I have given 2 months notice to my existing landlord and must vacate my let out apartment in Selhurst by 5/2/2025. Conveyancing on my purchase is progressing. Is it possible to complete in six weeks as I wish to avoid having to find short term accommodation?
Generally one should not provide notice for your letting unless exchange of contracts has taken place. Assuming that you have not previously done so, speak to your lawyer and request that they apply pressure on the owners lawyers, try to a target completion date that everyone will look towards
We are buying a flat and need a conveyancing solicitor in Selhurst who is on the Virgin Money approved panel. Could you point me in the right direction as regards a firm?
Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Virgin Money . We don't recommend any particular firms conducting conveyancing in Selhurst.
The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build apartment in Selhurst. Conveyancing is a frightening process at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build conveyancing.
Set out below is a sample of a few leasehold new build enquiries that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Selhurst
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Please supply a car parking plan. Where there is an Undertaking being granted there is the risk of forfeiture of the Headlease subject to relief if one or more of the Underlessees are willing to accept the original Head Lessee’s obligations as otherwise relief will be denied to the Underlessees. The only alternatives are the Head Lessor agreeing not to forfeit the Headlease or the Head Lessee guaranteeing to the Underlessees that it will not be in breach of the Headlease. The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme. Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company?
Is it possible to switch solicitor as I have to find a firm on the National Westminster Bank conveyancing panel. I hired a family conveyancing solicitor in Selhurst five minutes from me but the firm is not approved by National Westminster Bank
It would be our pleasure to assist you select a conveyancing solicitor in Selhurst on the National Westminster Bank panel. Please note that the solicitors that we list do not pay us a referral fee if you instruct them and are fully regulated by the SRA who regulate all conveyancing solicitors in Selhurst. In making use of the find a conveyancing solicitor tool on this website, you can compare and instruct different solicitors and conveyancers both nationally and in Selhurst.
Having checked my lease I have discovered that there are only Seventy years remaining on my lease in Selhurst. I need to extend my lease but my freeholder is missing. What options are available to me?
On the basis that you qualify, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 you can apply to the County Court for an order to dispense with the service of the initial notice. This will mean that your lease can be extended by the magistrate. You will be obliged to prove that you have made all reasonable attempts to track down the lessor. On the whole a specialist would be helpful to try and locate and to produce an expert document which can be accepted by the court as proof that the freeholder can not be located. It is advisable to get professional help from a solicitor both on proving the landlord’s absence and the vesting order request to the County Court covering Selhurst.
Following years of negotiations we simply can't agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Selhurst. Does the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal have jurisdiction to calculate the appropriate figures?
if there is a absentee landlord or where there is disagreement about what the lease extension should cost, under the relevant legislation it is possible to make an application to the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) to decide the amount due.
An example of a Lease Extension decision for a Selhurst flat is Flats 55, 67 & 70 Melbourne Court Anerley Road in July 2013. The tribunal calculated that the premium for the extended lease at £48,366.00 for at 55, and £88,329.00 for ats 67 and 70 combined. This case related to 1 flat. The unexpired term as at the valuation date was 26.38 years.
My wife and I are acquiring a first floor flat in Selhurst. At the point of instructing our lawyer, they assured us that they were on all major UK lender panels. The mortgage broker called just now to advise that they are not on the Bank of Ireland approved list. If it turns out to be true, what should we do? Do we just choose a new conveyancer that is on their panel or should we cover the costs for dual representation, with Bank of Ireland selecting their own approved conveyancer.
If you are buying a property requiring a mortgage it is normal for the buyer’s lawyers to also act for the mortgage company. In order to act for a bank or building society a conveyancer has to be on that lender's conveyancing panel. An application has to be made by the conveyancing practitioner to the lender to become a member of the lender's panel and there are increasingly strict conditions which the property lawyer has to fulfill. Some banks now insist their panel firms to be part of the Law Society’s Conveyancing Accreditation Scheme. Your conveyancer should contact Bank of Ireland to discover if they can apply for membership of their conveyancing panel, but if that is not viable they will instruct their own solicitors to act. You don't have to instruct a firm on Bank of Ireland's conveyancing panel as you are at liberty to use your preferred Selhurst lawyers, in which case it will likely add costs, and it may delay matters as you have another set of people involved.