Souldretaining a Eel Pie Island conveyancing practitioner make the legal transfer of property easier?
In the main conveyancing solicitors in your neck of the woods will have strong connections with your local authority, which could assist with the Eel Pie Island conveyancing searches that your lawyer will need to carry out. It can only be a plus if they enjoy existing connections with the Land Registry covering your area Eel Pie Island, other conveyancers in the area and Eel Pie Island property agents.
We are buying our first home. Our lawyer has messagedto check if we want to take out supplemental conveyancing searches. We are really unsure what's recommended for conveyancing in Eel Pie Island
The number and type of Eel Pie Island conveyancing searches should be triggered based entirely on the premises, the location, the possibility of any of these risks, your knowledge of the locality and risks, your general approach to risk. What is important is that you adequately appreciate what information the searches could give you. You may then make a decision if you consider that you need that search. Where you are uncertain, ask your conveyancer to advise.
I used Stirling Law several years ago for my conveyancing in Eel Pie Island. Now, I need my documents but cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?
You should contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Eel Pie Island of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously used, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
I opted to have a survey completed on a property in Eel Pie Island prior to appointing lawyers. I have been informed that there is a flying freehold overhang to the house. My surveyor has said that some mortgage companies tend not issue a loan on this type of home.
It depends who your proposed lender is. Lloyds has different requirements for example to Birmingham Midshires. If you call us we can look into this further via the relevant bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Eel Pie Island. Conveyancing may be slightly more expensive based on your lender's requirements.
How do I search for a Eel Pie Island solicitor on the Barclays Direct conveyancing panel? I have a car and am happy to travel upto 20miles to meet the solicitor.
You can use the facility on this page. Please choose the bank and your location and you will see a number of Eel Pie Island conveyancing lawyers locally. We have detailed some Eel Pie Island conveyancing firms towards the end of this page and you can telephone them to see if they are on the Barclays Direct member panel
Do you have any advice for leasehold conveyancing in Eel Pie Island from the perspective of speeding up the sale process?
- Much of the frustration in leasehold conveyancing in Eel Pie Island can be bypassed where you get in touch lawyers the minute you market your property and ask them to put together the leasehold documentation which will be required by the purchasers’ representatives. If you have carried out any alterations to the premises would they have required Landlord’s consent? Have you, for example laid down wooden flooring? Eel Pie Island leases often stipulate that internal structural alterations or addition of wooden flooring calls for a licence from the Landlord acquiescing to such works. Should you fail to have the approvals to hand do not contact the landlord without checking with your solicitor in advance. Some Eel Pie Island leases require Landlord’s consent to the sale and approval of the buyers. If this applies to your lease, you should place the estate agents on notice to make sure that the purchasers obtain financial (bank) and professional references. The bank reference will need to confirm that the buyers are able to meet the annual service charge and the actual amount of the service charge should be quoted in the bank’s letter. You will therefore need to provide your estate agents with the service charge figures so that they can pass this information on to the buyers or their solicitors. If you have had any disputes with your freeholder or managing agents it is very important that these are resolved before the property is put on the market. The purchasers and their solicitors will be nervous about purchasing a property where there is a current dispute. You may need to swallow your pride and pay any arrears of service charge or resolve the dispute prior to completion of the sale. It is therefore preferable to have any dispute settled prior to the contract papers being issued to the buyers’ solicitors. You are still duty bound to disclose details of the dispute to the purchasers, but it is clearly preferable to reveal the dispute as historic rather than unsettled.
I have tried to negotiate informally with with my landlord to extend my lease without any joy. Can the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal adjudicate on such issues? Can you recommend a Eel Pie Island conveyancing firm to assist?
in cases where there is a absentee freeholder or if there is dispute about what the lease extension should cost, under the relevant statutes you can apply to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal to arrive at the price payable.
An example of a Lease Extension decision for a Eel Pie Island residence is Ground Floor Flat 91 Bath Road in May 2009. in a case where the freeholder could not be traced, the Brentford County Court ordered that the Lease be surrendered in return for the grant of a new lease of the Premises at a premium determined by the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal. The tribunal concluded that the price payable by the Applicant for the new lease of the premises be £15,900 This case was in relation to 1 flat. The unexpired term as at the valuation date was 60.45 years.