Completed the sale of my flat in Cubitt Town last May but my buyer keeps texting every few hours to say their lawyer needs to hear from myconveyancer. What should have happened now that I have sold?
Following your disposal your solicitor is obliged to send the transfer documentation and all of the paperwork to the purchaser's solicitors. If applicable, your solicitor must also confirm that the home loan has been discharged to the buyers conveyancers. There are no post completion tasks just for conveyancing in Cubitt Town.
It has been 3 months since my purchase conveyancing in Cubitt Town took place. I have checked the Land Registry site which shows that I paid £200,000 when infact I paid £160,000. 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 property 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.
Just had an offer accepted on a new build apartment in Cubitt Town. Conveyancing is necessary evil 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 conveyancing.
Here is a sample of a few leasehold new build questions that you should expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Cubitt Town
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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. Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company? Please confirm the Lease plans are surveyor prepared. Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier?
I have been recommended by a few estate agents in Cubitt Town to find a conveyancer using your seach tool. Is there a financial incentive for Estate Agents to offer your services over another?
We don’t make any referral fee for sending work our way. We found it would be just too difficult to pay a commission because home movers will think, ‘How come the agent getting a kickback? Why aren’t I getting any benefit too?’ So we decided to step away from that.
We are 3 weeks into a leasehold purchase having been directed to a firm by the selling agent to handle our conveyancing in Cubitt Town. I am not happy. Could you help me find new conveyancers?
They would need to be very bad in order to consider replacing them. Has your mortgage offer been issued? In the event that it has you will need to make them aware of the new lawyer and have the offer are re-issued. Your new conveyancer needs to be on the lenders approved list to avoid added charges and delays. That should be your first question of the new conveyancers. Our find a solicitor tool will help you find a bank approved lawyer for your conveyancing in Cubitt Town
Can you offer any advice when it comes to finding a Cubitt Town conveyancing firm to carry out our lease extension conveyancing?
If you are instructing a property lawyer for lease extension works (regardless if they are a Cubitt Town conveyancing firm) it is essential that they be familiar with the legislation and specialises in this area of conveyancing. We recommend that you make enquires with several firms including non Cubitt Town conveyancing practices prior to instructing a firm. If the firm is ALEP accredited then so much the better. The following questions might be useful:
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How experienced is the practice with lease extension legislation? What are the legal fees for lease extension conveyancing?
Having spent years of negotiations we are unable to agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Cubitt Town. Does the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal have jurisdiction to calculate the appropriate figures?
in cases where there is a missing freeholder or if there is disagreement about the premium for a lease extension, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 it is possible to make an application to the LVT to calculate the sum to be paid.
An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement case for a Cubitt Town property is 12, 14 & 16 Hull Close in May 2010. the Tribunal determined that the premium payable for the acquisition of the freehold to the subject premises was the sum of £18,300 This case related to 3 flats. The unexpired term was 101.61 years.