Find a Lender-Approved Local Conveyancer in Hackney Wick

Can the conveyancing solicitors listed on your site perform attended exchange conveyancing in Hackney Wick?

There are a few conveyancing specialists carrying out 24hr exchanges. You should e-mail us to receive a costs illustration and details as to availability.

We are buying a end of terrace house in Hackney Wick. We would like to carry out an extension to the side at the house.Will legal conveyancing on the property involve investigations to ascertain if these alterations are permitted?

Your property lawyer should check the deeds as conveyancing in Hackney Wick can sometimes identify restrictions in the title deeds which prohibit categories of changes or require the permission of another owner. Many works call for local authority planning permissions and approval under the building regulations. Some areas are designated conservation areas and special planning restrictions apply which often prevent or affect extensions. You should check these things with a surveyor prior to committing yourself to a purchase.

Two weeks ago we had a mortgage agreed in principle with Coventry BS. Hackney Wick conveyancing solicitors have been selected. What is the average time that one could expect to receive a mortgage offer from Coventry BS?

Some lenders take longer than others. Have Coventry BS completed the survey? Have you advised Coventry BS as to your lawyers' details and checked that your lawyers are on the Coventry BS conveyancing panel? Sometimes it can take as long as six weeks for a mortgage offer to be issued.

I have paid off my mortgage with Leeds Building Society. I assume I don't need a Hackney Wick lawyer on the Leeds Building Society panel to discharge the mortgage at the Land Registry. Am I right?

If you have finished paying off your Leeds Building Society mortgage, they may send you evidence showing that you have paid it off. Alternatively they may notify the Land Registry directly. The Land Registry need to see this evidence before they will remove the Leeds Building Society mortgage from the register. Leeds Building Society, and any evidence they send you, will determine the action you need to take. In cases where no conveyancer is acting for you and you have paid off your mortgage:

1. but are not moving to another property
2. where Leeds Building Society has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
3. Leeds Building Society has instructed the Land Registry to do so

The Land Registry will send you a letter confirming that your Leeds Building Society mortgage has been paid off.

I require quick conveyancing in Hackney Wick as I am faced with an ultimatum to exchange contracts within one month. Fortunately I do not need a mortgage. Can I avoid the conveyancing searches to save fees and time?

As you are not obtaining a mortgage you have the choice not to do searches although no lawyer would recommend that you don't. Drawing on years of experience of conveyancing in Hackney Wick the following are examples of issues that can appear and therefore affect future saleability: Enforcement Actions, Outstanding Charges, Outstanding Grants, Unadopted Roads,...

I am looking for a ground for flat up to £245,000 and found one round the corner in Hackney Wick I like with a park and station nearby, however it's only got 51 years on the lease. There is not much else in Hackney Wick suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error acquiring a short lease?

If you require a mortgage the shortness of the lease will likely be problematic. Discount the price by the anticipated lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the current proprietor has owned the premises for a minimum of twenty four months you may request that they commence the lease extension formalities and then assign it to you. You can add 90 years to the current lease and have £0 ground rent by law. You should consult your conveyancing solicitor about this.

All being well we will complete our sale of a £350,000 flat in Hackney Wick on Monday in a week. The freeholder has quoted £300 for Landlord’s certificate, insurance certificate and 3 years service charge statements. Is it legal for a freeholder to charge an administration fee for a leasehold conveyance in Hackney Wick?

For the majority of leasehold sales in Hackney Wick conveyancing will involve, questions about the management of a building inevitably needing to be answered directly by the freeholder or its agent, this includes :

Completing pre-contract questions Where consent is required before sale in Hackney Wick Copies of the building insurance and schedule Deeds of covenant upon sale Registering of the assignment of the change of lessee after a sale

Your conveyancer will have no control over the level of the charges for this information but the average costs for the information for Hackney Wick leasehold property is £350. For Hackney Wick conveyancing transactions it is customary for the seller to pay for these costs. The landlord or their agents are under no legal obligation to answer such questions most will be willing to do so - albeit often at exorbitant prices where the fees bear little relation to the work involved. Unfortunately there is no law that requires fixed charges for administrative tasks. Neither is there any legal time frame by which they are required to provide the information.

I own a second floor flat in Hackney Wick. In the absence of agreement between myself and the landlord, can the Leasehold valuation Tribunal make a decision on the sum payable for the purchase of the freehold?

Absolutely. We can put you in touch with a Hackney Wick conveyancing firm who can help.

An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement case for a Hackney Wick property is 12 Nutfield Road in July 2014. the Tribunal judged that the price to be paid by the applicants for the freehold interest should be £19,572 This case affected 2 flats. The unexpired term as at the valuation date was 72.02 years.

At long last our conveyancing in Hackney Wick completes this Friday, however the person I am purchasing off wants to vacate 24 hours later at PM. Should I accept this?

In situations where you require a mortgage then your conveyancer will demand that the property isvacant on Friday - the lending institution will insist on it.