A friend advised me that where I am buying in Lee 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 included in the estimate for your Lee conveyancing searches. It is not a small report of more than thirty pages, listing and setting out important information about Lee around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Lee Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime statistics, Local Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information regarding Lee.
I used Stirling Law several years past for my conveyancing in Lee. I now require my papers however the law firm has closed. What do I do?
Do contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracing 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 Lee 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.
How easy is it to swap solicitor as I have to instruct one who is on the Nationwide Building Society conveyancing panel. I had appointed a local conveyancing solicitor in Lee round the corner but she is not approved by Nationwide Building Society
It would be our pleasure to assist you select a conveyancing solicitor in Lee on the Nationwide Building Society panel. Please note that the law firms that we list do not pay us a referral fee if you instruct them and are fully regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority who oversee all conveyancing solicitors in Lee. Using the find a conveyancing solicitor tool on this site, you can compare and instruct different solicitors and conveyancers both nationally and in Lee.
In sourcing the world wide web for the phrase cheap conveyancing in Lee it brings up many solicitorslocally. How do I determine which is the right conveyancer for me?
The preferential method of finding the right conveyancer is through a personal referral, so enquire of friends and relatives who have acquired a property in Lee or a local estate agent or mortgage broker. Costs for conveyancing in Lee vary, so it's advisable to request a minimum of three estimates from varying types of solicitors. Be sure to obtain confirmation that the fees are fixed.
After months of dialogue we simply can't agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Lee. Can we issue an application to the Residential Property Tribunal Service?
Where there is a absentee freeholder or where there is dispute about what the lease extension should cost, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 you can apply to the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) to determine the sum to be paid.
An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement decision for a Lee flat is 18 Handen Road in April 2013. On 26 October 2012 District Judge Zimmels sitting at the Lambeth County Court made a Vesting Order that the Applicants be granted the right to acquire the freehold upon such terms and at such price determined by the LVT. The Tribunal arrived a figure of £39,535 as a valuation for the enfranchisement. This case related to 3 flats. The unexpired term as at the valuation date was 69.05 years.
When it comes to leasehold conveyancing in Lee what are the most frequent lease defects?
There is nothing unique about leasehold conveyancing in Lee. Most leases are individual and legal mistakes in the legal wording can sometimes mean that certain provisions are erroneous. For example, if your lease is missing any of the following, it could be defective:
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A duty to insure the building
You could have a problem when selling your property if you have a defective lease as they can affect a potential buyer’s ability to obtain a mortgage. Birmingham Midshires, Barnsley Building Society, and Barclays Direct all have express conveyancing instructions when it comes to what is expected in a lease. If a mortgage lender believes that the lease does not cover certain provisions they may refuse to grant the mortgage, obliging the buyer to withdraw.
What can I do to discover who is the owner of a property in Lee?
As long as the premises is registered with the Land Registry, and you have the specifics of the location of the premises, you will be able to see results from the HMLR of the recorded proprietor for a a minimal charge.