I am helping my mother sell her flat in Downham Market. Will the solicitor order an EPC or it is for the owner to see to?
After the demise of Home Packs, EPC’s was left as a mandatory element of selling a house. An EPC should be to hand before the property is marketed. It is not a task that conveyancers normally arrange. If you are instructing a Downham Market conveyancing lawyer they might be able to arrange EPC’s due to their relationships with long established local providers
Last month we had a mortgage agreed in principle with Nationwide. Downham Market conveyancing practitioners have been selected. What is the average time that one could expect to receive a mortgage offer from Nationwide?
Some lenders take longer than others. Have Nationwide completed the valuation? Have you informed Nationwide as to your lawyers' details and checked that your lawyers are on the Nationwide conveyancing panel? It is not unusual for a mortgage offer to take a month to come through.
Completion of my remortgage has taken place for my property in Downham Market. Conveyancing was a necessary evil but I feel I should register my dissatisfaction about the lender. How does one go about formally complaining?
Almost all lenders have complaints procedures. Your first point of contact should be one of the lender’s branches or the Customer Care Department at head office. In most cases complaints to a lender are resolved very quickly. If you feel the matter is not resolved you can write to Financial Ombudsman Service, South Quay Plaza, 183 Marsh Wall, London E14 9SR with full details of your complaint.
My relative advised me that where I am buying in Downham Market I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?
This is a search is sometimes quoted for as part of the standard Downham Market conveyancing searches. It is not a small document of about 40 pages, listing and detailing significant information about Downham Market around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the local Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime statistics, Downham Market Education with plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information concerning Downham Market.
About to purchase a new build apartment in Downham Market. Conveyancing is necessary evil at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build conveyancing.
Here is a sample of a few leasehold new build questions that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Downham Market
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Please supply a car parking plan. 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. Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents.
I am looking to sell my house. My previous solicitors has retired. I would be grateful for any recommendation of a conveyancing firm. I happen to live in Downham Market if that affects matters.
Please use our search tool to help you choose a solicitor for your conveyancing in Downham Market. We have connected thousands of home buyers and sellers with lender approved solicitors to ensure that the legalities of their house move goes with a minimum of fuss.
I have been sourcing a conveyancing solicitor in Downham Market for my house move. Can I check a firm’s complaints history with the profession’s regulator?
Anyone may review presented Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) determinations arising from inquisitions from 2008 onwards. Visit Check a solicitor's record. For details about the period before 1 January 2008, or to check a solicitors record, call 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and 09.30 - 18.00 Tuesday. For callers outside the UK, use +44 (0)121 329 6800. The SRA sometimes monitor telephone calls for training requirements.
I am intending to sublet my leasehold flat in Downham Market. Conveyancing solicitor who did the purchase is retired - so can't ask her. Is permission from the freeholder required?
Some leases for properties in Downham Market do contain a provision to say that subletting is only permitted with prior consent from the landlord. The landlord is not entitled to unreasonably refuse but, in such cases, they would need to see references. Experience dictates that problems are usually caused by unsatisfactory tenants rather than owner-occupiers and for that reason you can expect the freeholder to take up the references and consider them carefully before granting consent.
I own a leasehold flat in Downham Market, conveyancing having been completed half a dozen years ago. How much will my lease extension cost? Similar flats in Downham Market with a long lease are worth £185,000. The ground rent is £65 levied per year. The lease ends on 21st October 2085
With 60 years remaining on your lease we estimate the price of your lease extension to span between £20,000 and £23,000 as well as legals.
The suggested premium range that we have given is a general guide to costs for renewing a lease, but we are not able to provide a more accurate figure without more detailed due diligence. You should not use this information in tribunal or court proceedings. There are no doubt additional issues that need to be considered and clearly you should be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Please do not take any other action based on this information before seeking the advice of a professional.