I am buying a house mortgage free in East Dulwich. I have resided for the last twelve years in East Dulwich. Conveyancing searches are a lot of money. As I have knowledge of the road and vicinity intimately must I have all the conveyancing searches?
If you not getting a mortgage, then all but one or two of the East Dulwich conveyancing searches are at your discretion. Your solicitor will try and steer you, no-doubt strongly, that you should have searches completed, but he is duty bound to take that path of guidance. Do bear in mind; if you are intend to dispose of the house one day, it may be of relevance to your prospective purchaser what the searches determine. Sometimes premises with functional issues can still reveal detrimental search results. A competent conveyancing solicitor in East Dulwich should provide you some constructive guidance here.
My wife and I buying a detached bungalow in East Dulwich. Our aim is to carry out an extension to the side at the property.Will the conveyancing process include investigations to determine if these alterations were previously refused?
Your solicitor should review the deeds as conveyancing in East Dulwich will sometimes reveal restrictions in the title documents which prohibit certain works or necessitated the permission of another owner. Many works call for local authority planning permissions and approval under the building regulations. Certain areas are designated conservation areas and special planning restrictions apply which often prevent or affect extensions. You should check these issues with a surveyor prior to committing yourself to a purchase.
Is it the case that all East Dulwich solicitor firms on the Aldermore conveyancing panel are regulated by the SRA?
As a firm of solicitors, in order to be on the Aldermore approved list of solicitors they would need to be regulated by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority. Some mortgage companies do allow licenced conveyancers on their panel and in such a situation the practice would be overseen by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers.
I am due to exchange contracts on my flat. I had a double glazing fitted in March 2006, but did not receive a FENSA certificate or Building Regulation Certificate. My buyer's lender, RBS are being a right pain. The East Dulwich solicitor who is on the RBS conveyancing panel is saying indemnity insurance will be fine but RBS are insisting on a building regulation certificate. Why do RBS have a conveyancing panel if they don't accept advice from them?
It is probably the case that RBS have referred the matter to their valuer. The reason why RBS may not want to accept indemnity insurance is because it does not give them any reassurance that the double glazing was correctly and safely installed. The indemnity insurance merely protects against enforcement action which is very unlikely anyway.
Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold issue on a house I have offered on a fortnight ago in what was supposed to be a simple, chain free conveyancing. East Dulwich is the location of the property. Is there any advice you can impart?
Flying freeholds in East Dulwich are not the norm but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside East Dulwich you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds very carefully. Your mortgage company may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in East Dulwich 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 premises.
I am selling my house. My previous solicitors closed down. I am in need of a recommendation of a conveyancing firm. I happen to live in East Dulwich if that makes things easier.
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I today plan to offer on a house that appears to be perfect, at a great figure which is making it more attractive. I have subsequently found out that the title is leasehold rather than freehold. I would have thought that there are particular concerns buying a house with a leasehold title in East Dulwich. Conveyancing lawyers have are about to be instructed. Will they explain the issues?
The majority of houses in East Dulwich are freehold rather than leasehold. This is one of the situations where having a local solicitor used to dealing with such properties who can help the conveyancing process. It is clear that you are buying in East Dulwich in which case you should be shopping around for a East Dulwich conveyancing practitioner and be sure that they are used to dealing with leasehold houses. As a matter of priority you will need to check the number of years remaining. Being a leaseholder you will not be at liberty to do whatever you want with the house. The lease comes with conditions such as requiring the landlord’sconsent to conduct changes to the property. It may be necessary to pay a contribution towards the upkeep of the estate where the house is part of an estate. Your conveyancer should appraise you on the various issues.
I am the leaseholder of a second floor flat in East Dulwich. Given that I can not reach agreement with the landlord, can the Leasehold valuation Tribunal make a decision on the sum due for the purchase of the freehold?
Most certainly. We can put you in touch with a East Dulwich conveyancing firm who can help.
An example of a Lease Extension matter before the tribunal for a East Dulwich property is Flat 1 40-42 Ewelme Road in August 2012. the Tribunal assessed the premium for the lease extension in the sum of £11,800 This case was in relation to 1 flat. The unexpired term was 61.81 years.
A licensed conveyancer dealt with my conveyancing in East Dulwich seven years ago having stored my deeds but has now closed – What steps do I now take to retreive these?
Deeds, as such, no longer exist as most properties in East Dulwich are registered digitally at Land Registry. If you need to establish evidence of proprietorship or are disposing of or refinancing your solicitor can obtain up to date copies of the register from the Land Registry in any case.
If you feel there may be other documents or you have any other queries please e-mail your request with details of the transaction and documents you need to filerequest@clc-uk.org. The CLC will let you know what information they have and any additional information they may need before they are in a position to identify and send the documents to you. Following an intervention it may take some time for the CLC to access archived files and documents, but your request will be actioned as quickly as possible.