❅ ❅ ❅ ❅ ❅ ❅ ❅ ❅ ❅ ❅ ❅ ❅ ❅ ❅ ❅ ❅ ❅ ❅ ❅ ❅ ❅ ❅ ❅ ❅ ❅ ❅ ❅ ❅ ❅ ❅ Toggle High Contrast Toggle Font size Client Portal Staff Login Call Us: 024 7663 2121 House Sale and Purchase You are here: Home / Individuals / Residential Property / House Sale and Purchase Buying or selling your home is likely to be the most important financial transaction you will ever enter into. Property law is complex and constantly changing, so sound and professional legal advice is essential. Moving house is ranked alongside changing your job, getting a divorce and having a baby, as the most stressful times in our lives. It is therefore essential that the legal advice which we provide is accessible to you, personal and responsive to your needs. The combination of sound and professional legal advice, which is accessible, personal and responsive in its nature, is the cornerstone of the service which we seek to provide. We try to build a good working relationship with you as our client – as one of our clients wrote to us “It was nice to be treated as a person and not as a number”. We will keep you informed of what is going on throughout the transaction, but if there is anything you are not certain about, do please tell us. It is very important to us that you are completely clear on what is happening at all times. We also see our role as your Solicitors as wider than the legal process itself. As experienced professionals in the property field, we can provide invaluable guidance in connection with a number of other related aspects of your house move, such as the choice of an estate agent on the sale of a property, the right type of survey for the house you are buying and the choice of a surveyor to carry out the work, house insurance, and your mortgage arrangements. Explanation of Searches As well as the mandatory searches which have to be carried out on a property when you purchase there are also further searches which can be carried out to obtain more in-depth information. These are: Environmental Searches Has your prospective home been built on a landfill site, refuse dump or former industrial premises which could be letting out toxic emissions? Are you aware that if not discovered it could be your responsibility as the owner of the land to clear any contaminative substances. What will an Environmental Search reveal? How is the information collected? How does this affect you if contaminative substances are revealed? How much does an Environmental Search cost? Radon Gas Radon is a radioactive gas that occurs naturally. It has no taste, smell or colour; in fact, special devices are needed to detect it. Radon is everywhere, usually at levels that pose negligible risk. We do not hold ourselves out as having any specialist knowledge or expertise in the particular field, but we have carried out some research in the matter by obtaining a Report from the National Radiological Protection Board. On the basis of the information which has been provided to us, it does not appear on current information available that Radon is a major problem in the West Midlands, Warwickshire and Leicestershire, although naturally this is a matter upon which you must form your own personal opinion. It seems that about 100,000 homes in England, almost 0.5% of the total housing stock of 19 million, have Radon Gas levels above the Government Action level of 200 becquerels per equal metre of air. This estimate is given in a Report for the Department of the Environment published in 1992 by the National Radiological Protection Board. The average level of indoor Radon in England, 21 becquerels per cubic metre, is apparently relatively low compared to an estimated world average of 40 becquerels per cubic metre. However, homes with Radon levels 100 times this value, over 2000 becquerels per cubic metre, haves been found in some parts of the country. Most of the measurements and most of the high Radon results are in Cornwall and Devon, which are regarded by the National Radiological Protection Board as Radon affected areas. Derbyshire, Northamptonshire and Somerset at the next most affected counties, and there are some indications of high levels elsewhere, but the major population centres have, on the whole, low Radon levels. The data provided by the National Radiological Protection Board suggests that in the West Midlands the average Radon is between 16 and 23 becquerels per cubic metre of air, whilst in Warwickshire it is between 38 and 31, and in Leicestershire between 21 and 43. These figures are based upon statistics provided by the National Radiological Protection Board in 1992. The Board’s general advice to house purchasers is not to let the matter of Radon influence their choice of a place to live, but the Board do offer a measurement service to householders, and are able to supply Radon detectors for use in dwellings and to undertake subsequent analysis. Householders or prospective purchasers who are concerned about this subject should write to the National Radiological Protection Board, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0RQ – in areas where the Board consider measurements are not necessary, there is a standard fee for the supply of two detectors, subsequent analysis and the reporting of the result. Radon is a radioactive gas that occurs naturally. It has no taste, smell or colour; in fact, special devices are needed to detect it. Radon is everywhere, usually at levels that pose negligible risk. We do not hold ourselves out as having any specialist knowledge or expertise in the particular field, but we have carried out some research in the matter by obtaining a Report from the National Radiological Protection Board. On the basis of the information which has been provided to us, it does not appear on current information available that Radon is a major problem in the West Midlands, Warwickshire and Leicestershire, although naturally this is a matter upon which you must form your own personal opinion. Plan Search The Local Search, one of the mandatory searches carried out against a property when you purchase, is specific to the property you are purchasing and does not reveal any information as to other activities in the area, such as planning applications for residential or commercial developments in the vicinity to the property you are intending to purchase. This information may only come to your knowledge after purchase. It is possible to carry out a Plan Search at a cost of £32.90, which will provide more local information as to plans and proposals for the area. Looking for a quote for residential conveyancing services? Click here! 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