My lawyer has identified a defect with the lease for the flat we are purchasing in Plaistow. The seller’s lawyers have put forward defective title insurance as a workaround. We are happy with insurance and will pay for it. Our conveyancer has advised that he must ensure that the mortgage company is willing to move forward with this solution. Who is the client here, us or the mortgage company ?
Regardless of the fact that you have a mortgage offer from the bank does not mean to say that the property will meet their requirements for the purposes of a mortgage. Your lawyer has to ensure that the lease has to comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook requirements. You and the bank are the client. These conveyancing instructions have to be complied with.
Is there a search tool that I can utilise to find out if the solicitor carrying out my conveyancing in Plaistow is on the mortgage lender’sapproved panel? I am looking to avoid the situation of having one lawyer for me and one for Lloyds TSB Bank thus spending £187.00 plus VAT in supplemental conveyancing bill.
Please do take advantage of the search tool on this web page. Pick the mortgage company and type ‘Plaistow’ or your preferred area and you will see numerous conveyancers based in Plaistow or near you.
I have been told that property searches are a common cause of stalling in Plaistow house deals. Is there any truth in this?
The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) has noted the conclusions of a review by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not figure within the top 10 causes of hindrances in the conveyancing process. Local searches are unlikely to be the root cause of delay in conveyancing in Plaistow.
The deeds to my house are lost. The conveyancers who dealt with the conveyancing in Plaistow 10 years ago are no longer around. Will I be able to sell the house?
You no longer need to hold title deeds to prove you own the land or premises, given that the Land Registry have everything they need in a digital format.
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I work for a reputable estate agent office in Plaistow where we have experienced a number of leasehold sales put at risk as a result of leases having less than 80 years remaining. I have received contradictory information from local Plaistow conveyancing solicitors. Please can you shed some light as to whether the seller of a flat can commence 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. The benefit of this is that the proposed purchaser can avoid having to wait 2 years for a lease extension. Both sets of lawyers will agree to form of assignment. The assignment needs to be completed prior to, or at the same time as completion of the disposal of the property.
Alternatively, it may be possible to agree the lease extension with the freeholder 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.
I have attempted and failed to negotiate with my landlord to extend my lease without any joy. Can the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal adjudicate on such issues? Can you recommend a Plaistow conveyancing firm to act on my behalf?
if there is a missing freeholder or where there is dispute about the premium for a lease extension, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 it is possible to make an application to the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) to determine the premium.
An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement matter before the tribunal for a Plaistow premises is Ravensbourne Lodge 4 Highland Road in February 2013. the Tribunal held that the amount payable for the freehold was £22,268