I am acquiring a property without a mortgage in Leconfield. I have resided for the previous Seventeen years in Leconfield. Conveyancing searches are a lot of money. Given that I know the area and road intimately should I not bother getting the solicitor to do all the conveyancing searches?
In the absence of a home loan, then all but one or two of the Leconfield conveyancing searches are at your discretion. Your lawyer will ’encourage you, perhaps strongly, that you should have searches completed, but he is duty bound to take that path of encouragement . One thing to consider; if you are likely to sell the house at a future date, it may be of relevance to your future purchaser what the searches disclose. There are plenty of instances where houses with day to day issues can still show up detrimental search results. A competent conveyancing solicitor in Leconfield should be able to give you some constructive guidance here.
My wife and I own a semi-detached Edwardian property in Leconfield. Conveyancing practitioner acted for me and Bank of Scotland. I did a free Land Registry search last week and there are two entries: the first freehold, the second leasehold with the matching address. Is it worth asking Bank of Scotland to clarify?
You need to review the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register for 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 Leconfield and other areas of the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they mortgage they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with buyers. You can also check the situation with your conveyancing practitioner who conducted the work.
I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold element on a property I put an offer in a fortnight ago in what was supposed to be a simple, no chain conveyancing. Leconfield is the location of the property. Can you shed any light on this issue?
Flying freeholds in Leconfield are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Leconfield you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds thoroughly. Your bank may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Leconfield may ascertain that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold property.
In what way can the Landlord & Tenant Act 1954 affect my commercial premises in Leconfield and how can your lawyers assist?
The particular law that you refer to provides security of tenure to commercial tenants, giving them the legal entitlement to apply to court for a continuation of occupancy at the end of the lease term. There are certain specified grounds where a landlord can refrain from granting a lease renewal and the rules are complicated. We are happy to direct you to commercial conveyancing practices who use the act to your advantage and help with commercial conveyancing in Leconfield
I have been sourcing a conveyancing lawyer in Leconfield for my home move. Is there any facility to see a firm’s complaints history with the profession’s regulator?
Anyone may search for presented Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) decisions stemming from inquisitions started on or after Jan 2008. Go to Check a solicitor's record. To find information about the period before 1 January 2008, or to check a solicitors record, phone 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and 09.30 - 18.00 Tuesday. For non-uk callers, call +44 (0)121 329 6800. The regulator sometimes recorded call for training requirements.
As a tenant I am liable for a service charge for my property in Leconfield. As a result of flawed financial planning I fell into arrears with remittance. The freeholders agreed a clearance schedule but there is still a couple of outstanding at the current time.
I now wish to dispose of the property and I am worried this could threaten to derail the sale if I have to discharge the amount due now. I'd like to sell up and subsequently discharge the arrears from the proceeds - is this possible?
Do clarify with the solicitor dealing with your Leconfield conveyancing but one option could be to arrange for the arrears to be passed to the buyers. The contractual price due would be reduced to reflect the amount of debt they take on. They would then discharge the fees once they are the owners.