I instructed a local solicitor for our conveyancing in Highams Park yesterday. Going through the terms of engagement I seeI am responsible for costs even if the sale doesn't happen. Should I ditch them and use a web based conveyancing company advertising no move no charge conveyancing in Highams Park?
Generally there is a concession along the lines that if "No Completion No Fee" is offered then the fee levels will tend to be be uplifted to cover the transactions that fail to complete. Also remember that these deals tend not to cover expenditure such as Highams Park conveyancing search fees.
My grandson is in the process of securing a house that has just been built in Highams Park with a home loan from Aldermore. His lawyer has advised him of a delay in receiving the ‘Disclosure of Incentive Form’. Who needs to receive the form?
The form is intended to provide information to the main parties engaged in the purchase. Therefore, it will be provided to your son’s lawyer who should be on the Aldermore conveyancing panel as a standard part of the process, and to the valuer when asked. The developer will be required to start the process by downloading the form and completing it. The form will therefore need to be available for the valuer at the time of his or her site visit. The form should be sent to the Aldermore conveyancing panel solicitor as early as possible, in order to avoid any last minute delays, and no later than at exchange of contracts.
A relative advised me that where I am buying in Highams Park I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?
This is a search is sometimes quoted for as part of the standard Highams Park conveyancing searches. It is a large document of about 40 pages, listing and detailing important information about Highams Park around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Highams Park Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime statistics, Highams Park Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information regarding Highams Park.
I purchased a renovated Georgian house in Highams Park. Conveyancing practitioner acted for me and Alliance & Leicester . I happened to do a free search for it on the Land Registry database and there are two entries: the first freehold, another for leasehold with the matching property. I thought I was buying a freehold how can I check?
You need to assess the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register as there may be mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered proprietor of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Highams Park and other areas of the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they remortgage they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with buyers. You can also enquire as to the position with the conveyancing lawyer who carried out the work.
In what way can the Landlord & Tenant Act 1954 affect my commercial property in Highams Park and how can your lawyers assist?
The particular law that you refer to provides a safeguard to commercial lessees, giving them the right to apply to court for a continuation of occupancy at the end of an expired lease. There are limited grounds that a landlord can refuse a lease renewal and the rules are complex. Fees are different for commercial conveyancing. Highams Park is one of the hundreds of areas of the UK in which our lawyers are located
In my capacity as executor for the estate of my father I am selling a residence in Neath but reside in Highams Park. My lawyer (based 200 kilometers from meneeds me to execute a stat dec before the transaction finalising. Can you recommend a conveyancing solicitor in Highams Park to witness and place their company stamp on the document?
strictly speaking you are unlikely to need to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily any notary public or qualified solicitor will suffice regardless of whether they are based in Highams Park