Can your site be used to recommend a Conveyancing solicitor in Bromley even if I’m not buying or disposing of a house, for example where I intend to buy a shop in Bromley with a mortgage from Alliance & Leicester ?
Our search tool is predominantly utilised to get a quote from residential conveyancing solicitors in Bromley but we have set out at the end of this page a few Bromley commercial conveyancing firms. You will need to speak with the company directly to see if they can also act for Alliance & Leicester
My relative suggested that if I am buying in Bromley I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?
A search of this type is occasionally quoted for as part of the standard Bromley conveyancing searches. It is not a small document of more than thirty pages, listing and setting out significant information about Bromley around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the local Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime statistics, Local Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information about Bromley.
I have been recommended by a couple of local property agents in Bromley to get a quote from a conveyancer using your seach tool. What’s the financial upside for Estate Agents to market your lawyers ahead of another?
We don’t offer any referral fee for pointing buyers and sellers in our direction. We found it would be just too difficult a fee because members of the public would think, ‘How come the agent getting a kickback? Why aren’t I getting any benefit too?’ So we decided to step away from that.
I am a couple of weeks into a freehold purchase having been referred to a firm by the high street agent to perform conveyancing in Bromley. We are not happy. Could you help me find new lawyers?
A conveyancer would need to be really poor to suggest diss instructing them. Has your mortgage offer been sent? In the event that it has you need to inform them of the new contact details and ensure the offer are re-sent. The conveyancer needs to be on the banks panel to avoid added charges and frustration. That should be your starting point. The search tool can assist you in finding a lender approved conveyancer for your conveyancing in Bromley
I've recently bought a leasehold house in Bromley. Do I have any liability for service charges for periods before completion of my purchase?
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. Strange as it may seem, your landlord may still be able to take action to forfeit the lease. A critical element of leasehold conveyancing for your conveyancer to ensure 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).
My wife and I have hit a brick wall in trying to purchase the freehold in Bromley. Can this matter be resolved via the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal?
if there is a absentee landlord or where there is disagreement about the premium for a lease extension, under the relevant statutes you can apply to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal to make a decision on the price payable.
An example of a Lease Extension case for a Bromley property is 70 Andace Park Gardens 133-149 Widmore Road in November 2013. Tribunal determined that the premium payable for the lease extension was £10,052 This case affected 1 flat. The unexpired term was 72 years.
How does one as executor remove a deceased person's name from the title register for a property in Bromley?
Where a Bromley property is jointly owned and one of the proprietors passes away, the name will not immediately be removed from the title deeds. It is not necessary to amend the title as when it comes to a sale your conveyancer would just be asked to supply proof as to the reason the other owner is not included in the conveyance, such as a grant of probate.
With a view to making the sale conveyancing more straight forward in the future you can apply to have the deceased name removed from the title register by applying to the land registry with evidence of the death. There is no fee from the Registry for this service.