I am planning to acquire a property and need a conveyancing solicitor in Cricklewood who is on the The Mortgage Works approved. Can you recommend a local conveyancing firm?
Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for The Mortgage Works in certain locations such as Cricklewood. We dont recommend any particular firm.
Me and my brother purchased a terraced Victorian property in Cricklewood. Conveyancing lawyer acted for me and Norwich and Peterborough Building Society. I did a free Land Registry search last week and I saw a couple of entries: the first freehold, another for leasehold with the exact same property. If a house is not a freehold shouldn't I have been informed?
You should assess the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register for mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered owner of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Cricklewood and other areas of the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they remortgage they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with buyers. You can also question the position with the conveyancing solicitor who conducted the purchase.
I am buying a new build house in Cricklewood benefiting from help to buy. The sellers would not move on the price so I negotiated £7000 of extras instead. The estate agent advised me not to tell my solicitor about this extras as it may jeopardize my loan with Britannia. Should I keep quiet?.
All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the developer of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.
Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.
Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.
Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold element on a house I have offered on two weeks back in what should have been a simple, no chain conveyancing. Cricklewood is the location of the property. What do you suggest?
Flying freeholds in Cricklewood 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 Cricklewood you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds diligently. Your bank may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Cricklewood 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 property.
My husband and I are new on the property ladder - had an offer accepted, yet the agent informed us that the seller will only issue a contract if we appoint their recommended conveyancers as they need a ‘quick sale’. We would rather use a local conveyancer accustomed to conveyancing in Cricklewood
It is unlikely the sellers are driving this. Should the seller desire ‘a quick sale', alienating a serious purchaser is not the way to achieve this. Bypass the agents and go straight to the sellers and explain that (a)you are keen to buy (b)you are excited to move forward, with mortgage lined up © you are chain free (d) you intend to proceed fast (e)but you intend to use your own,trusted Cricklewood conveyancing lawyers - not the ones that will earn their negotiator at the agency a commission or hit his conveyancing thresholds demanded by senior management.
Been on the hunt for a lawyer for leasehold sale conveyancing in Cricklewood. We are selling, simple no mortgage to discharge, no rush, no onward chain. Received a quote from a conveyancer for a thousand pounds excluding VAT which is a little expensive considering its so straightforward. Can I pay less for conveyancing in Cricklewood?
As it’s a sale only, £425 + VAT is likely to be about the lowest for a Cricklewood solicitor firm.