If you had a top tip for selecting a conveyancing solicitor in Lisson Grove what would it be?
Do not opt for the cheapest Lisson Grove conveyancing costs illustration. You really do get what you’re paying for when it comes to conveyancing solicitors. A cheap quote may mean that the conveyancing solicitor is handling a lot of jobs at one time and you won’t get the quality of service and the attention that you need. It is, however, wise to use a conveyancer who has a fixed fee on a no sale, no fee basis. This way, you know exactly what you’ll have to pay in advance.
I am assisting my niece sell her house in Lisson Grove. Will the conveyancer order an energy assessment or do I organise this?
Following the demise of HIPs, EPC’s became a mandatory component of selling a house. An EPC must be to hand prior to the property being advertised. It is not as aspect of the sale process that conveyancers ordinarily organise. If you are instructing a Lisson Grove conveyancing lawyer they may be willing to arrange energy performance certificates due to their relationships with long established Lisson Grove assessors
We previously chose conveyancers based in Lisson Grove on the Aldermore solicitor approved list. They are now charging me a separate sum for handling the Aldermore mortgage. Is this an additional conveyancing fee specified by Aldermore?
Provided it is contained in their Terms of Engagement or estimate then yes your conveyancing practitioner may charge a fee for this. This charge is not set by Aldermore but by your Lisson Grove conveyancer. Plenty of firms on the Aldermore panel will levy ’dealing with mortgage’ fee and others do not.
I used Arc property Solicitors a few years ago for my conveyancing in Lisson Grove. Now, I need the documents however cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?
You should contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracking down 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 Lisson Grove of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously used, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
I am looking for a leasehold apartment up to £235,500 and found one round the corner in Lisson Grove I like with open areas and railway links nearby, however it only has 61 remaining years left on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Lisson Grove in this price bracket, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error purchasing a short lease?
Should you require a mortgage the shortness of the lease will be an issue. Reduce the offer by the expected lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the existing owner has owned the property for a minimum of twenty four months you could ask them to commence the lease extension formalities and pass it to you. You can add 90 years to the current lease and have £0 ground rent by law. You should consult your conveyancing lawyer concerning this.
I am downsizing from my house. My previous solicitors closed down. It would be helpful to have a recommendation of a conveyancing firm. I happen to live in Lisson Grove if that makes things easier.
Please use our search tool to help you choose a solicitor for your conveyancing in Lisson Grove. We have connected thousands of home buyers and sellers with lender approved solicitors to ensure that the legalities of their house move runs smoothly.
Can you provide any advice for leasehold conveyancing in Lisson Grove with the aim of speeding up the sale process?
- A significant proportion of the frustration in leasehold conveyancing in Lisson Grove can be reduced where you appoint lawyers the minute you market your property and request that they start to put together the leasehold documentation needed by the purchasers’ conveyancers. The majority of landlords or managing agents in Lisson Grove charge for supplying management packs for a leasehold property. You or your lawyers should enquire as to the fee that they propose to charge. The management pack sought on or before finding a buyer, thus accelerating the process. The typical amount of time it takes to receive management information is three weeks. It is the most common cause of delay in leasehold conveyancing in Lisson Grove. If you are supposed to have a share in the Management Company, you should make sure that you have the original share document. Arranging a duplicate share certificate is often a lengthy process and frustrates many a Lisson Grove home move. If a duplicate share certificate is necessary, do contact the company director and secretary or managing agents (where relevant) for this at the earliest opportunity. If you have had any disputes with your landlord or managing agents it is very important that these are settled before the property is put on the market. The purchasers and their solicitors will be warry about purchasing a property where there is a current 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 details of the dispute to the purchasers, but it is clearly preferable to reveal the dispute as over rather than unresolved. If you have carried out any alterations to the residence would they have required Landlord’s permission? In particular have you laid down wooden flooring? Most leases in Lisson Grove state that internal structural changes or addition of wooden flooring calls for a licence issued by the Landlord consenting to such changes. If you dont have the paperwork in place do not communicate with the landlord without checking with your lawyer in advance.
After months of correspondence we cannot agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Lisson Grove. Does the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal have jurisdiction to calculate the appropriate figures?
Most certainly. We are happy to put you in touch with a Lisson Grove conveyancing firm who can help.
An example of a Lease Extension matter before the tribunal for a Lisson Grove property is Flats 37 & 39 88/90 Portland Place in December 2010. The Tribunal determined that the premium payable for the lease extensions in respect of these two flats is as follows:- For Flat 37, the sum of £385,230.00 For Flat 39, the sum of £436,780.00 This case was in relation to 2 flats. The unexpired residue of the current lease was 24.02 years.
I happen to be an executor of my recently deceased aunt’s Will, with a bungalow in Lisson Grove which is to be sold. The property is unregistered at the Land Registry and I'm told that some estate agents will insist that it is in place before they'll proceed. What's the mechanism for this?
In the circumstances you refer to it seems advisable to apply to register in the names of the personal representative(s) as named in the probate and in their capacity as PRs. HMLR’s online guidance explains how to register for the first time and what is required re the deeds and forms. You would need to include and certified copy of the probate as well and complete the form FR1 to refer to the PRs as the applicant.