We are due to complete buying a house in Shacklewell but as a consequence of damage from some water damage at the property I have managed to agree compensation from the vendor of £2k taking the form of a deduction in the price. This was going to be dealt with as part of a side agreement yet Nottingham will not agree to this. Should they have been informed?
Your conveyancing practitioner that is on the Nottingham conveyancing panel is obliged to inform Nottingham of any amendments to the sale price. If you prohibit your conveyancing practitioner to disclose the price change to Nottingham then they would have to discontinue acting for you. In addition, Nottingham and you would have to appoint a new property lawyer for your conveyancing in Shacklewell.
A colleague suggested that if I am buying in Shacklewell I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?
A search of this type is occasionally quoted for as part of the standard Shacklewell conveyancing searches. It is not a small document of more than thirty pages, listing and setting out important information about Shacklewell around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Shacklewell Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime statistics, Shacklewell Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information concerning Shacklewell.
I used Action Conveyancing a few years ago for my conveyancing in Shacklewell. Now, I need the files but the law firm is no longer operating. What do I do?
You should call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Shacklewell of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously retained, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold element on a house I put an offer in a fortnight ago in what should have been a quick, chain free conveyancing. Shacklewell is the location of the property. What do you suggest?
Flying freeholds in Shacklewell are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Shacklewell you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds diligently. Your bank may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Shacklewell 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 property.
I am in need of some leasehold conveyancing in Shacklewell. Before I set the wheels in motion I require certainty as to the number of years remaining on the lease.
Assuming the lease is recorded at the land registry - and almost all are in Shacklewell - then the leasehold title will always include the basic details of the lease, namely the date; the term; and the original parties. From a conveyancing perspective such details then enable any prospective buyer and lender to confirm that any lease they are looking at is the one relevant to that title. For any other purpose, such as confirming how long the term was granted for and calculating what is left, then the register should be sufficient on it's own.
I have given up trying to purchase the freehold in Shacklewell. Can this matter be resolved via the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal?
Most certainly. We can put you in touch with a Shacklewell conveyancing firm who can help.
An example of a Lease Extension decision for a Shacklewell premises is 5C Stoke Newington Road in April 2010. the Tribunal therefore concludes that the premium to be paid for the extended lease is £700.00 This case affected 1 flat. The remaining number of years on the lease was 80.5 years.
I am buying a flat and cash is in place. My solicitor has been supplied with with two distinct forms of photo ID, bank statement, multiple utility bills. Now he needs a copy from a probate lawyer stating that the money is in place and that it has come from inheritance and not selling fake DVD.
For some years now requires conveyancing solicitors as well as banks, building societies and other financial institutes to obtain satisfactory evidence of the identity of the client. This is because solicitors who deal with money and property on behalf of their clients can be used by criminals wishing to launder money. In order to comply with the law of money laundering, your Shacklewell conveyancing lawyer will need to obtain evidence of your identity as as well as make sure that your funds are legitimate.