Pre-contract enquiries - help please!!

longwalks1

am buying a place and my solicitors gave the sellers solicitors a list of 'pre-contract enquiries' - 11 in total. Most make sense to me, such as the FENSA cert for the windows fitted 8 years ago, and recent gas boiler service certificate, boundary markings etc. Couple I'd like help with though pretty please, they are:

1) Does the seller have a copy of the Conveyance dated 16/11/1938, referred to in the 1987 transfer? If so, please provide a copy.

2) We note the restriction at entry 3 of the Proprietor Register. Please provide us with your specific undertaking to have this removed upon completion

Yours, struggling with a headache

anselld

One of the reasons why you employ a solicitor is so that you don't need to worry about such detail. The other side will reply to the enquiries and then your own solicitor will tell you what issues remain outstanding and what you need to do about it (if anything).

G_M

britishboy wrote: »

1) Does the seller have a copy of the Conveyance dated 16/11/1938, referred to in the 1987 transfer? If so, please provide a copy.

2) We note the restriction at entry 3 of the Proprietor Register. Please provide us with your specific undertaking to have this removed upon completion

Yours, struggling with a headache

1) Do you have the C dated 16/11/38? If yes, give your solicitor to pass on. If not, your solicitor should see if the Land registry has it on file. If it no longer exists, you may have a problem as your buyer will have no idea what it says, or what obligations it might commit him to!

2) what is the restriction? Your solicitor can give a 'solicitor's undertaking' to remove it, provided it is removable!

Richard_Webster

GM - OP is the buyer!

Really easiest to ask solicitor the significance of the queries and they will make sense to him.

If the 1987 transfer refers to an earlier conveyance then theta conveyance may contain restrictions and obligations that you might need to know about. Only your solicitor can tell what he suspects might be the case.

If ther is restriction registered in the proprietorship register then this could be something like that the property cannot be sold without the consent of some third party parents of owner who leant him money to buy it?) In most cases the sellers can organise its removal - but your solicitor has to check that that will happen.

G_M

Richard_Webster wrote: »

GM - OP is the buyer!

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Oops! Just assumed since OP was struggling with the Qs he must have been asked to reply to them.... Must read more carefully.

Oh, and long time no see Richard!

Richard_Webster

Oh, and long time no see Richard!

Yes, away in France and Spain in caravan for a month!

G_M

So you're tanned, refreshed, relaxed and reluctant to be back. Hope you had a good time!

DaftyDuck

Whatever the actual detail, these really are standard bits of many sales, so OP, relax.

Your solicitor is, in effect, making sure what you buy is what you think you are buying, and that the seller has clear rights to sell it to you. So, when all is done, you own the house without any odd catch.

It's early days, but I'd say it's good your solicitor is copying you in with progress, not so good if it makes you fret as a result. You pay your solicitor to fret on your behalf, and that's why they can afford/need month-long holidays in France.

Richard_Webster

Whatever the actual detail, these really are standard bits of many sales, so OP, relax.

Your solicitor is, in effect, making sure what you buy is what you think you are buying, and that the seller has clear rights to sell it to you. So, when all is done, you own the house without any odd catch.

It's early days, but I'd say it's good your solicitor is copying you in with progress, not so good if it makes you fret as a result. You pay your solicitor to fret on your behalf, and that's why they can afford/need month-long holidays in France.

I agree...

Now I'm almost retired I can spare the time - never could when I was at it all the time. Not so expensive if you go off season...

Richard_Webster

Whatever the actual detail, these really are standard bits of many sales, so OP, relax.

Your solicitor is, in effect, making sure what you buy is what you think you are buying, and that the seller has clear rights to sell it to you. So, when all is done, you own the house without any odd catch.

It's early days, but I'd say it's good your solicitor is copying you in with progress, not so good if it makes you fret as a result. You pay your solicitor to fret on your behalf, and that's why they can afford/need month-long holidays in France.

I agree. Never could spare the time to go off for very long when I was at it all the time but now I am almost retired things are different and it isn't very expensive with your own caravan and off season concessions.

DaftyDuck

Richard_Webster wrote: »

I agree. Never could spare the time to go off for very long when I was at it all the time but now I am almost retired things are different and it isn't very expensive with your own caravan and off season concessions.

So, are you going to charge us twice - for each response....