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Conveyancing and property

Conveyancing is the term used for selling and/or buying your land or property and at Philip Avery & Co. we can meet all your legal requirements within our well staffed conveyancing department. Alternatively, you may wish to release the equity in your property and re-mortgage your property.

We appreciate that your family home or business premises is one of the most important assets to you and moving home and selling, buying or leasing a business can be a stressful experience. We like to think that at Philip Avery & Co. we can absorb some of your anxieties and resolve any concerns by providing you with a first class National Conveyancing Service regardless of your whereabouts in the country.

Our solicitors and assistants within the conveyancing department work within the department throughout the day undertaking property and land matters only. We can therefore pride ourselves and assure you that our well staffed department is always accessible and readily available to speak with you directly, or, at one of our conveniently located offices.

As the housing market has rocketed over the last couple of years, and still rising, it has become difficult to climb the property ladder without taking on huge mortgage liabilities and having to pay rising stamp duty land tax. Our legal fees have therefore remained at a fixed rate for some years with little increase to assist in the future growth of homeowners, especially first time buyers. If you wish to obtain a comprehensive quote then please e-mail to us your details including the price of the property and its whereabouts.

The firm has invested much over the last few years in technology in order we may in the near future provide our valued clients with an interactive law tracker service. This will allow you to track the progress of your case on the internet 24 hours a day and wherever you may be.

We are also preparing in advance for the Government’s introduction of HIP’s (Home Information Packs) and once in force, we will be able to provide all sellers with the required comprehensive HIP. As we are solicitors then your HIP will be produced via The Law Society thereby providing you and your buyer with the assurances The Law Society can offer.

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Stamp Duty Land Tax

The new name for Stamp Duty. This a tax payable to the Government on all purchases of land or property, grants and assignments of leases or transfer of property or land. Duty is payable on all transactions which exceed £125,000 at the following rates:

f you are purchasing a property in a disadvantaged area then the minimum level is increased to £150,000. You can check by going to HM Revenue & Customs’ website and inserting the postcode of the property into their search facility.

Comprehensive Quote

As a purchaser you will have to undertake searches against the property you are purchasing, pay a surveyor and/or valuer, pay building society fees, pay a Land Registry fee and possibly stamp duty land tax.

As a seller you will have estate agents fees and mortgage redemption fees and in due course HIP costs.

If you are both buying and selling the process can be expensive and we therefore have kept our own legal fees at a competitive price. Please fill in our online form for a competitive and comprehensive quote.

Interactive law tracker service

The Land Registry are actively progressing the eventual implementation of e-conveyancing. E-conveyancing will enable solicitors to keep abreast of developments and progress within the chain via their security protected computer links. Presently we are only privy to information and progress reports from either your buyer’s solicitors and/or your seller’s solicitor. We do not have access to information regarding matters further up or down the chain. With e-conveyancing solicitors will be able to conduct transactions and monitor matters on all property’s within the chain, thereby ensuring you are fully aware of how matters are progressing.

With an interactive tracker service we can provide you with comprehensive details as to how matters are progressing anywhere in the chain, such information to be provided via internet links should you wish to receive information this way, 24 hours a day. As a fully interactive firm we can currently provide you with information via e-mail, text message, telephone or letter and eventually via the interactive site. Whichever is most preferred by you.

HIP’s

From June 2007 if you are proposing to sell your house then you must arrange for your solicitor to prepare a Home Information Pack. This has to be prepared and finalised before you can put the property on the market with an estate agent or privately. The content of the pack will include searches, planning permission and building regulation documents, Property Information Form and Fixtures and Fittings list, NHBC Certificates, title deeds, Lease, Energy Efficient Report etc. Matters are still under review as to the exact contents of the HIP and trials are beginning shortly.

It may no longer be necessary for buyers to undertake the expense of searches themselves, this task will fall on the sellers.

Come June 2007 your solicitor will be your first point of contact if you wish to sell and as we have invested in new and revised technology we will be able to provide your HIP in conjunction with The Law Society.

Boundary, Property and Land Disputes

Here at Philip Avery & Co we have a wealth of experience in dealing with disputes relating to:-

1. Boundaries.
2. Trespass to property.
3. Adverse possession claims.
4. Rights and disputes in regards to easements.
5. Rights of way.
6. Rights of drainage.
7. Disputes relating to breach of covenants, for example building extensions without the consent of the original developer.

Through our network of contacts, we can assist in gaining the services of expert building and land surveyors and specialist mediators.

We can put in place sensible payment plan to assist you in paying for your legal costs. We will be open and up front as to how much things are likely to cost.

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