Our bank has suggested solicitors on their panel based in Hilsea but I would rather use a conveyancing lawyer in Hilsea local to me. Are you able to help?
Not all Hilsea conveyancing firms are on all banks conveyancing panel. Please make use of our search tool to identify a Hilsea conveyancing conveyancer on the on the lender panel.
What will a local search inform me regarding the property my wife and I buying in Hilsea?
Hilsea conveyancing often starts with the ordering local authority searches directly from your local Authority or through a personal search organisations such as Onsearch The local search is essential in every Hilsea conveyancing purchase; that is if you wish to avoid any unpleasant surprises after you move into your property. The search will supply data on, amongst other things, details on planning applications applicable to the premises (whether granted or refused), building control history, any enforcement action, restrictions on permitted development, nearby road schemes, contaminated land and radon gas; in all a total of 13 topic sections.
I used Stirling Law several years ago for my conveyancing in Hilsea. I now require my papers 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 Hilsea of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously instructed, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
I am buying a new build apartment in Hilsea. Conveyancing is daunting at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build conveyancing.
Here are examples of a selection of leasehold new build questions that you should expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Hilsea
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Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company? Please supply a car parking plan. Where service of notices and proceedings can be at the property demised please confirm that this can be amended to include simultaneous services at the Lessees’ solicitors’ offices where the Lessee from time to time is not resident in the UK - such solicitors may be varied by notice in writing to the Landlord from time to time but otherwise will be as previously specified. Where there is an Undertaking being granted there is the risk of forfeiture of the Headlease subject to relief if one or more of the Underlessees are willing to accept the original Head Lessee’s obligations as otherwise relief will be denied to the Underlessees. The only alternatives are the Head Lessor agreeing not to forfeit the Headlease or the Head Lessee guaranteeing to the Underlessees that it will not be in breach of the Headlease.
Due to the advice of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a property in Hilsea prior to appointing lawyers. I have been advised that there is a flying freehold aspect to the property. Our surveyor has said that some mortgage companies will not give a loan on this type of property.
It varies from the lender to lender. Bank of Scotland has different instructions for example to Birmingham Midshires. Should you wish to call us we can look into this further with the appropriate mortgage company. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Hilsea. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Hilsea to see if the conveyancing costs will increase in light of this.
I work for a long established estate agent office in Hilsea where we have witnessed a few leasehold sales put at risk due to leases having less than 80 years remaining. I have received inconsistent advice from local Hilsea conveyancing solicitors. Could you shed some light as to whether the owner of a flat can instigate the lease extension process for the buyer?
As long as the seller has owned the lease for at least 2 years it is possible, to serve a Section 42 notice to start the lease extension process and assign the benefit of the notice to the purchaser. This means that the buyer need not have to sit tight for 2 years for a lease extension. Both sets of lawyers will agree to form of assignment. The assignment has to be done prior to, or simultaneously with completion of the disposal of the property.
An alternative approach is to extend the lease informally by agreement with the landlord either before or after the sale. If you are informally negotiating there are no rules and so you cannot insist on the landlord agreeing to grant an extension or transferring the benefit of an agreement to the buyer.
Leasehold Conveyancing in Hilsea - Sample of Queries before Purchasing
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You should want to discover as much as you can concerning the company managing the block as they can either make life much simpler or a lot more difficult. Being a leasehold owner you are frequently at the mercy of the managing agents from a financial perspective and when it comes to practical matters like the tidiness of the communal areas. Ask other people what they think of their service. On a final note, investigate as to the dates that you are obliged pay the service charge to the managing agents and precisely what you get for your money. How much is the ground rent and service charge? In the main the cost for major works tend not to be built into the maintenance charges, although some managing agents in Hilsea require tenants to contribute towards a sinking fund and this is used to offset against larger works.