My Solicitor in Corfe Mullen is not on the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society Approved Panel. Can I still use my family solicitor notwithstanding that they are not on the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society panel of approved conveyancing solicitors?
Your options are as follows:
- Complete the purchase with your preferred Corfe Mullen solicitors but Norwich and Peterborough Building Society will need to retain a lawyer on their list of acceptable firms. This will inevitably rack up the overall conveyancing charges as well as result in delays.
- Find an alternative lawyer to act in the purchase, obviously checking they are on the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society panel
A relative advised me that in buying a property in Corfe Mullen there may be a number of restrictions prohibiting external alterations to the property. Is this right?
There are anumerous of properties in Corfe Mullen which have some sort of restriction or requirement of consent to carry out external alterations. Part of the conveyancing in Corfe Mullen should determine what restrictions are applicable and advising you as part of a ROT that should be sent to you.
My husband and I have organised a further advance on our mortgage from Bank of Ireland as we intend to carry out a loft conversion to our home in Corfe Mullen. Do we need to appoint a local Corfe Mullen solicitor on the Bank of Ireland conveyancing panel to deal with the paperwork?
Bank of Ireland do not ordinarily require a member of their conveyancing panel to handle the formalities. If they do require any legal work then you would need to ensure that such a lawyer was on the Bank of Ireland list.
Our sealed bid on a semi in Corfe Mullen has been agreed to, the owners do however have a dependent purchase. The sellers have placed an offer on a property, however it’s not yet agreed to, and have viewings of other apartments in the pipeline. I have instructed a local conveyancing solicitor in Corfe Mullen. What should be my next step? When do I get the mortgage application with Clydesdale started?
It is normal to have concerns where there is a chain as you are unlikely to want to incur costs prematurely (mortgage application is approx one thousand pounds, then valuation, Corfe Mullen conveyancing search fees, etc). First, you should ensure that your conveyancer is on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel. Regarding the next phase this very much depends on the uniqueness of your transaction, motivation for the property and on the state of the market. In a buoyant market the majority of home buyers will apply for a home loan with Clydesdale and arrange for the valuation and only if it comes back ok would they pay their lawyer to move forward with searches.
About to purchase a new build apartment in Corfe Mullen. Conveyancing is a frightening process 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.
Set out below are examples of a selection of leasehold new build questions that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Corfe Mullen
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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. The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme. Forfeiture - bankruptcy or liquidation must not apply under this provision. The Lease must contain a provision on behalf of the Vendor to pay the service charges in respect of unoccupied units in order to ensure that all services can be provided. There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants.
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My husband and I are FTB’s - agreed a price, yet the property agent advised that the owners will only move forward if we instruct the agent's chosen solicitors as they want a ‘quick sale’. We would rather use a family solicitor with experience of conveyancing in Corfe Mullen
It is improbable the owners are driving this. Should the vendor desire ‘a quick sale', taking such a hostile approach to a motivated purchaser is likely to cause more damage than good. Speak to the owners direct and make the point that (a)you are keen to buy (b)you are ready to go, with finances in place © you are unencumbered (d) you intend to proceed fast (e)but you will continue to instruct your own,trusted Corfe Mullen conveyancing lawyers - not the ones that will give their negotiator at the agency a kickback or hit his conveyancing thresholds pre-set by head office.
Can you provide any advice for leasehold conveyancing in Corfe Mullen with the intention of saving time on the sale process?
- Much of the frustration in leasehold conveyancing in Corfe Mullen can be bypassed where you get in touch lawyers the minute you market your property and ask them to put together the leasehold documentation needed by the purchasers’ solicitors. Some Corfe Mullen leases require Landlord’s consent to the sale and approval of the buyers. If this is the case, you should notify your estate agents to make sure that the purchasers obtain financial (bank) and professional references. Any bank reference should make it clear that the buyer is financially capable of paying the annual service charge and the actual amount of the service charge should be quoted in the bank’s letter. You will therefore need to provide your estate agents with the actual amount of the service charge so that they can pass this information on to the buyers or their lawyers. If you are supposed to have a share in the freehold, you should make sure that you hold the original share certificate. Arranging a re-issued share certificate is often a time consuming formality and frustrates many a Corfe Mullen conveyancing deal. Where a reissued share is needed, you should approach the company officers or managing agents (if relevant) for this at the earliest opportunity. Many freeholders or Management Companies in Corfe Mullen levy fees for supplying management packs for a leasehold home. You or your lawyers should discover the fee that they propose to charge. The management information sought as soon as you have a buyer, thus reducing delays. The average time it takes to obtain the necessary information is three weeks. It is the most common reason for frustration in leasehold conveyancing in Corfe Mullen. You believe that you know the number of years remaining on your lease but it would be advisable verify this by asking your conveyancers. A purchaser's conveyancer will not be happy to advise their client to where the lease term is below 75 years. In the circumstances it is essential at an as soon as possible that you consider whether the lease term for your property needs extending. If it does, contact your solicitors before you put your home on the market for sale.
I invested in buying a 1 bedroom flat in Corfe Mullen, conveyancing formalities finalised in 1995. Can you give me give me an indication of the likely cost of a lease extension? Corresponding properties in Corfe Mullen with an extended lease are worth £260,000. The average or mid-range amount of ground rent is £45 yearly. The lease terminates on 21st October 2099
With only 74 years left to run we estimate the premium for your lease extension to be between £8,600 and £9,800 as well as costs.
The figure that we have given is a general guide to costs for extending a lease, but we are not able to supply the actual costs in the absence of detailed investigations. Do not use the figures in tribunal or court proceedings. There may be additional issues that need to be considered and you obviously want to be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Neither should you take any other action placing reliance on this information before getting professional advice.