Please help. My Blackfriars conveyancer is advising me that he has toapply for Blackfriars conveyancing searches asthe firm are on the Santanderconveyancing panel. These Blackfriars checks cost a lot of money can this be avoided?
Unfortunately both you and your lawyer have little choice here. Given that you are taking out a loan with a mortgage company your property lawyer has to comply with their conditions as set out in their version of the CML Conveyancing Handbook. Your conveyancer would have previously signed the Terms and Conditions of your bank’s conveyancing panel appointment which obliges them to follow the CML Handbook requirements . Even if you were a cash buyer you would be ill advised not to carry out Blackfriars conveyancing searches.
How up to date is your database of Blackfriars solicitors on the UBS conveyancing panel? Do UBS send you an updated list?
Blackfriars conveyancing firms themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the UBS conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from UBS directly.
I note that there are debates on Chancel Insurance on online forums. Do I require chancel insurance when acquiring a residence in Blackfriars? or I am told that there is historic law that means some homeowners living in a parish church boundary may be liable to pay for maintenance towards the chancel within the church. Is this suitable for conveyancing in Blackfriars?
Unless a previous acquisition of the house completed post 12 October 2013 you can expect conveyancing practitioners conducting conveyancing in Blackfriars to continue to recommend a chancel search and or chancel repair liability policy.
Over the last few months I have been searching for a leasehold apartment up to £245,000 and identified one round the corner in Blackfriars I like with amenity areas and railway links in the vicinity, however it's only got 61 years unexpired on the lease. There is not much else in Blackfriars suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake acquiring a lease with such few years left?
Should you require a home loan the shortness of the lease may be problematic. Discount the offer by the anticipated lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the existing proprietor has owned the premises for at least 2 years you may ask them to commence the lease extension formalities and pass it to you. You can add 90 years to the current lease with a zero ground rent applied. You should consult your conveyancing solicitor about this.
I need to find a conveyancing solicitor for purchase conveyancing in Blackfriars. I happened to chance upon a site which appears to be the ideal solution If there is a chance to get all this stuff done via email that would be ideal. Should I be wary? What should out be looking out for?
As usual with these online conveyancers you need to read ALL the small print - did you notice the extra charge for dealing with the mortgage?
Estate agents have just been given the go-ahead to market my 2 bed apartment in Blackfriars. Conveyancing is yet to be initiated, however I have recently had a quarterly maintenance charge demand – what should I do?
The sensible thing to do is clear the invoice as you normally would given that all rents and maintenance payments should be allotted as part of the financial calculations for completion monies, so you should recover the relevant percentage by the buyer for the period running from after the completion date to the next payment date. Most management companies will not acknowledge the buyer unless the service charges have been paid and are up to date, so it is important for both buyer and seller for the seller to show that they are up to date. Having a clear account will assist your cause and will leave you no worse off financially.
Following months of correspondence we are unable to agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Blackfriars. Can we issue an application to the Residential Property Tribunal Service?
Most certainly. We can put you in touch with a Blackfriars conveyancing firm who can help.
An example of a Lease Extension matter before the tribunal for a Blackfriars flat is Flat 89 Trinity Court Grays Inn Road in February 2013. the Tribunal found that the premium to be paid by the tenant on the grant of a new lease, in accordance with section 56 and Schedule 13 to the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 should be £36,229. This case affected 1 flat. The unexpired residue of the current lease was 66.8 years.