I am purchasing a house without a mortgage in Amersham. I have lived for the previous Seventeen years in Amersham. Conveyancing searches are exorbitant. As I know the road and vicinity very well must I have all the conveyancing searches?
Provided that you do not need a mortgage, then all but one or two of the Amersham conveyancing searches are optional. Your lawyer will ’encourage you, no-doubt strongly, that you should have searches done, but he is duty bound to do this. Do take into account; if you are going to dispose of the house one day, it will likely be be of relevance to your prospective purchaser what the searches contain. There are plenty of instances where houses with day to day issues can still throw up detrimental search results. A good conveyancing solicitor in Amersham will be able to give you some sensible advice concerning this.
We note that you have a post code search directory identifying firms on the RBS conveyancing panel. Do companies pay you a referral fee if I appoint them for our own conveyancing in Amersham?
We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the RBS conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Amersham.
My wife and I have recently appointed a conveyancing solicitor in Amersham. I I would like to check whether they are accepted on the Chelsea Building Society approved list of lawyers. Can you advise?
The first thing you should do is phone the conveyancer and ask them whether they are on the lender panel. Alternatively you can get in touch with Chelsea Building Society who may be able to confirm.
3 months have gone by following my purchase conveyancing in Amersham completed. I have checked the Land Registry website which shows that I paid £175,000 when infact I paid £215,000. Why the discrepancy?
The price paid figure is taken from the application to register the purchase. It is the figure included in the Transfer (the legal deed which transfers the premises from one person to the other) and referred to as the 'consideration' or purchase price. You can report an error in the price paid figure using the LR online form. In most cases errors result from typos so at first glance the figure. Do report it so they can double check and advise.
Having had my offer accepted I require leasehold conveyancing in Amersham. Before I set the wheels in motion I want to be sure as to the unexpired term of the lease.
If the lease is registered - and most are in Amersham - then the leasehold title will always include the basic details of the lease, namely the date; the term; and the original parties. From a conveyancing perspective such details then enable any prospective buyer and lender to confirm that any lease they are looking at is the one relevant to that title. For any other purpose, such as confirming how long the term was granted for and calculating what is left, then the register should be sufficient on it's own.
I bought a garden flat in Amersham, conveyancing having been completed April 1999. Can you let me have an estimate of the premium that my landlord can legally expect in return for granting a renewal of my lease? Equivalent properties in Amersham with over 90 years remaining are worth £185,000. The ground rent is £65 charged once a year. The lease ceases on 21st October 2084
With 60 years unexpired the likely cost is going to span between £20,000 and £23,000 as well as costs.
The figure that we have given is a general guide to costs for renewing a lease, but we cannot give you the actual costs without more detailed investigations. You should not use the figures in tribunal or court proceedings. There are no doubt additional issues that need to be taken into account and you obviously want to be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Please do not move forward placing reliance on this information without first seeking the advice of a professional.
Is planning permission necessary to split a house into two flats in Amersham? This has been done to a property opposite to a relative in Amersham and was ignorant of it happening until it was complete.
Planning consent is required for splitting a single house in Amersham into flats but probably not for reverting back to single dwelling-house so, in answer to your question, yes.