Can your site be used to find a Conveyancing solicitor in Brentwood even where I’m not buying or disposing of a house, for instance where I want to buy a shop in Brentwood with a mortgage from Norwich and Peterborough Building Society?
The service is predominantly used to find domestic conveyancing solicitors in Brentwood but we have listed at the end of this page a selection of Brentwood commercial conveyancing firms. You will need to enquire with the solicitors directly to see if they can also act for Norwich and Peterborough Building Society
The Brentwood conveyancing lawyers that just started acting on my house acquisition in Brentwood have without warning closed. They were on acting for me because I needed a solicitor on the Bank of Ireland conveyancing panel and my family Brentwood lawyer was not. I gave my credit card details for them to take one hundred and fifty pounds for searches. What are my options?
If you have an estate agent involved then let them know straight away so that they can let the sellers know that there may be a slight delay due to reasons beyond your control. Hopefully they will be sympathetic and urge their lawyer to send a new set of papers to your new solicitors. You will need to appoint new lawyers that are on the Bank of Ireland conveyancing panel and notify the lender. If you have paid over any money, it will hopefully be held by the SRA as money in an intervened firm's bank accounts is transferred to the SRA. Then, the SRA or the intervention agent looks at the intervened firm's accounts to work out who the money belongs to. To claim your money you will need to contact the SRA. If the SRA cannot return money you are owed from the firm's bank accounts, or if they can only return part of the money, you can apply to the Compensation Fund for a grant. Your new lawyers may be able to assist.
Due to the advice of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a property in Brentwood prior to instructing solicitors. I have been advised that there is a flying freehold overhang to the property. Our surveyor advised that some banks will refuse to give a mortgage on this type of premises.
It depends who your proposed lender is. HSBC has different requirements from Nationwide. Should you wish to telephone us we can investigate further with the relevant bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Brentwood. Conveyancing may be slightly more expensive based on your lender's requirements.
I was pointed in your direction by two or three local estate agents in Brentwood to find a property lawyer using your seach tool. Is there a financial upside for Estate Agents to promote your site over a competitor’s?
We don’t offer any financial incentive for directing people in our direction. We thought it would be too underhand a fee because members of the public would think, ‘How come the agent getting a kickback? Why am I not receiving any benefit too?’ We would prefer to grow our business on genuine recommendations.
Last January I purchased a leasehold house in Brentwood. Do I have any liability for service charges relating to a period prior to my ownership?
Where the service charge has already been demanded from the previous owner and they have not paid you would not usually be personally liable for the arrears. However, your landlord may still be able to take action to forfeit the lease. It is an essential part of leasehold conveyancing for your conveyancer to be sure to have an up to date clear service charge receipt before completion of your purchase. If you have a mortgage this is likely to be a requirement of your lender.
If you purchase part way through an accounting year you may be liable for charges not yet demanded even if they relate to a period prior to your purchase. In such circumstances your conveyancer would normally arrange for the seller to set aside some money to cover their part of the period (usually called a service charge retention).
Having spent years of correspondence we simply can't agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Brentwood. Can we issue an application to the Residential Property Tribunal Service?
in cases where there is a absentee landlord or if there is disagreement about what the lease extension should cost, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 it is possible to make an application to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal to decide the price.
An example of a Lease Extension case for a Brentwood residence is 37 Lodge Court High Street in November 2013. the decision of the LVT was that the premium to be paid for the new lease was £25,559 This case related to 1 flat. The unexpired residue of the current lease was 57.5 years.
I purchased a house in Brentwood last 8/5/2024 and to date it is still not registered with HM Land Registry. It is part of a development site and my property lawyer told me that it may take 12 months to register. I have called HMLR directly and they have informed me the initial application was cancelled due to failure to reply to requisitions. Do I need to be concerned?
get in touch with your conveyancer - Where you are unsatisfied with the responses, find out about their internal complaints process and amplify your concerns to a Partner. Registrations for Brentwood conveyancing are not known to be especially complex.