Can I use your services to locate a Conveyancing solicitor in Gerrards Cross even where I’m not purchasing or selling a house, for example where I wish to acquire a shop in Gerrards Cross with a loan from The Mortgage Works?
Our search tool is mainly utilised to locate domestic conveyancing solicitors in Gerrards Cross but we have set out at the bottom of this page a few Gerrards Cross commercial conveyancing firms. You should enquire with the company directly to establish if they can also act for The Mortgage Works
After looking at online forums for a high-quality lawyer in Gerrards Cross, most say that I should use a CQS assured solicitor. Can you explain what CQS is?
The Law Society's Conveyancing Quality Scheme is the recognised quality mark for legal experts in buying or selling property, trusted by some of the UK's major mortgage companies. Four years ago the Conveyancing Quality Scheme was officially recognised by the Association of British Insurers (ABI). CQS is not a scheme offered by the Society for Licensed Conveyancers. Gerrards Cross is one of the numerous areas in England and Wales where there are CQS solicitors.
A relative recommended that if I am purchasing in Gerrards Cross I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?
A search of this type is occasionally quoted for as part of the standard Gerrards Cross conveyancing searches. It is not a small report of more than thirty pages, listing and setting out significant information about Gerrards Cross around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the local Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime details, Local Education with plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information concerning Gerrards Cross.
Over the last few months I have been searching for a flat up to £195,000 and found one close by in Gerrards Cross I like with amenity areas and railway links in the vicinity, however it only has 49 years unexpired on the lease. There is not much else in Gerrards Cross for this price, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake buying a lease with such few years left?
If you need a mortgage the remaining unexpired lease term will likely be an issue. Discount the offer by the anticipated lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the current proprietor has owned the property for at least 2 years you may ask them to start the process of the extension and then assign it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the current lease with a zero ground rent applied. You should speak to your conveyancing lawyer concerning this matter.
There are only Seventy years unexpired on my lease in Gerrards Cross. I am keen to get lease extension but my freeholder is absent. What options are available to me?
On the basis that you qualify, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 you can submit an application to the County Court for an order to dispense with the service of the initial notice. This will enable the lease to be lengthened by the Court. However, you will be required to prove that you or your lawyers have used your best endeavours to locate the freeholder. In some cases an enquiry agent should be useful to carry out a search and to produce a report which can be used as evidence that the landlord can not be located. It is wise to seek advice from a solicitor in relation to devolving into the landlord’s absence and the vesting order request to the County Court overseeing Gerrards Cross.
I am the leaseholder of a second floor flat in Gerrards Cross. In the absence of agreement between myself and the landlord, can the Leasehold valuation Tribunal make a decision on the amount due for a lease extension?
in cases where there is a missing landlord or if 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 assess the price.
An example of a Lease Extension matter before the tribunal for a Gerrards Cross flat is Flats 8, 11 and 15 Craigmore Court 46 Murray Road in December 2013. The tribunal held that the price payable by the Applicant tenant of Flat 8 to acquire an extended lease shall be £26,438 plus £1 to the intermediate lessee . The tribunal held that the price payable by the Applicant tenants of Flat 11 to acquire an extended lease shall be £26,791 plus £1 to the intermediate lessee. The tribunal held that the price payable by the Applicant tenant of Flat 15 to acquire an extended lease shall be £26,638 plus £1 to the intermediate lessee . This case related to 3 flats. The unexpired term was 71 years.
I have been advised by numerous estate agents to expect up to two months for Gerrards Cross conveyancing to complete.This was four weeks ago. The draft contract was only received from the vendors conveyancer a couple of days ago so now does it countdown?
There is no official countdown for conveyancing in Gerrards Cross, or any location. You simply have to ensure that your finances are in order and in due course the rest will come together.