Find a Lender-Approved Local Conveyancer in Charterhouse

This question may be naive but I am unexperienced as FTB of a garden flat in Charterhouse. Do I receive the keys to the house on the completion date from my lawyer? If this is the case, I will use a High Street conveyancing solicitor in Charterhouse?

There is no need to visit the lawyers office on the day of completion. Conveyancing lawyers for you will arrange to send the purchase money to the owner’s conveyancers, and once they have received this, you should be able to pick up the keys from the Estate Agents and move into your new home. This tends to happen between 1 and 3pm.

I recently had an offer agreed on an apartment in Charterhouse. My financial adviser recommended their conveyancers. I paid an advanced payment of £150. Shortly after, the solicitor called me sheepishly admitting that they were not on the Barclays conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?

You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the Barclays panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.

I have finally had an offer on an apartment in Charterhouse accepted, but there is a chain. The vendors have offered on a property, but it’s not been accepted yet, and are looking at other properties in the pipeline. I have chosen a bricks and mortar conveyancing solicitor in Charterhouse. What should be my next step? When should I get the mortgage application with Aldermore started?

It is usual to have anxieties where there is a chain as you are unlikely to want to incur expenses prematurely (mortgage application is in the region of £1k, then valuation, Charterhouse conveyancing search charges, etc). The first thing to do is check that your solicitor is on the Aldermore conveyancing panel. Regarding the next stages this very much depends on the circumstances of your case, motivation for this property and on the state of the market. In a rising market many purchasers will apply for a home loan with Aldermore and pay for the valuation and only if it was satisfactory would they ask their conveyancer to press on with searches.

What can a local search reveal regarding the house we're purchasing in Charterhouse?

Charterhouse conveyancing often commences with the applying for local authority searches directly from your local Authority or via a personal search company for example Onsearch The local search plays a central role in most Charterhouse conveyancing purchase; that is if you wish to avoid any unpleasant surprises after you move into your new home. The search will provide information on, amongst other things, details on planning applications applicable to the property (whether granted or refused), building control history, any enforcement action, restrictions on permitted development, nearby road schemes, contaminated land and radon gas; in all a total of 13 topic headings.

Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to our home can not be found. The solicitors who dealt with the conveyancing in Charterhouse 5 years ago no longer exist. What are my options?

Assuming you have a registered title the details of your proprietorship will be recorded by HMLR under a Title Number. It is possible to perform a search at the Land Registry, locate your house and get current copies of the Registered Entries for a small fee. If the title is Leasehold then the Land Registry will usually retain a file duplicate of the Registered Lease and again, a copy can be ordered for a small fee.

I am a sole trader looking to lease a unit on the high street. Can you recommend lawyers offering fixed charges for commercial conveyancing in Charterhouse for below 1500k?

We are happy to recommend firms who host a wealth of experience of commercial conveyancing in Charterhouse, including the disposal and purchase of businesses as well as simply property. If you are hoping to buy or dispose of a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail premises or a whole business we will put you in touch with the right solicitor. As for the fees this will depend on the structure and complexity of the proposed transaction. Please provide us with your contact information or call so as to enable us to provide you with a detailed commercial conveyancing calculation.

Our conveyancer has advised that he intends to complete and exchange simultaneously on our sale of a £325,000 garden flat in Charterhouse in six days. The management company has quoted £384 for Landlord’s certificate, building insurance schedule and previous years service charge statements. Is the landlord entitled to charge such fees for a flat conveyance in Charterhouse?

Charterhouse conveyancing on leasehold flats typically results in administration charges levied by landlords agents :

Answering pre-contract questions Where consent is required before sale in Charterhouse Copies of the building insurance and schedule Deeds of covenant upon sale Registering of the assignment of the change of lessee after a sale

Your lawyer will have no control over the level of the charges for this information but the average costs for the information for Charterhouse leasehold property is £350. For Charterhouse conveyancing transactions it is customary for the seller to pay for these costs. The landlord or their agents are under no legal obligation to answer such questions most will be willing to do so - albeit often at exorbitant prices where the fees bear little relation to the work involved. Unfortunately there is no law that requires fixed charges for administrative tasks. Neither is there any legal time frame by which they are required to provide the information.

I am the proprietor of a first floor flat in Charterhouse. Given that I can not reach agreement with the freeholder, can the Leasehold valuation Tribunal determine the premium due for a lease extension?

You certainly can. We can put you in touch with a Charterhouse conveyancing firm who can help.

An example of a Lease Extension case for a Charterhouse premises 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 was in relation to 1 flat. The unexpired term as at the valuation date was 66.8 years.

I have been recommended a conveyancing solicitor in Charterhouse. I need to find out if they are on the lender's conveyancing panel. Can you assist?

You should phone your lawyer to enquire if they are on the bank's panel. Alternatively please call us and we can investigate and revert. Should the firm not be on the lender panel we can certainly arrange a specialist conveyancing solicitor in Charterhouse on the approved list for your lender.