My lawyer in Sittingbourne has never been on on the Platform Home Loans Ltd Conveyancing Panel. Is it possible for me to retain my prefered solicitor even though they are excluded from the Platform Home Loans Ltd list of approved lawyers?
The limited options available to you here include:
- Carry on with your preferred Sittingbourne solicitors but Platform Home Loans Ltd will need to instruct a solicitor on their list of acceptable firms. This will result in additional overall conveyancing fees and cause delays.
- Choose a new practitioner to to deal with the purchase, remembering to check they are Convince your conveyancer to use their best endeavours to join the Platform Home Loans Ltd conveyancing panel
I require expedited conveyancing in Sittingbourne as I am faced with pressure to sign on the dotted line in less than one month. A home loan is not required. Can I decline from having conveyancing searches to save money and time?
As you are not taking a mortgage you have the choice not to do searches although no conveyancer would recommend that you don't. With lots of history conveyancing in Sittingbourne the following are instances of issues that can show up and therefore affect future mortgageability: Enforcement Actions, Overdue Fees, Outstanding Grants, Railway Schemes,...
I used Arc property Solicitors several years past for my conveyancing in Sittingbourne. Now, I need the documents however the law firm is no longer operating. What do I do?
Do contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracking down 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 Sittingbourne of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously used, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
About to purchase a new build apartment in Sittingbourne. Conveyancing is necessary evil at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build legal work.
Here are examples of a few leasehold new build questions that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Sittingbourne
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Please confirm the Lease plans are architect prepared. Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company? The Vendor must covenant to keep unsold units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore. Forfeiture - bankruptcy or liquidation must not apply under this provision.
My husband and I are new to the buying process - agreed a price, but the agent told us that the owners will only proceed if we appoint the agent's preferred lawyers as they need a ‘quick sale’. My instinct tells me that we should use a high street conveyancer used to conveyancing in Sittingbourne
We suspect that the seller is unaware of this ultimatum. If they desire ‘a quick sale', taking such a hostile approach to a genuine purchaser is counter productive. Bypass the agents and go straight to the sellers and make sure they comprehend that (a)you are keen to buy (b)you are excited to move forward, with finances in place © you are unencumbered (d) you wish to move quickly (e)however you are going to appoint your preferred Sittingbourne conveyancing firm - not the ones that will give their negotiator at the agency a kickback or hit his conveyancing thresholds set by senior management.
Back In 2002, I bought a leasehold house in Sittingbourne. Conveyancing and Aldermore mortgage went though with no issue. A letter has just been received from someone saying they have taken over the freehold. Attached was a demand for arrears of ground rent dating back to 1993. The conveyancing solicitor in Sittingbourne who acted for me is not around. What should I do?
The first thing you should do is make enquiries of HMLR to make sure that the individual purporting to own the freehold is indeed the new freeholder. You do not need to incur the fees of a Sittingbourne conveyancing practitioner to do this as you can do this on the Land Registry website for £3. Rest assured that in any event, even if this is the legitimate landlord, under the Limitation Act 1980 no more than 6 years of rent can be collected.
I invested in buying a studio flat in Sittingbourne, conveyancing having been completed December 1998. Can you please calculate a probable premium for a statutory lease extension? Similar properties in Sittingbourne with a long lease are worth £165,000. The ground rent is £50 yearly. The lease expires on 21st October 2102
With 77 years remaining on your lease the likely cost is going to range between £7,600 and £8,800 plus costs.
The suggested premium range that we have given is a general guide to costs for renewing a lease, but we are not able to advice on a more accurate figure without more comprehensive investigations. Do not use this information in a Notice of Claim or as an informal offer. There are no doubt additional issues that need to be considered and you obviously want to be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Neither should you move forward placing reliance on this information before getting professional advice.