I am need of leasehold conveyancing for an apartment in a fairly new development (6 years built) in Aldborough Hatch. 95% of the properties have already been sold. Do I need carry out the neighbourhood searches as part of conveyancing in Aldborough Hatch?
If you getting a loan, your lender will need some (many) of the searches so you'll have no choice. If not, then Aldborough Hatch conveyancing searches are optional. No doubt your conveyancer, will 'advise', perhaps in the strongest possible terms, that you should have the searches done, but he or she has a professional duty to do this. One thing to bear in mind; if you are likely to sell the house one day, it may be of interest to your future buyer what the searches contain. Sometimes houses with no practical issues can still throw up adverse search results. But if you demand that your lawyer to proceed without searches then your lawyer will have to follow your instructions or ask you to appoint a different lawyer for your conveyancing in Aldborough Hatch.
It is is a decade since I bought my house in Aldborough Hatch. Conveyancing solicitors have recently been appointed on the sale but I am unable to locate the title deeds. Is this a major issue?
Don’t worry too much. First there is a possibility that the deeds will be with your mortgage company or they may still be with the conveyancers who handled your purchase. Secondly the chances are that the land will be registered at the land registry and you will be able to prove you own the property by your conveyancing lawyers acquiring current official copies of the land registers. The vast majority of conveyancing in Aldborough Hatch relates to registered property but in the rare situation where your home is unregistered it adds to the complexity but is resolvable.
We hope to to buy with Darlington Building Society. I called into a few high street practices but cant to find a Aldborough Hatch conveyancing firm on the Darlington Building Society approved list. Please you help?
Feel free to make use of the find a lender approved solicitor tool on this page. Pick the lender and type Aldborough Hatch or your location and you will see a number of lawyer offices in Aldborough Hatch or near you.
We are planning on selling our home in Aldborough Hatch and the buyers lawyers are claiming that there is a possibility that the property was built land that was not decontaminated. A local conveyancer would know that there is no such problem. It does beg the question why the buyers instructed a nationwide conveyancing practice rather than a conveyancing solicitor in Aldborough Hatch. We have lived in Aldborough Hatch for six years we know that this is a non issue. Do we contact our local Authority to obtain clarification that the buyers are looking for.
It sounds as though you may have a conveyancing firm currently acting for you. What do they say? You should enquire of your lawyer before you do anything. It is very possible that once the local authority has been informed of a potential issue it cannot be insured against (a bit like being diagnosed with a serious illness and then taking out health insurance to cover that same illness)
In what way does the Landlord & Tenant Act 1954 impact my commercial property in Aldborough Hatch and how can you help?
The 1954 Act affords security of tenure to commercial tenants, granting the right to apply to court for a continuation of occupancy at the end of an expired lease. There are certain specified grounds where a landlord can refrain from granting a lease renewal and the rules are complicated. We are happy to direct you to commercial conveyancing practices who use the act for protection and assist with commercial conveyancing in Aldborough Hatch
What are your top tips when it comes to choosing a Aldborough Hatch conveyancing firm to carry out our lease extension conveyancing?
If you are instructing a property lawyer for lease extension works (regardless if they are a Aldborough Hatch conveyancing firm) it is essential that he or she should be familiar with the legislation and specialises in this area of conveyancing. We advise that you make enquires with two or three firms including non Aldborough Hatch conveyancing practices prior to instructing a firm. If the firm is ALEP accredited then that’s a bonus. The following questions could be of use:
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How familiar is the practice with lease extension legislation? If the firm is not ALEP accredited then why not?
Following months of correspondence we cannot agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Aldborough Hatch. Does the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal have jurisdiction to calculate the appropriate figures?
if there is a missing landlord or where there is dispute about what the lease extension should cost, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 you can apply to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal to determine the sum to be paid.
An example of a Lease Extension case for a Aldborough Hatch residence is 49 Aldborough Road South in July 2012. The Tribunal decided that the premium payable for the grant of the new lease was £13,925 This case related to 1 flat. The remaining number of years on the lease was 61.36 years.