We are buying a house and need a conveyancing solicitor in Putney Heath who is on the Principality conveyancing panel. Could you point me in the right direction as regards a solicitor?
Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Principality . We don't recommend any particular firms conducting conveyancing in Putney Heath.
My relative advised me that if I am purchasing in Putney Heath I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?
A search of this type is usually quoted for as part of the standard Putney Heath conveyancing searches. It is a large report of about 40 pages, listing and detailing important information about Putney Heath around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Putney Heath Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime details, Putney Heath Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information regarding Putney Heath.
It has been three months since my purchase conveyancing in Putney Heath took place. I have checked the Land Registry site which shows that I paid £175,000 when infact I paid £215,000. 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.
I am buying my first flat in Putney Heath with the aid of help to buy. The builders would not budge the price so I negotiated £7000 of fixtures and fittings instead. The house builders rep told me not reveal to my solicitor about this extras as it would affect my mortgage with Coventry Building Society. Is this normal?.
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 looking for a flat up to £245,000 and found one near me in Putney Heath I like with amenity areas and railway links nearby, the downside is that it's only got 61 years on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Putney Heath suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake buying a lease with such few years left?
If you need a home loan the shortness of the lease will be an issue. Reduce the offer by the amount the lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the current owner has owned the premises for at least twenty four months you can request that they start the process of the extension and pass it to you. You can add 90 years to the existing lease term with a zero ground rent applied. You should speak to your conveyancing lawyer regarding this.
Should one remove a deceased person's details from the title register for a property in Putney Heath?
Where a Putney Heath property is co-owned and one of the owners passes away, the name will not automatically be removed from the Land Registry title. It is not necessary to remove their name as in the event of a sale you would just need to supply proof as to the reason the joint proprietor is missing from the conveyance, such as a grant of probate.
With the aim of making the sale conveyancing more straight forward for the sale of the property you may arrange to have the deceased party removed from the title register by submitting an application to the land registry with evidence of the death. There is no fee from the Registry for this service.