Finally the sale completed on my house in Seaburn last April but my buyer keeps Skype messaging daily to moan that their solicitor needs to hear from mine. What should my lawyer have done now that I have sold?
After completion of your sale your conveyancer should forward the transfer documentation and all supplemental paperwork to the buyer’s conveyancer. Where relevant, your conveyancer should also evidence that the legal charge in favour of the lender has been paid off to the purchasers conveyancers. There is unlikely to be post completion procedures peculiar conveyancing in Seaburn.
I am purchasing a house and the lawyer has referenced Chancel Repair for which the property could be obligated to pay because it falls into the area of such a church. He has suggested insurance. Is this really required for conveyancing in Seaburn
Unless a previous purchase of the house took place after 12 October 2013 you may take it that conveyancing practitioners carrying out conveyancing in Seaburn to remain recommending a chancel search and or chancel repair liability policy.
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I need to instruct a conveyancing practitioner in Seaburn for my purchase. Can I review a solicitor's complaints history with the legal regulator?
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Last December I purchased a leasehold flat in Seaburn. Am I liable to pay service charges relating to a period prior to my ownership?
In a situation where the service charge has already been demanded from the previous lessee and they have not paid you would not usually be personally liable for the arrears. However, your landlord may still be able to take action to forfeit the lease. It is an essential part of leasehold conveyancing for your conveyancer to be sure to have an up to date clear service charge receipt before completion of your purchase. If you have a mortgage this is likely to be a requirement of your lender.
If you purchase part way through an accounting year you may be liable for charges not yet demanded even if they relate to a period prior to your purchase. In such circumstances your conveyancer would normally arrange for the seller to set aside some money to cover their part of the period (usually called a service charge retention).
Seaburn Conveyancing for Leasehold Flats - Examples of Queries before buying
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Are any of leasehold owners in arrears of their service charge payments? How much is the service charge and ground rent on the flat? The prefered form of lease structure is where the freehold interest is owned by the leaseholders. In this arrangement the tenants benefit from being in charge if their destiny and notwithstanding that a managing agent is frequently employed if it is bigger than a house conversion, the managing agent acts for the leaseholders themselves.
Is there a reason that Seaburn conveyancing costs differ for leasehold and freehold properties?
When buying a leasehold property there is more work involved purely due to the fact that usually there are further parties involved in the form of the freeholder and/or Management Agents. As part of a lawyers enquiries they will check that all ground rent and service charges are paid up to date amongst other general leasehold matters. For this reason, the Sellers lawyers usually have to refer to the freeholder or Managing Agent for their replies to our questions. This may be time consuming and beyond the lawyers control