I was advised today by my broker that my Kennington property lawyer is not on the bank Solicitor panel. What can I do to be sure that this is correct?
The first thing you need to do is to call your Kennington lawyer directly. You lawyer should inform you of the situation. If they are not on the panel they may be able to suggest a Kennington conveyancing firm that is on the conveyancing panel for your bank.
My aunt advised me that in purchasing a property in Kennington there may be a number of restrictions as to what one can do in terms of external changes to the property. Is this right?
We are aware of a number of properties in Kennington which have some sort of restriction or requirement of consent to perform external variations. Part of the conveyancing in Kennington should determine what restrictions are applicable and advising you as part of a ROT that should be sent to you.
When it comes to mortgage companies such as Bank of Ireland, do Kennington property lawyers have to pay a fee to be on the list of approved solicitors?
We are not aware of any bank fees to register on their list of approved firms, although some do levy an administration charge to deal with the processing of the conveyancing panel submission.
I recently had an offer agreed on a house in Kennington. My financial adviser pressured me to appoint their conveyancer. I paid an upfront payment of £175. A couple of days later, the conveyancer contacted me embarrassingly acknowledging that they were not on the Lloyds conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?
You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the Lloyds panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.
Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly identified as part of conveyancing in Kennington?
Covenants that are restrictive in nature can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the process of conveyancing in Kennington. 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…’
Taking into account that I will soon part with £400,000 on a two bedroom apartment in Kennington I wish to talk to a conveyancer about myhome move prior to instructing the firm. Can this be arranged?
This is something that we encourage - it is our preference to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you first talking to the solicitor due to be carrying out your property ownership legalities in Kennington.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - each client is unique individual, not a matter number. The solicitors that we put you in touch with believe that the figure you are calculated and presented to you for residential conveyancing in Kennington should be the amount on the final invoice that you are charged.
We expect to complete the sale of our £325,000 maisonette in Kennington next Thursday. The landlords agents has quoted £312 for Certificate of Compliance, building insurance schedule and 3 years statements of service charge. Is it legal for a freeholder to charge exorbitant fees for a flat conveyance in Kennington?
For the majority of leasehold sales in Kennington conveyancing will involve, queries regarding the management of a building inevitably needing to be answered directly by the freeholder or its agent, this includes :
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Answering conveyancing due diligence questions
Where consent is required before sale in Kennington
Copies of the building insurance and schedule
Deeds of covenant upon sale
Registering of the assignment of the change of lessee after a sale
Having spent months of negotiations we cannot agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Kennington. Can we issue an application to the Residential Property Tribunal Service?
if there is a missing freeholder or if there is disagreement about what the lease extension should cost, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 it is possible to make an application to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal to arrive at the price payable.
An example of a Lease Extension case for a Kennington premises is Ground Floor Flat 39 Bronsart Road in May 2010. Following a vesting order by West London County Court the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal concluded that the price to be paid for the extended lease of the premises was Thirteen Thousand Two hundred pounds (£13,200) in accordance with the valuation. The extended lease was granted for a term of 90 years from the expiry date of the Lease and at a peppercorn ground rent from the date of the vesting order. This case related to 1 flat. The unexpired residue of the current lease was 74.77 years.
I need to review costs for conveyancing in Kennington from numerous conveyancer and choose one. Am I right to get them to sit tight until I a suitable house to buy.
We would recommend that you only ask your conveyancing practitioner to open a file and apply for searches once the sales memorandum has been issued by the selling agent especially as Kennington conveyancing searches are not cheap.