I am acquiring a brand new flat in Pitstone and my conveyancer is advising me that she has to the lender to reveal incentives from the seller. I am under pressure to sign contracts and I have no desire to prolong deal. Is my lawyer right?
You should not exchange unless you have been advised to do so by your lawyer. A precondition to being on a mortgage company panel is to comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook specifications. The CML Conveyancing Handbook requires that your lawyer have the appropriate Disclosure of Incentive form completed by the developer and accepted by your lender.
We are aiming to move home in May. Does my conveyancing solicitor liaise with the removal company on the completion day. As an aside, can you put forward a removal company in Pitstone. Conveyancing lawyer was found prior to coming across your website.
On the day of completion you will need to collect the keys from the selling agent but this can only be done when the previous owners conveyancers inform the agent that they have the completion monies and the keys can be passed over. After that you will need to inform the removal company that they can start moving you in. As a matter of policy we do not suggest a particular removal organisation but can help you find a residential property solicitor in Pitstone or a lawyer that specialises in conveyancing in Pitstone.
Completion of my remortgage has taken place for my property in Pitstone. Conveyancing was satisfactory but I would like to complain about the lender. How does one go about formally complaining?
Most banks and building societies have complaints procedures. Your first point of contact should be one of the lender’s branches or the Customer Care Team at head office. In most cases complaints to a lender are resolved effectively and efficiently. If you feel the matter is not resolved you can write to Financial Ombudsman Service who will take matters further.
Our offer on a property in Pitstone has been agreed to, the sellers do however have an associated purchase. The owners have put an offer on on an apartment, but it’s not yet tied up, and have viewings of other flats booked. I have instructed a local conveyancing solicitor in Pitstone. What should be my next step? When should I get the mortgage application with Nottingham going?
It is normal to have apprehensions where there is a chain as you are unlikely to want to incur costs too early (mortgage application is in the region of one thousand pounds, then valuation, Pitstone conveyancing search charges, etc). The first course of action is to check that your property lawyer is on the Nottingham conveyancing panel. Concerning the subsequent steps this very much dictated by the uniqueness of your transaction, attraction to this property and on the state of the market. In a buoyant market the majority of buyers would apply for a home loan with Nottingham and arrange for the valuation and only if it was satisfactory would they pay their conveyancing practitioner to proceed with the conveyancing in Pitstone.
Just bought a detached house in Pitstone , What is the estimated time for the Land Registry to register my proprietorship? My Pitstone conveyancing solicitor has been painfully slow, so I want to be certain that my purchase is registered.
As far as conveyancing in Pitstone is concerned, registration is no faster or slower than anywhere else in England and Wales. Rather than based on location, timescales can differ subject to who lodges the application, whether it is in order and whether the Land registry must send notices to any third parties. As of today in the region of three quarters of such applications are fully addressed in less than three weeks but some can be subject to extensive delays. Historically registration is effected after the buyer is living at the property thus an expedited registration is not typically primary concern but if it is urgent that the the registration takes place urgently then you or your conveyancer must communicate with the Registry to express the reasoning for the application to be prioritised.
Over the last few months I have been searching for a leasehold apartment up to £305k and found one close by in Pitstone I like with open areas and transport links in the vicinity, the downside is that it only has 49 remaining years left on the lease. There is not much else in Pitstone suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error buying a short lease?
Should you require a mortgage that many years may be an issue. Reduce the offer by the expected lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the existing proprietor has owned the premises for at least 2 years you can ask them to commence the lease extension formalities and then assign it to you. You can add 90 years to the existing lease term and have £0 ground rent by law. You should consult your conveyancing solicitor concerning this matter.
Back In 2000, I bought a leasehold flat in Pitstone. Conveyancing and Santander mortgage are in place. A letter has just been received from someone claiming to own the reversionary interest in the property. Attached was a ground rent demand for rent dating back to 1991. The conveyancing practitioner in Pitstone who previously acted has long since retired. Any advice?
The first thing you should do is contact HMLR to make sure that this person is indeed the new freeholder. You do not need to instruct a Pitstone conveyancing solicitor to do this as you can do this on the Land Registry website for less than a fiver. You should note that regardless, even if this is the rightful freeholder, under the Limitation Act 1980 the limitation period for recovery of ground rent is six years.
Pitstone Conveyancing for Leasehold Flats - A selection of Queries Prior to Purchasing
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How many of the leaseholders are in arrears for their service charge payments? How much is the ground rent and service charge? The best form of lease structure is a share of the freehold. In this scenario the lessees enjoy control and notwithstanding that a managing agent is often employed where it is larger than a house conversion, the managing agent acts for the leaseholders themselves.
Can you refer me to a conveyancer for purchasing a bungalow? Ideally someone in Pitstone, who will contact me via email - not someone who insists on slow mail or fax.
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