Can your site be used to find a Conveyancing solicitor in Petts Wood even if I’m not purchasing or selling a house, for example where I wish to acquire a shop in Petts Wood with a loan from Yorkshire Building Society?
Our search tool is mainly utilised to get a quote from domestic conveyancing solicitors in Petts Wood but we have listed at the end of this page a selection of Petts Wood commercial conveyancing firms. You should enquire with the solicitors directly to check if they are also authorised to represent Yorkshire Building Society
My Solicitor in Petts Wood is not listed on the Yorkshire Building Society Conveyancing Panel. Can I still use my family solicitor notwithstanding that they are excluded from the Yorkshire Building Society approved list?
The limited options open to you here include:
- Complete the purchase with your preferred Petts Wood lawyers but Yorkshire Building Society will need to retain a conveyancer on their list of acceptable firms. This will result in additional total legal fees as well as result in frustration.
- Get an alternative practitioner to act in the conveyancing, obviously checking they are Yorkshire Building Society approved.
- Try to convince your Yorkshire Building Society solicitor to attempt to join the Yorkshire Building Society panel
I am assisting my aunt sell her house in Petts Wood. Does the solicitor order the energy assessment or it is for me to coordinate?
Following the demise of Home Packs, EPC’s became a required component of selling a house. An EPC must be commissioned in advance of the property being placed on the market. This is not as aspect of the sale process that lawyers ordinarily organise. If you are using a Petts Wood conveyancing lawyer they may be willing to arrange energy assessments given their contacts with reputable local energy assessors
Can you help - my lawyer says that restrictive coveneant insurance is needed on my purchase. What is the typical level of cover needed for conveyancing in Petts Wood?
The right level of restrictive coveneant indemnity insurance depends on your lender. It would differ for example between Lloyds TSB Bank and Skipton Building Society. Conveyancing solicitors as opposed to borrowers take out such insurances.
My partner and I are in the throws of looking at apartments in Petts Wood and I am about to put in an offer. Should I already have a conveyancer appointed at this point? I will be getting a home loan with Aldermore.
You should start requesting 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 pass their details on to the estate agent. Given that you are taking out a mortgage with Aldermore, make sure you remember to check that your lawyer is on the Aldermore conveyancing panel.
Should I be concerned about brokers that I am dealing with are encouraging me to use a factory type conveyancing firm rather than a local Petts Wood conveyancing company?
As is the case with many service providers, often referrals from connections can be worth their weight in gold. Nevertheless there are lots of parties with a vested interest in a conveyancing transaction; estate agents, financial adviser and banks may recommend conveyancers to appoint. Sometimes the lawyers might be known to one of the organisations as experts in their field, but occasionally there exists a commercial relationship behind the endorsement. You are at liberty to select your own lawyer. However, bear in mind that some mortgage providers have an approved list of solicitors you have to use for the mortgage related work in your house move.
Should I appoint a Petts Wood conveyancing practitioner who is local to the property I am purchasing? We have a good friend who can deal with the legal work but they are based 400miles away.
The benefit of a local Petts Wood conveyancing practice is that you can drop in to execute documents, present your identification documents and apply pressure on them where appropriate. Having local Petts Wood know how is a bonus. That being said it's more important to get someone that will do a good and efficient job. If if people you trust used your friend and the majority were happy that should surpass using an unknown Petts Wood conveyancing lawyer just because they are Petts Wood based.
Back In 2000, I bought a leasehold house in Petts Wood. Conveyancing and Skipton Building Society mortgage went though with no issue. A letter has just been received from someone saying they have taken over the reversionary interest in the property. It included a demand for arrears of ground rent dating back to 1995. The conveyancing solicitor in Petts Wood who acted for me is not around. Do I pay?
First contact HMLR to make sure that this person is indeed the registered owner of the freehold reversion. You do not need to incur the fees of a Petts Wood conveyancing solicitor to do this as you can do this on the Land Registry website for £3. Rest assured that regardless, even if this is the rightful freeholder, under the Limitation Act 1980 no more than 6 years of rent can be collected.
I own a a ground floor purpose built flat in Petts Wood. In the absence of agreement between myself and the landlord, can the Leasehold valuation Tribunal make a decision on the premium payable for the purchase of the freehold?
in cases where there is a absentee freeholder or if there is disagreement about the premium for a lease extension, under the relevant legislation it is possible to make an application to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal to make a decision on the amount due.
An example of a Lease Extension case for a Petts Wood residence is 1 Southlands Court Southlands Road in September 2013. The Leasehold Valuation Tribunal determined that the premium to be paid by the tenant on the grant of a new lease, in accordance with section 56 and Schedule 13 of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 was £30,541 This case affected 1 flat. The number of years remaining on the existing lease(s) was 50.57 years.