I am searching for value for money property lawyer. Do I opt for a nationwide conveyancer rather than a high street Frognal conveyancing solicitor?
Established third party relationships is an important consideration when choosing conveyancing lawyers. Frognal law firms benefit from connections with lenders and agents, local authorities, valuers and other conveyancing firms meaning you will move in shortest possible time. Possessing specialist experience in the local area also helps too.
Please explain the implications if my solicitor is removed from the Nottingham Conveyancing panel ahead of completing my conveyancing in Frognal?
The first thing to point out is that, this is very unlikely to happen. In most cases even where a law firm is removed off of a panel the lender would allow the completion to go ahead as the lender would appreciate the difficulties that they would place you in if you have to instruct a new solicitor days before completion. In a worst case scenario where the lender insists that you instruct a new firm then it is possible for a very good lawyer to expedite the conveyancing albeit that you may pay a significant premium for this. The analogous situation is where a buyer instructs a lawyer, exchanges contracts and the law firm is shut down by a regulator such as the SRA. Again, in this situation you can find lawyers who can troubleshoot their way to bring the conveyancing to a satisfactory conclusion - albeit for a fee.
We are buying a property and the lawyer has referenced Chancel Repair to which the house could be liable because it falls into the area of such a church. She has mentioned insurance. Is this really necessary for conveyancing in Frognal
Unless a previous acquisition of the property completed after 12 October 2013 you may take it that lawyers conducting conveyancing in Frognal to continue to recommend a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.
I have been advised by a few property agents in Frognal to find a conveyancer using your seach tool. Is there a financial incentive for Estate Agents to promote your services over alternative conveyancing organisations?
We don’t offer any referral fee for pointing buyers and sellers in our direction. We found it would be just too difficult to pay a commission because a client could think, ‘Why is the agent getting a kickback? Why aren’t I receiving any benefit too?’ So we decided to step away from that.
As co-executor for the will of my grandmother I am selling a house in Cardiff but I am based in Frognal. My solicitor (approximately 260 kilometers awayneeds me to sign a statutory declaration before the transaction finalising. Could you suggest a conveyancing practitioner in Frognal who can attest this legal document for me?
Technically speaking you should not be required to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily or notary public or solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are based in Frognal
My wife and I purchased a leasehold house in Frognal. Conveyancing and Halifax mortgage are in place. I have received a letter from someone claiming to own the freehold. Attached was a demand for arrears of ground rent dating back to 1992. The conveyancing solicitor in Frognal who previously acted has long since retired. Do I pay?
The first thing you should do is contact the Land Registry to make sure that this person is in fact the registered owner of the freehold reversion. There is no need to incur the fees of a Frognal conveyancing firm to do this as you can do this on the Land Registry website for less than a fiver. You should note that in any event, even if this is the legitimate landlord, under the Limitation Act 1980 the limitation period for recovery of ground rent is six years.
After years of correspondence we are unable to agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Frognal. Can we issue an application to the Residential Property Tribunal Service?
if there is a absentee landlord or if 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 arrive at the premium.
An example of a Lease Extension decision for a Frognal property is Raised Ground Floor Flat 20 Fitzjohns Avenue in July 2014. the Tribunal decided that the premiums to be paid for new leases in respect of the Raised Ground Floor Flat and the First Floor Flat were to be calculated as: Raised Ground Floor: £765,175.14 First Floor: £601,617.77 This case was in relation to 2 flats. The unexpired lease term was 16.83 and 16.43.