I do hope you can help me. My Eel Pie Island lawyer is assuring me that he is legally obliged toconduct Eel Pie Island conveyancing searches becausethe firm are on the HSBCconveyancing panel. Is this really necessary?
Unfortunately both you and your lawyer have little choice here. As you are obtaining a mortgage with a lender your lawyer has to comply with their conditions as set out in their version of the CML Conveyancing Handbook. Your property lawyer would have previously signed the Terms and Conditions of your lender’s conveyancing panel appointment which obliges them to follow the CML Handbook requirements . Even if you were a cash buyer you would be ill advised not to carry out Eel Pie Island conveyancing searches.
In what way does my ID and proof of funds have anything to do with my conveyancing in Eel Pie Island? Why is this being asked of me?
You are right in the requirement set out by your solicitor has nothing to do with conveyancing in Eel Pie Island. However these days you can not complete any conveyancing deal in the absence providing proof of your identity. Ordinarily this takes the form of a either your passport or driving licence and a bank statement. Please note that if you are providing your driving licence as evidence of identification it needs to be both the paper section and photo card part, one is not sufficient without the other.
Proof of the source of money is necessary under Money Laundering Regulations. Don’t be offended when when this is requested of you as your conveyancer will need to have this information on record. Your Eel Pie Island conveyancing lawyer will require evidence of proof of funds before they are able to accept any monies from you into their client account and they will also ask additional questions concerning the origin of funds.
I used Wolstenholmes a few years past for my conveyancing in Eel Pie Island. I now require my papers but the law firm is no longer operating. 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 instructed, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
Taking into account that I will soon part with 450k on a two bedroom apartment in Eel Pie Island I wish to have a conversation with the conveyancer about mytransaction ahead of appointing the firm. Is this something that you can arrange?
This is something that we encourage - it is our preference to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you speaking to the conveyancer due to be conducting your property ownership legalities in Eel Pie Island.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - each client is unique person, not a file reference. The practices that we put you in touch with believe that the figure you are calculated and presented to you for your conveyancing in Eel Pie Island should be the amount on the final invoice that you end up paying.
I am looking at a two apartments in Eel Pie Island which have in the region of 50 years unexpired on the leases. Will this present a problem?
There are plenty of short leases in Eel Pie Island. The lease is a legal document that entitles you to use the property for a prescribed time frame. As the lease gets shorter the marketability of the lease reduces and results in it becoming more costly to acquire a lease extension. This is why it is generally wise to extend the lease term. More often than not it is difficulties arise selling premises with a short lease because mortgage companies less inclined to grant a loan on properties of this type. Lease enfranchisement can be a difficult process. We advise that you get professional assistance from a conveyancer and surveyor with experience in this arena.
My wife and I have hit a brick wall in trying to reach an agreement for a lease extension in Eel Pie Island. Can this matter be resolved via the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal?
Most definitely. We can put you in touch with a Eel Pie Island conveyancing firm who can help.
An example of a Lease Extension matter before the tribunal for a Eel Pie Island flat 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 remaining number of years on the lease was 60.45 years.
Can you clarify the variety of conveyancing undertaken by Eel Pie Island conveyancing companies?
Generally most Eel Pie Island conveyancing practices tend to offer a wide range of legal advice to residential and agricultural land proprietors, vendors, investors, freeholders and tenants assistingwith some of the following:
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House sale conveyancing in Eel Pie Island or elsewhere in the country
Property purchase conveyancing in Eel Pie Island and also around the country
Bespoke or complex residential transactions including farms, estates, and company properties Adverse Possession claims where you are occupying an area of land adjacent to your property and using this as your own - advise on the potential for making a claim to ownership of that land Leasehold and freehold schemes for new build and conversion projects Estate Conveyancing