I am 4 weeks into the sale of my flat in Harold Park and the estate agent has just telephoned to warn that the buyers are appointing a new conveyancer. I am told that this is due to the fact that the bank will only engage with property lawyers on their conveyancing panel. Why would a leading lender only work with specific law firms rather the firm that they want to select to handle their conveyancing in Harold Park ?
Mortgage companies have always had panels of law firms that can represent them, but in the last few years big names such as Lloyds Banking Group, have reviewed and reduced their conveyancing panel– in some cases removing conveyancing firms who have acted for them for more than 25 years.
Mortgage companies blame a rise in fraud by way of justification for the pruning – criteria have been stiffened as a smaller panel is easier to keep an eye on. Banks tend not to reveal how many solicitors have been dropped, claiming the information is commercially sensitive, but the Law Society claims that it is being contacted daily by practices that have been removed from panels. Plenty of firms do not even realise they have been dropped until contacted by a borrower who has instructed them as might be the situation in your buyers' case. The buyers are not going to have any impact on this.
Do the conveyancing lawyers listed on your site conduct right to buy conveyancing in Harold Park?
We work with numerous conveyancing conveyancers who can conduct right to buy conveyancing matters Please call us in order to get a conveyancing quote.
I used Wolstenholmes several years past for my conveyancing in Harold Park. I now require my file but cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?
Do call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Harold Park of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously retained, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
Hoping to buy a property located in Harold Park and I am already nervous. I couldn't find anything specific about Harold Park. Conveyancing will be needed in due course but do you know about the Harold Park area? or perhaps some other tips you can share?
Rather than looking online forget looking online you should go and have a look at Harold Park. In the meantime here are some basic statistics that we found
I have been sourcing a conveyancing practitioner in Harold Park for my house move. Is there any facility to check a solicitor's record with the profession’s regulator?
Members of the public can review presented Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) decisions resulting from investigations from 2008 onwards. Go to Check a solicitor's record. For details about the period before 1 January 2008, or to check a firm's history, ring 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and 09.30 - 18.00 Tuesday. For callers outside the UK, call +44 (0)121 329 6800. The SRA sometimes monitor telephone calls for training requirements.
I am hoping to put an offer on a small detached house that seems to tick a lot of boxes, at a reasonable figure which is making it more attractive. I have subsequently been informed that the title is leasehold rather than freehold. I would have thought that there are particular concerns purchasing a house with a leasehold title in Harold Park. Conveyancing solicitors have not yet been instructed. Will they explain the issues?
Most houses in Harold Park are freehold rather than leasehold. This is one of the situations where having a local conveyancer used to dealing with such properties who can help the conveyancing process. It is clear that you are buying in Harold Park so you should seriously consider looking for a Harold Park conveyancing solicitor and check that they are used to advising on leasehold houses. As a matter of priority you will need to check the unexpired lease term. Being a lessee you will not be entirely free to do whatever you want with the house. The lease will likely included provisions for example requiring the landlord’spermission to carry out changes to the property. You may also be required to pay a service charge towards the maintenance of the estate where the property is part of an estate. Your solicitor will advise you fully on all the issues.
After months of negotiations we are unable to agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Harold Park. Does the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal have jurisdiction to calculate the appropriate figures?
Where there is a absentee freeholder or where there is dispute about the premium for a lease extension, under the relevant statutes you can apply to the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) to assess the sum to be paid.
An example of a Lease Extension decision for a Harold Park residence is 37 Lodge Court High Street in November 2013. the decision of the LVT was that the premium to be paid for the new lease was £25,559 This case related to 1 flat. The unexpired lease term was 57.5 years.