Will my conveyancing lawyers need to check that the building insurance when buying a house in Hainault. My lender is Platform
Platform have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 6/5/2025, the requirements read as follows :
Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly identified during conveyancing in Hainault?
Restrictive covenants can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the process of conveyancing in Hainault. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’
I am looking for a flat up to £245,000 and found one round the corner in Hainault I like with open areas and station nearby, however it only has 49 remaining years left on the lease. There is not much else in Hainault in this price bracket, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake acquiring a lease with such few years left?
If you need a home loan the remaining unexpired lease term will likely be an issue. Discount the price by the anticipated lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the current owner has owned the property for a minimum of 2 years you could request that they start the process of the extension and then assign it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the existing lease and have £0 ground rent by law. You should consult your conveyancing lawyer concerning this matter.
How do I identify a Hainault solicitor on the Barnsley Building Society conveyancing panel? I have a car and am prepared to travel upto 25kilometers to meet the conveyancer.
You can use the search on this website. Please pick a mortgage company and your location and you will see a number of Hainault conveyancing lawyers based on proximity. We have detailed some Hainault conveyancing firms towards the end of this page and you can call them to verify whether they are on the Barnsley Building Society panel
Estate agents have just been given the go-ahead to market my garden flat in Hainault. Conveyancing lawyers have not yet been instructed, but I have just received a half-yearly service charge demand – what should I do?
It best that you pay the maintenance contribution as normal as all ground rent and maintenance payments should be apportioned as part of the financial calculations for completion monies, so you will be reimbursed by the purchaser for the period running from after the completion date to the next payment date. Most managing agents will not acknowledge the buyer until the service charges have been paid and are up to date, so it is important for both buyer and seller for the seller to show that they are up to date. This will smooth the conveyancing process.
We have reached the end of our tether in negotiating a lease extension in Hainault. Can this matter be resolved via the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal?
Absolutely. We are happy to put you in touch with a Hainault conveyancing firm who can help.
An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement matter before the tribunal for a Hainault property is 201 & 201a St. Barnabas Road in October 2013. The Tribunal decided that the price to be paid by the Applicants for the freehold interest is £20,071. This case related to 2 flats. The remaining number of years on the lease was 69.26 years.
Can you confirm the nature of conveyancing undertaken by Hainault conveyancing organisations?
The majority of Hainault conveyancing organisations will conduct a number of legal advice to residential and agricultural land owners, vendors, buyers, landlords and leaseholders including the following:
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Private sale conveyancing in Hainault or throughout the rest of the country
Residential purchase conveyancing in Hainault and also around the country
Help to Buy Conveyancing in Hainault or countryside Resolving boundary disputes between neighbours Islamic mortgage transactions Shared or joint ownership Agreements