownership of the road & practical arrangements in terms of maintenance and upkeep.

There was a concerning discrepancy between details of the registered owners as per the conveyancing agreement as against the Official Copies.  This was obviously significantly important to clarify, as our conveyancing lawyer needed to be sure that the registered owner and the seller on the contract were one and the same.

This property was sold under a Power of Attorney and under the circumstances, it was important to ensure that all legal documentation, relating to the Power of Attorney, were in order so that the Land Registry formalities could progress without difficulty.

The Land Registry documentation revealed that the property was subject to restrictions/rights/covenants, as set out in a conveyance dated 23/05/1948.  It was important that we checked with the registered owners conveyancing specialist that these restrictions had been fully complied with.

The managing agent is Felpham Beach Garden Estate Limited, & Mary Spiteri-Panayi was the property lawyer in charge of conveyancing in West Sussex.

The estate agent's particulars of sale, detailing the registered owners conveyancing specialist, were obtained shortly before receiving the conveyancing agreement.  The estate agent was Mays The Village Agent (branch covering West Sussex).

The seller's conveyancing solicitor was Longmores Solicitors.