I am due to move house in January. Should my conveyancing solicitor call the removal company on the completion day. On a separate note, can you suggest a removal company in Potters Bar. Conveyancing lawyer was found before I stumbled across this site.
On the afternoon of completion you can pick up the house keys from the selling agent but this can only take place after the sellers lawyers inform the agent that they have the completion monies and the keys can be handed over. You should tell the removal men that they can start moving you in. We do not recommend a specific removal company but can help you locate a residential property solicitor in Potters Bar or a lawyer that specialises in conveyancing in Potters Bar.
My wife and I purchasing a terrace house in Potters Bar. We would like to carry out an extension to the side at the property.Will the conveyancing process include investigations to ascertain if these works were previously refused?
Your solicitor should review the deeds as conveyancing in Potters Bar will occasionally reveal restrictions in the title deeds which prohibit certain works or necessitated the consent of another owner. Some extensions call for local authority planning consent and approval under the building regulations. Some areas are designated conservation areas and special planning restrictions apply which frequently prevent or affect extensions. It would be sensible to check these things with a surveyor before you commit yourself to a purchase.
We have a mortgage agreed in principle with HSBC. Potters Bar conveyancing solicitors have been chosen. What is the average time that one could expect to receive a mortgage offer from HSBC?
There is no definitive answer here. Have HSBC conducted the survey? Have you advised HSBC as to your lawyers' details and checked that your lawyers are on the HSBC conveyancing panel? Sometimes it can take as long as six weeks for a mortgage offer to be issued.
Is it necessary to take out insurance to address the risk of chancel repairs when buying a property in Potters Bar?
Unless a previous acquisition of the house took place after 12 October 2013 you can take it that solicitors delivering conveyancing in Potters Bar to continue to suggest a chancel search and or chancel repair liability policy.
3 months have elapsed following my purchase conveyancing in Potters Bar concluded. I have checked the Land Registry website which shows that I paid £150,000 when infact I paid £160,000. 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 property 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.
Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold element on a house I have offered on two weeks back in what should have been a quick, chain free conveyancing. Potters Bar is where the house is located. What do you suggest?
Flying freeholds in Potters Bar are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Potters Bar you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds very carefully. Your mortgage company may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Potters Bar may decide that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold residence.
I was recommended by a few estate agents in Potters Bar to get a quote from a property lawyer on your site. Is there a financial incentive for Estate Agents to recommend your site ahead of a competitor’s?
We refuse to give any referral fee for directing people our way. We thought it would be too underhand a fee because members of the public would think, ‘Why is the agent getting a kickback? Why aren’t I getting any benefit too?’ We would prefer to grow our business on genuine recommendations.
I have just appointed agents to market my basement flat in Potters Bar. Conveyancing has not commenced, but I have recently had a yearly service charge invoice – Do I pay up?
The sensible thing to do is clear the maintenance contribution as usual because all ground rent and service payments should be allotted on completion, so you will be reimbursed by the purchaser for the period running from after the completion date to the subsequent invoice date. Most managing agents will not acknowledge the buyer until the service charges have been paid and are up to date, so it is important for both buyer and seller for the seller to show that they are up to date. Having a clear account will assist your cause and will leave you no worse off financially.
After years of correspondence we are unable to agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Potters Bar. Can we issue an application to the Residential Property Tribunal Service?
Absolutely. We can put you in touch with a Potters Bar conveyancing firm who can help.
An example of a Lease Extension decision for a Potters Bar residence is Flat 2 2 Netherfield Road in April 2010. The Tribunale held that premium payable for a 90 year extension to the existing Lease should be £7,705. This case was in relation to 1 flat. The unexpired term as at the valuation date was 76 years.