Can I use your services to locate a Conveyancing solicitor in Burslem even where I’m not buying or selling a house, for example where I want to buy a shop in Burslem with a loan from National Westminster Bank?
Our comparison service is mainly utilised to locate domestic conveyancing solicitors in Burslem but we have listed towards the end of this page a few Burslem commercial conveyancing firms. You should speak with the company directly to see if they can also act for National Westminster Bank
My Conveyancer in Burslem is not on the Bank of Ireland Solicitor Panel. Is it possible for me to continue with my family solicitor notwithstanding that they are excluded from the Bank of Ireland list of approved lawyers?
Your options are as follows:
- Carry on with your preferred Burslem lawyers but Bank of Ireland will need to retain a conveyancer on their list of acceptable firms. This will result in additional total legal fees and result in frustration.
- Find a new practitioner to act in the purchase, remembering to check they are on the Bank of Ireland panel
I used Action Conveyancing several years ago for my conveyancing in Burslem. Now, I need the files however cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?
Do 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 Burslem of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously retained, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build apartment in Burslem. Conveyancing is daunting at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build legal work.
Here are examples of a few leasehold new build enquiries that you should expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Burslem
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If there are lifts in the building, please confirm that the owners of flats on the ground and basement floors will not be required to contribute towards the cost of maintenance and renewal. Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose? Where there is an Undertaking being granted there is the risk of forfeiture of the Headlease subject to relief if one or more of the Underlessees are willing to accept the original Head Lessee’s obligations as otherwise relief will be denied to the Underlessees. The only alternatives are the Head Lessor agreeing not to forfeit the Headlease or the Head Lessee guaranteeing to the Underlessees that it will not be in breach of the Headlease. Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents.
I have been advised by a number of selling agents in Burslem to get a quote from a solicitor on your site. What’s the financial advantage for Estate Agents to promote your services over alternative conveyancing organisations?
We refuse to offer any commission for directing people to this site. We thought it would be too underhand to pay a commission as home movers will think, ‘Why is the agent getting a kickback? Why am I not getting any benefit too?’ We would prefer to grow our business on genuine recommendations.
I am a negotiator for a reputable estate agent office in Burslem where we have witnessed a number of flat sales put at risk as a result of short leases. I have received conflicting advice from local Burslem conveyancing solicitors. Could you shed some light as to whether the vendor of a flat can initiate the lease extension formalities for the purchaser on completion of the sale?
As long as the seller has been the owner for at least 2 years it is possible, to serve a Section 42 notice to commence the lease extension process and assign the benefit of the notice to the purchaser. The benefit of this is that the proposed purchaser need not have to sit tight for 2 years to extend their lease. Both sets of lawyers will agree to form of assignment. The assignment has to be done before, or simultaneously with completion of the sale.
An alternative approach is to extend the lease informally by agreement with the landlord either before or after the sale. If you are informally negotiating there are no rules and so you cannot insist on the landlord agreeing to grant an extension or transferring the benefit of an agreement to the purchaser.
Leasehold Conveyancing in Burslem - Sample of Queries before Purchasing
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Does the lease contain onerous restrictions? What is the name of the managing agents? On the whole the outlay for major works tend not to be included within maintenance charges, although a few managing agents in Burslem obliged leasehold owners to contribute towards a sinking fund and this is used to offset against larger repairs or maintenance.