Do the conveyancing lawyers that you recommend conduct right to buy conveyancing in Leeds?
We work with a variety of conveyancing solicitors carrying out right to buy conveyancing Please e-mail the solicitors listed in order to get a costs illustration.
I am the registered owner of a freehold property in Leeds but still pay rent, why is this and what is this?
It’s unusual for properties in Leeds and has limited impact for conveyancing in Leeds but some freehold properties in England (particularly common in North West England) pay an annual sum known as a Chief Rent or a Rentcharge to a third party who has no other legal interest in the land.
Rentcharge payments are usually between £2.00 and £5.00 per year. Rentcharges have existed for hundreds of years, but the Rent Charge Act 1977 barred the creation of new rentcharges post 1977.
Old rentcharges can now be extinguished by making a lump sum payment under the Act. Any rentcharges that are still in existence in 2037 will be dispensed with completely.
My wife and I have arranged a further advance on our mortgage from RBS as we want to conduct a loft conversion to our home in Leeds. Do we need to choose a high street Leeds solicitor on the RBS conveyancing panel to handle the legals?
RBS do not ordinarily appoint a member of their approved list of lawyers to deal with the formalities. If they do require any legal work then you would need to ensure that such a lawyer was on the RBS list.
After months of negotiation I have agreed a price on a house in Leeds. My mortgage broker recommended their conveyancers. I paid an upfront payment of £200. Shortly after, the lawyer contacted me to say that they were not on the UBS 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 UBS 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.
About to purchase maisonette in Leeds. I have received an online quote from a licenced conveyancer, which states: "There will be no charge for dealing with the Building Society if you are obtaining a mortgage". I take this to mean that there will be no additional fee if the solicitor is on the Yorkshire BS conveyancing panel. I wanted to make sure it means there will be no additional fees for dealing with the mortgage.
They are simply saying that the cost for acting for the lender is included in the fee being quoted. It is worth you checking that the Leeds property lawyer is on the Yorkshire BS conveyancing panel.
five months have gone by following my purchase conveyancing in Leeds completed. I have checked the Land Registry site which shows that I paid £150,000 when infact I paid £170,000. Why the discrepancy?
The price paid figure is taken from the application to register the purchase. It is the figure included in the Transfer (the legal deed which transfers the premises from one person to the other) and referred to as the 'consideration' or purchase price. You can report an error in the price paid figure using the LR online form. In most cases errors result from typos so at first glance the figure. Do report it so they can double check and advise.
Taking into account that I will soon spend hundreds of thousands of pounds on a property in Leeds I would like to talk to a conveyancer concerning theconveyancing before giving the go ahead to the firm. Is this something that you can arrange?
We could not agree more - we would be delighted to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you speaking to the solicitor who will be carrying out your property ownership legalities in Leeds.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - each client is an important individual, not a file reference. The practices that we put you in touch with believe that the figure you are provided with for your conveyancing in Leeds should be the figure that you end up paying.
Can you provide any advice for leasehold conveyancing in Leeds from the point of view of expediting the sale process?
- Much of the delay in leasehold conveyancing in Leeds can be bypassed if you appoint lawyers as soon as your agents start marketing the property and ask them to collate the leasehold information which will be required by the buyers’ representatives. If you have had conflict with your freeholder or managing agents it is essential that these are settled prior to the flat being put on the market. The buyers and their solicitors will be warry about purchasing a flat where there is an ongoing dispute. You may have to bite the bullet and discharge any arrears of service charge or resolve the dispute prior to the buyers completing the purchase. It is therefore preferable to have any dispute settled ahead of the contract papers being issued to the buyers’ solicitors. You will still have to reveal particulars of the dispute to the purchasers, but it is better to present the dispute as over rather than ongoing. In the event that you altered the property did you need the Landlord’s consent? Have you, for example installed wooden flooring? Most leases in Leeds state that internal structural changes or laying down wooden flooring require a licence issued by the Landlord consenting to such works. Where you fail to have the consents to hand you should not contact the landlord without contacting your solicitor first. The majority of landlords or Management Companies in Leeds levy fees for supplying management packs for a leasehold property. You or your lawyers should discover the actual amount of the charges. The management pack can be applied for on or before finding a buyer, thus accelerating the process. The average time it takes to obtain the necessary information is three weeks. It is the most usual reason for frustration in leasehold conveyancing in Leeds. You believe that you know the number of years remaining on your lease but it would be advisable verify this via your conveyancers. A purchaser's lawyer will be unlikely to recommend their client to where the remaining number of years is below 80 years. It is therefore important at an as soon as possible that you identify whether the lease term for your property needs extending. If it does, contact your solicitors before you put your property on the market for sale.
Leeds Conveyancing for Leasehold Flats - A selection of Questions you should consider before buying
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The prefered form of lease structure is a share of the freehold. In this situation the tenants have being in charge if their destiny and notwithstanding that a managing agent is frequently retained where the building is larger than a house conversion, the managing agent acts for the leaseholders themselves. How many years remain on the lease?