It is a dozen years since I purchased my property in Fortis Green. Conveyancing solicitors have recently been retained on the sale but I can't find my title deeds. Is this a major issue?
Don’t worry too much. Firstly the deeds may be with your lender or they could be archived with the solicitor who acted in the purchase. Secondly the likelihood is that the title will be recorded at the land registry and you will be able to establish that you own the property by your conveyancing lawyers procuring up to date copy of the land registers. The vast majority of conveyancing in Fortis Green relates to registered property but in the unlikely event that your home is not registered it adds to the complexity but is not insurmountable.
I appreciate that there are debates on Chancel Insurance on online forums. Am I compelled to have this when buying a house in Fortis Green? or I am told that there is an ancient law that means some house owners residing in a parish church boundary will be compelled to pay for maintenance to the chancel within the church. Is this appropriate for conveyancing in Fortis Green?
Unless a previous purchase of the property took place post 12 October 2013 you may assume that lawyers carrying out conveyancing in Fortis Green to remain encouraging a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.
Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold element on a house I put an offer in last month in what should have been a quick, no chain conveyancing. Fortis Green is the location of the property. Is there any guidance you can give?
Flying freeholds in Fortis Green are not the norm but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Fortis Green you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds diligently. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Fortis Green 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 property.
As co-executor for the estate of my aunt I am selling a property in Newport but I am based in Fortis Green. My lawyer (who is 260 kilometers from merequires that I sign a stat dec prior to completion. Could you suggest a conveyancing lawyer in Fortis Green to attest this legal document for me?
Technically speaking you should not need to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily or notary public or solicitor will suffice regardless of whether they are Fortis Green based
My wife and I purchased a leasehold flat in Fortis Green. Conveyancing and Barclays Direct mortgage went though with no issue. A letter has just been received from someone saying they have taken over the freehold. It included a demand for arrears of ground rent dating back to 1997. The conveyancing practitioner in Fortis Green who acted for me is not around. Do I pay?
The first thing you should do is contact the Land Registry to make sure that this person is indeed the registered owner of the freehold reversion. There is no need to incur the fees of a Fortis Green conveyancing solicitor to do this as you can do this on the Land Registry website for £3. Rest assured 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.
Having spent months of dialogue we cannot agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Fortis Green. Can we issue an application to the Residential Property Tribunal Service?
Where there is a missing freeholder or where there is disagreement about what the lease extension should cost, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 you can apply to the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) to judgment on the amount due.
An example of a Lease Extension matter before the tribunal for a Fortis Green property is 21 St Matthews Court Coppetts Road in February 2013. the applicant applied to the Tribunal for a determination of the premium payable for a lease extension pursuant to Section 48 of the Leasehold Reform (Housing and Urban Development ) Act 1993. The tribunal therefore ordered that the premium was to be £13,267. This case affected 1 flat. The unexpired term as at the valuation date was 68 years.
Me and my partner are looking at buying our first property in Fortis Green. Please can you suggest a cheap Fortis Green conveyancing practitioner that would act for us as well as act for RBS?
LenderPanel.com is limited to being a directory service for conveyancing practitioners who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for RBS in certain locations for instance Fortis Green . Our intention is not to recommend any particular lawyer.