We are looking to buy a house and need a conveyancing solicitor in Battlesbridge who is on the Coventry BS approved panel. Could you point me in the right direction as regards a solicitor?
Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Coventry BS . We don't recommend any particular firms conducting conveyancing in Battlesbridge.
What can a local search inform me regarding the house I am purchasing in Battlesbridge?
Battlesbridge conveyancing often starts with the ordering local authority searches directly from your local Authority or via a personal search organisations for instance PSG The local search is essential in every Battlesbridge conveyancing purchase; as long as you don’t want any nasty surprises after you move into your new home. The search should provide data on, amongst other things, details on planning applications relevant to the premises (whether granted or refused), building control history, any enforcement action, restrictions on permitted development, nearby road schemes, contaminated land and radon gas; in all a total of thirteen subject sections.
I used Wolstenholmes a few years ago for my conveyancing in Battlesbridge. Now, I need the documents but cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?
You should call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Battlesbridge of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously hired, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
What does commercial conveyancing in Battlesbridge cover?
Non domestic conveyancing in Battlesbridge covers a broad array of services, supplied by regulated solicitors, relating to business premises. By way of example, this type of conveyancing can cover the sale or purchase of freehold business premises or, more commonly, the assignment of existing business tenancies or the drafting of new leasing arrangements. Commercial conveyancing solicitors can also offer advice on the sale of business assets, commercial loans and the termination of leases.
My husband and I are FTB’s - agreed a price, yet the selling agent advised that the seller will only move forward if we instruct their chosen lawyers as they are insisting on a ‘quick sale’. Our preferred option is to instruct a local conveyancer with experience of conveyancing in Battlesbridge
It is improbable the sellers are behind this. Should the seller want ‘a quick sale', turning down a genuine purchaser is counter productive. Contact the owners directly and explain that (a)you are genuine purchasers (b)you are ready to progress, with mortgage lined up © you are chain free (d) you intend to proceed fast (e)however you are going to use your own,trusted Battlesbridge conveyancing lawyers - as opposed tothe ones that will provide the estate agent a introducer fee or hit his conveyancing targets demanded by HQ.
My wife and I purchased a leasehold flat in Battlesbridge. Conveyancing and Birmingham Midshires mortgage organised. A letter has just been received from someone claiming to own the reversionary interest in the property. Attached was a ground rent demand for rent dating back to 1995. The conveyancing solicitor in Battlesbridge who acted for me is not around. What should I do?
First contact the Land Registry to make sure that the individual purporting to own the freehold is in fact the registered owner of the freehold reversion. There is no need to incur the fees of a Battlesbridge conveyancing lawyer to do this as you can do this on the Land Registry website for less than a fiver. Rest assured that in any event, even if this is the legitimate freeholder, under the Limitation Act 1980 the limitation period for recovery of ground rent is six years.
I purchased a 1 bedroom flat in Battlesbridge, conveyancing was carried out November 2003. Can you give me give me an indication of the likely cost of a lease extension? Similar properties in Battlesbridge with an extended lease are worth £201,000. The ground rent is £45 invoiced annually. The lease ends on 21st October 2090
With 65 years remaining on your lease the likely cost is going to be between £13,300 and £15,400 as well as costs.
The suggested premium range above a general guide to costs for extending a lease, but we cannot give you the actual costs in the absence of detailed investigations. You should not use the figures in tribunal or court proceedings. There may be additional concerns that need to be taken into account and clearly you want to be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Neither should you take any other action based on this information before getting professional advice.