Forgive me if this question is silly but I am unexperienced as FTB of a two bedroom flat in Brompton. Do I receive the keys to the house on the completion date from my conveyancer? If so, I will appoint a High Street conveyancing solicitor in Brompton?
On the day of completion you do not need to attend the conveyancers office in Brompton. Conveyancing lawyers for you will electronically transfer the completion advance to the vendor’s lawyers, and shortly after the monies have arrived, you should be invited to collect the keys from the selling Agents and start moving into the property. This tends to happen early afternoon.
We are aiming to move property in February. Does my conveyancing solicitor liaise with the removal company on the completion day. Incidentally, can you suggest a removal company in Brompton. Conveyancing lawyer was organised before I stumbled across your website.
On the day of completion you can pick up the house keys from the selling agent however this should only occur when the previous owners conveyancers advise the agent that the monies to complete are in and the keys can be released. After that you should advise the removal men that they can start moving you in. We do not recommend a particular removal company but can assist you in finding a conveyancing in Brompton or a firm that specialises in conveyancing in Brompton.
My wife and I purchasing a victorian detached house in Brompton. We would like to an extension at the rear at the property.Will the conveyancing process involve enquiries to ascertain if these works were previously refused?
Your solicitor will review the deeds as conveyancing in Brompton will sometimes identify restrictions in the title deeds which restrict categories of works or necessitated the permission of a 3rd party. Certain additions call for local authority planning permissions and approval in compliance with building regulations. Some areas are designated conservation areas and special planning restrictions apply which frequently prevent or impact extensions. You should check these things with a surveyor prior to committing yourself to a purchase.
My relative recommended that where I am purchasing in Brompton I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?
A search of this type is usually quoted for as part of the standard Brompton conveyancing searches. It is not a small document of more than thirty pages, listing and setting out important information about Brompton around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Brompton Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime statistics, Brompton Education with plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data about Brompton.
Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly picked up during conveyancing in Brompton?
Covenants that are restrictive in nature can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the legal transfer of property in Brompton. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’
Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold element on a house I put an offer in last month in what should have been a simple, no chain conveyancing. Brompton is where the house is located. Can you shed any light on this issue?
Flying freeholds in Brompton are not the norm but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Brompton you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds thoroughly. Your bank may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Brompton may decide that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold premises.
As co-executor for the estate of my uncle I am selling a house in Cardiff but I am based in Brompton. My solicitor (approximately 260 kilometers awayneeds me to execute a statutory declaration prior to completion. Could you suggest a conveyancing solicitor in Brompton to witness and place their company stamp on the document?
Technically speaking you are unlikely to be required to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally any notary public or qualified solicitor will do regardless of whether they are based in Brompton
Estate agents have just been given the go-ahead to market my basement apartment in Brompton. Conveyancing has not commenced, however I have just had a quarterly maintenance charge invoice – what should I do?
It best that you pay the service charge as you normally would because all ground rent and maintenance charges will be apportioned on completion, so you will be reimbursed by the buyer for the period running from after the completion date to the subsequent invoice date. Most managing agents will not acknowledge the buyer until 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.
After months of negotiations we simply can't agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Brompton. Does the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal have jurisdiction to calculate the appropriate figures?
You certainly can. We can put you in touch with a Brompton conveyancing firm who can help.
An example of a Lease Extension case for a Brompton premises is Flat 3 47 Cadogan Square in December 2010. the Tribunal determined that the premium payable to the landord by the leaseholder for the lease extension was £732,935 This case related to 1 flat. The unexpired term as at the valuation date was 13.33 years.