Please help. My North Kensington conveyancer is informing me me that he is legally obliged toapply for North Kensington conveyancing searches due to the fact thatthe firm are on the Lloydssolicitor panel. These North Kensington checks cost a lot of money can this be avoided?
You have limited options available to you. As you are obtaining a mortgage with a mortgage company your conveyancing practitioner has to comply with their conditions as set out in their version of the CML Conveyancing Handbook. Your solicitor would have previously signed the Terms and Conditions of your lender’s conveyancing panel appointment which obliges them to follow the CML Handbook conditions . Even if you were a cash buyer you would be ill advised not to carry out North Kensington conveyancing searches.
It is 10 years ago since I acquired my house in North Kensington. Conveyancing solicitors have recently been retained on the sale but I am unable to find the title documents. Will this jeopardise the sale?
You need not be too concerned. First there is a chance that the deeds will be retained by the mortgage company or they may stored with the conveyancers who handled the purchase. Secondly the chances are that the title will be recorded at the land registry and you will be able to prove you are the registered owner by your conveyancing lawyers obtaining current official copies of the land registers. The vast majority of conveyancing in North Kensington relates to registered property but in the unlikely event that your home is not registered it is more tricky but is resolvable.
My uncle informed me that in buying a property in North Kensington there may be a number of restrictions prohibiting external changes to the property. Is this right?
We are aware of a number of properties in North Kensington which have some sort of restriction or requirement of consent to execute external variations. Part of the conveyancing in North Kensington should determine what restrictions are applicable and advising you as part of a ROT that should be sent to you.
I'm at the point of viewing apartments in North Kensington and I am about to put in an offer. Is it sensible to have my lawyer on ‘stand by’? I will be getting a mortgage with Nationwide.
You should start obtaining conveyancing estimates from solicitors ASAP. After you have chosen your lawyer and once your offer is accepted you can instruct them to work for you and forward their contact information on to the EA. As you are obtaining a mortgage with Nationwide, ask your prospective lawyers if they are on the Nationwide conveyancing panel otherwise they can't do the mortgage legal work.
It is unclear whether my bank obliges me to make sure the lease term for the flat is extended prior to the completion date. I have called into my local North Kensington building society branch on various occasions and was advised it wasn't a problem and they will lend. My North Kensington conveyancing solicitor - who is on the mortgage company conveyancing panel- called and was told they refuse to lend based on their specific requirements. I have no idea who is right.
The solicitor must comply with the CML Handbook Part 2 conditions for your bank. Unless your lawyer obtains specific confirmation in writing that the lender will go ahead, your lawyer has no choice but to refrain from exchanging contract and committing you to the purchase. We would suggest that you ask the mortgage company to contact your lawyer in writing confirming that they will accept the number of years left on the lease.
It has been five months since my purchase conveyancing in North Kensington concluded. I have checked the Land Registry website which shows that I paid £200,000 when infact I paid £180,000. 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 asset 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.
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