Finally the sale completed on my house in Green Street Green last March yet the purchaser is telephoning every few hours complaining that his conveyancer is waiting to hear from myconveyancer. What should my lawyer have done now that I have sold?
Following your house sale your conveyancer should send the transfer deeds and all supplemental paperwork to the purchaser's lawyers. If applicable, your solicitor should also evidence that the home loan has been discharged to the purchasers solicitors. There are no post completion steps specific conveyancing in Green Street Green.
I am considering applying for a Barclays mortgage for purchase of a newly converted (under development) in Green Street Green with 70% LTV. Is it compulsory to choose a solicitor on the conveyancing panel for Barclays ?
There is nothing to stop you using your solicitor, but Barclays will insist on their interests being represented by a firm on their conveyancing panel. There is greater potential for delays and confusion with two solicitors involved, and it will undoubtedly be more expensive too.
Do I need to take out insurance to cover chancel repairs when buying a residence in Green Street Green?
Unless a previous acquisition of the property took place post 12 October 2013 you could assume that lawyers carrying out conveyancing in Green Street Green to remain recommending a chancel search and or chancel repair liability insurance.
I'm refinancing my current home to a buy to let mortgage with The Royal Bank of Scotland and I will use the rest of the raised equity as a deposit on further property. The location we are looking at is Green Street Green. Will your conveyancers be able to act for the two lenders and link together the conveyances?
Do use our search tool on this page to be sure that the conveyancers are on the relevant lender panels. On the basis that they are the conveyancer should be able to tie up the two deals but you should talk with you solicitor and make apparent your desired outcome and requirements.
Am I best advised to instruct a Green Street Green conveyancing lawyer in close proximity to the house I am purchasing? I have an old university friend who can execute the legal formalities but her office is approximately 350miles away.
The primary upside of using a high street Green Street Green conveyancing practice is that you can drop in to execute documents, hand in your identification documents and apply pressure on them if necessary. They will also have local insight which is a plus. However it's more important to get someone that will pull out all the stops for you. If if people you trust instructed your friend and in the main were content that should trump using an unfamiliar Green Street Green conveyancing lawyer solely due to them being local.
What advice can you give us when it comes to choosing a Green Street Green conveyancing firm to deal with our lease extension?
If you are instructing a property lawyer for your lease extension (regardless if they are a Green Street Green conveyancing firm) it is most important that he or she should be familiar with the legislation and specialises in this area of conveyancing. We suggest that you make enquires with two or three firms including non Green Street Green conveyancing practices before you instructing a firm. Where the conveyancing practice is ALEP accredited then that’s a bonus. The following questions might be of use:
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How many lease extensions has the firm carried out in Green Street Green in the last year? What are the charges for lease extension work?
Having spent months of correspondence we cannot agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Green Street Green. Does the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal have jurisdiction to calculate the appropriate figures?
Where there is a missing landlord or if there is dispute about the premium for a lease extension, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 it is possible to make an application to the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) to judgment on the amount due.
An example of a Lease Extension decision for a Green Street Green residence is 1 Southlands Court Southlands Road in September 2013. The Leasehold Valuation Tribunal determined that the premium to be paid by the tenant on the grant of a new lease, in accordance with section 56 and Schedule 13 of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 was £30,541 This case affected 1 flat. The unexpired term was 50.57 years.