Having sold my house in Nunthorpe last December yet the purchaser is whats apping me complaining that their conveyancer is waiting to hear from mine. What should have happened following completion?
After completion of your house sale your lawyer should deliver the transfer deeds and all of the paperwork to the buyer’s solicitors. If applicable, your solicitor must also confirm that the mortgage has been redeemed to the buyers solicitors. There are no post completion tasks specific conveyancing in Nunthorpe.
My lender has recommended solicitors on their panel based in Nunthorpe but I would rather choose a conveyancing lawyer in Nunthorpe round the corner to me. Can you help?
Far from all Nunthorpe conveyancing solicitors are approved and listed on all lender’s conveyancing panel. Do make the most of our find an approved solicitor tool to identify a Nunthorpe conveyancing conveyancer on the on the lender panel.
I used Stirling Law several years ago for my conveyancing in Nunthorpe. I now require my papers however the law firm is no longer operating. What do I do?
Do call 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 Nunthorpe of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously hired, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
I'm purchasing a new build house in Nunthorpe with a mortgage from Godiva Mortgages Ltd. The builders refused to reduce the amount so I negotiated five thousand pounds worth of additionals instead. The property agent suggested that I not reveal to my lawyer about this deal as it would adversely affect my mortgage with the lender. Should I keep quiet?.
All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the developer of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.
Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.
Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.
I am employed by a long established estate agent office in Nunthorpe where we have experienced a few leasehold sales jeopardised as a result of short leases. I have received contradictory information from local Nunthorpe conveyancing firms. Can you shed some light as to whether the vendor of a flat can initiate the lease extension process for the purchaser on completion of the sale?
Provided that the seller has owned the lease for at least 2 years it is possible, to serve a Section 42 notice to commence the lease extension process and assign the benefit of the notice to the purchaser. This means that the buyer can avoid having to sit tight for 2 years to extend their lease. Both sets of lawyers will agree to form of assignment. The assignment has to be done before, or simultaneously with completion of the disposal of the property.
An alternative approach is to extend the lease informally by agreement with the landlord either before or after the sale. If you are informally negotiating there are no rules and so you cannot insist on the landlord agreeing to grant an extension or transferring the benefit of an agreement to the purchaser.
Nunthorpe Conveyancing for Leasehold Flats - Examples of Queries before Purchasing
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Is there a share of the freehold? It is important to be aware whether window replacement or some other major work is coming up that will be shared by the leasehold owners and could well dramatically impact the level of the service costs or result in a specific invoice.
We are soon to purchasing a house in Nunthorpe. Could the conveyancing practitioner have the amount we are are purchasing for a secret from the likes of Nestoria. How do I ensure this is not disclosed?
The Land Registry as a matter of law obliged to specify price sold information on a register of the title for residential properties nationwide including properties in Nunthorpe. The register of ownership is a public document, so the Land Registry would be breaching their statutory duty if they failed to allow access to the register.
You can make a request of HMLR to withhold the price paid data but the response will be a No.