I have given 8 weeks notice to my current landlord and have to vacate my rented flat in Silvertown by the end of next month. Conveyancing for my house purchase is underway. Can I complete in 5 weeks as don't want to have to find temporary accommodation?
It is unwise to serve notice for your letting unless exchange of contracts has taken place. If you have not already done so, update to your lawyer and request that they apply pressure on the other lawyers, try to get a realistic time scale from them that everyone will work towards
Can your site be used to find a Conveyancing solicitor in Silvertown even if I’m not purchasing or selling a house, for instance where I wish to acquire an office in Silvertown with a loan from Bank of Ireland?
The service is mainly there to select domestic conveyancing solicitors in Silvertown but we have recorded towards the end of this page a selection of Silvertown commercial conveyancing firms. You should make contact with the firm directly to check if they can also act for Bank of Ireland
My brother-in-law has suggested I instruct a conveyancing solicitor in Silvertown. I I am struggling to find out if they are accepted on the Britannia conveyancing panel. Can you help?
You should phone the conveyancer and enquire if they can act for the lender. Otherwise please get in touch with Britannia who may be able to confirm.
I have been told that property searches are the number one cause of hinderance in Silvertown conveyancing transactions. Is this right?
The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) has noted the determinations of a review by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not feature within the common causes of hindrances during the legal transfer of property. Searches are not likely to feature in any holding up conveyancing in Silvertown.
What tools are available to identify a Silvertown law firm on the Virgin Money conveyancing panel? I have wheels and am happy to travel upto 20kilometers to meet the solicitor.
Feel free to make use of the tool on this website. Please select a lender and your location and you will see a number of Silvertown conveyancing lawyers located nearest you. We have detailed some Silvertown conveyancing firms towards the end of this page and you can ring them to verify whether they are on the Virgin Money panel
Having checked my lease I have discovered that there are only Seventy years remaining on my lease in Silvertown. I am keen to extend my lease but my freeholder is absent. What should I do?
On the basis that you qualify, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 you can apply to the County Court for for permission to dispense with the service of the initial notice. This will enable the lease to be granted an extra 90 years by the magistrate. However, you will be required to prove that you or your lawyers have made all reasonable attempts to locate the lessor. For most situations an enquiry agent may be helpful to carry out a search and prepare an expert document which can be accepted by the court as evidence that the landlord is indeed missing. It is wise to seek advice from a conveyancer both on investigating the landlord’s disappearance and the application to the County Court overseeing Silvertown.
I have attempted and failed to negotiate with my landlord for a lease extension without success. Can one apply to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal? Can you recommend a Silvertown conveyancing firm to represent me?
if there is a missing landlord or where there is dispute 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 make a decision on the sum to be paid.
An example of a Lease Extension matter before the tribunal for a Silvertown flat is 46 Credon Road in January 2014. On 11 September 2013 Deputy District Judge Price sitting at the Bow County Court made a vesting order that the freeholder surrender his lease and be granted a new lease of the Premises on such terms as may be determined by the First Tier Tribunal (Property Chamber).The appropriate sum as concluded by the Tribunal was £7225 This case related to 1 flat. The unexpired residue of the current lease was 69.77 years.