Do the conveyancing lawyers that you recommend handle right to buy conveyancing in Ravenshead?
We do have numerous conveyancing practitioners carrying out right to buy transactions Do get in touch with us in order to get a costs calculation.
I own a 4 bedroom Georgian property in Ravenshead. Conveyancing solicitor acted for me and TSB. I happened to do a free search for it on the Land Registry database and there are a couple of entries: the first freehold, the second leasehold under the matching address. If a house is not a freehold shouldn't I have been informed?
You need to review the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register as there may be mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered owner of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Ravenshead and other locations in the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they remortgage they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with lenders. You can also question the position with the conveyancing practitioner who conducted the conveyancing.
I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold issue on a house I put an offer in last month in what should have been a quick, chain free conveyancing. Ravenshead is where the house is located. Is there any guidance you can impart?
Flying freeholds in Ravenshead are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Ravenshead you must be sure that your lawyer goes 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 Ravenshead 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 am looking into buying my first house which is in Ravenshead and I am already nervous. I couldn't find anything specific about Ravenshead. Conveyancing will be needed in due course but do you know about the Ravenshead area? or perhaps some other tips you can share?
Rather than looking online forget looking online you should go and have a look at Ravenshead. In the meantime here are some basic statistics that we found
Am I best advised to use a Ravenshead conveyancing lawyer who is local to the property I am hoping to buy? We have a good friend who can conduct the legal work but his firm is located 200miles away.
The primary upside of using a high street Ravenshead conveyancing firm is that you can pop in to execute documents, hand in your identification documents and pester them if necessary. They will also have local knowledge which is a benefit. That being said it's more important to get someone that will pull out all the stops for you. If other friends have used your friend and they were happy that should trump using an unfamiliar Ravenshead conveyancing lawyer solely due to them being local.
My partner and I may need to let out our Ravenshead ground floor flat temporarily due to a new job. We used a Ravenshead conveyancing practice in 2002 but they have closed and we did not think at the time seek any guidance as to whether the lease allows us to sublet. How do we find out?
Notwithstanding that your last Ravenshead conveyancing solicitor is no longer around you can check your lease to see if it allows you to sublet the apartment. The rule is that if the deeds are non-specific, subletting is allowed. Quite often there is a prerequisite that you need to obtain permission via your landlord or other appropriate person before subletting. This means you not allowed to sublet without first obtaining permission. Such consent should not be unreasonably turned down. If your lease prohibits you from letting out the property you will need to ask your landlord for their consent.
Ravenshead Conveyancing for Leasehold Flats - Sample of Queries before Purchasing
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What is the length of the lease? Many Ravenshead leasehold properties will incur a service charge for maintenance of the block invoiced on behalf of the management company. If you buy the apartment you will have to pay this charge, normally quarterly accross the year. This can vary from several hundred pounds to thousands of pounds for bigger purpose-built buildings. In all probability there will be a ground rent to be met annual, normally this is not a exorbitant amount, say approximately £50-£100 but you should to enquire it because sometimes it could be prohibitively expensive. Who manages the block?