AssumingI was to acquire a simple residential homein Elmstead for cash and have no survey and no conveyancing searches how much would I expect to have to pay for conveyancing in Elmstead?
Any savings you would achieve would be limited to the Elmstead conveyancing searches. The lawyer still got to do everything else - money laundering, liaising with your sellers lawyer, SDLT submission, register the property etc. A slight saving might be made by not needing to register a mortgage but it will not be a lot.
It is a dozen years since I acquired my property in Elmstead. Conveyancing lawyers have just been appointed on the sale but I can't locate my deeds. Is this a major issue?
You need not be too concerned. Firstly the deeds may be kept by your lender or they could still be with the lawyers who handled your purchase. Secondly the likelihood is that the land will be registered at the land registry and you will be able to establish that you are the registered owner by your conveyancing solicitors obtaining current official copies of the land registers. Nearly all conveyancing in Elmstead involves registered property but in the unlikely event that your property is unregistered it is more problematic but is not insurmountable.
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In my capacity as executor for the will of my grandfather I am selling a property in Swansea but reside in Elmstead. My lawyer (who is 250 kilometers from mehas requested that I execute a statutory declaration before the transaction finalising. Can you recommend a conveyancing practitioner in Elmstead to witness this legal document for me?
Technically speaking you are not likely to be required to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily or notary public or qualified solicitor will do regardless of whether they are located in Elmstead
My wife and I purchased a leasehold flat in Elmstead. Conveyancing and The Mortgage Works mortgage are in place. A letter has just been received from someone saying they have taken over the reversionary interest in the property. Attached was a demand for arrears of ground rent dating back to 1994. The conveyancing practitioner in Elmstead who previously acted has long since retired. Any advice?
The first thing you should do is make enquiries of HMLR to be sure that the individual purporting to own the freehold is in fact the new freeholder. There is no need to instruct a Elmstead conveyancing solicitor to do this as you can do this on the Land Registry website for £3. You should note that regardless, even if this is the legitimate freeholder, under the Limitation Act 1980 the limitation period for recovery of ground rent is six years.
I own a ground-floor 1960’s flat in Elmstead. In the absence of agreement between myself and the freeholder, can the Leasehold valuation Tribunal make a decision on the amount due for the purchase of the freehold?
Where there is a absentee freeholder or where there is dispute about what the lease extension should cost, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 you can apply to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal to determine the amount due.
An example of a Lease Extension decision for a Elmstead residence is 70 Andace Park Gardens 133-149 Widmore Road in November 2013. Tribunal determined that the premium payable for the lease extension was £10,052 This case affected 1 flat. The number of years remaining on the existing lease(s) was 72 years.
Why do I have to send my conveyancing practitioner with a list of items of identification ahead of starting selling or purchasing a property in Elmstead?
Elmstead solicitors are duty bound by the Law Society, Solicitors Regulation Authority, HM Land Registry and current Money Laundering Regulations to record that the have checked the identity of their clients. It is also sometimes a condition of your lender where you are taking a mortgage. In addition they have to complete various forms, particularly those relating to stamp duty land tax and need to have details such as your full names, national insurance number and DOB.