Having sold my house in Cowley last March yet the purchaser is Skype messaging daily to say his lawyer needs to hear from myconveyancer. What should my lawyer have done now that I have sold?
Following your disposal your solicitor should send the transfer documentation and all of the paperwork to the purchaser's solicitors. Where relevant, your conveyancer should also send confirmation that the home loan has been paid off to the buyers solicitors. There are no post completion tasks unique to conveyancing in Cowley.
It has been five months following my purchase conveyancing in Cowley completed. I have checked the Land Registry site which shows that I paid £175,000 when infact I paid £180,000. Why the discrepancy?
The price paid figure is taken from the application to register the purchase. It is the figure included in the Transfer (the legal deed which transfers the premises from one person to the other) and referred to as the 'consideration' or purchase price. You can report an error in the price paid figure using the LR online form. In most cases errors result from typos so at first glance the figure. Do report it so they can double check and advise.
I have been on the look out for a leasehold apartment up to £195,000 and found one round the corner in Cowley I like with open areas and transport links nearby, the downside is that it only has 49 years on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Cowley in this price bracket, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error buying a short lease?
Should you need a home loan the remaining unexpired lease term will be a potential deal breaker. Discount the offer by the amount the lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the current proprietor has owned the property for a minimum of twenty four months you can ask them to commence the lease extension formalities and pass it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the current lease term with a zero ground rent applied. You should speak to your conveyancing lawyer regarding this.
How does the Landlord & Tenant Act 1954 impact my business offices in Cowley and how can you help?
The particular law that you refer to affords protection to commercial tenants, giving them the a statutory right to apply to court for a new lease and continue in occupation when the lease comes to an end. There are certain specified grounds where a landlord can refuse a lease renewal and the rules are complex. Fees are different for commercial conveyancing. Cowley is one of the many locations in which the firms we work with are based
As co-executor for the estate of my grandmother I am selling a property in Cardiff but reside in Cowley. My lawyer (who is 250 miles awayneeds me to execute a statutory declaration prior to the transaction finalising. Could you suggest a conveyancing practitioner in Cowley who can attest and place their company stamp on the document?
Technically speaking you are not likely to be required to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally any notary public or solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are located in Cowley
I am on look out for some leasehold conveyancing in Cowley. Before diving in I would like to find out the number of years remaining on the lease.
If the lease is registered - and almost all are in Cowley - then the leasehold title will always include the short particulars of the lease, namely the date; the term; and the original parties. From a conveyancing perspective such details then enable any prospective buyer and lender to confirm that any lease they are looking at is the one relevant to that title. For any other purpose, such as confirming how long the term was granted for and calculating what is left, then the register should be sufficient on it's own.
Having spent years of correspondence we simply can't agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Cowley. Can we issue an application to the Residential Property Tribunal Service?
Absolutely. We are happy to put you in touch with a Cowley conveyancing firm who can help.
An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement matter before the tribunal for a Cowley premises is 164 Nestles Avenue in October 2013. The tribunal agreed with the proposed price of £20,158 for the freehold and determined that that sum is the amount to be paid into court This case was in relation to 2 flats. The number of years remaining on the existing lease(s) was 69 years.