I am soon to complete buying a property in Sittingbourne but as a consequence of damage from a small fire at the property I have managed to agree recompense from the current proprietors of £3k taking the form of a deduction in the price. I had intended this to be dealt with as part of a side agreement but Nationwide will not permit this. Why were they approached?
Your lawyer that is on a Nationwide conveyancing panel is duty bound to advise Nationwide of any changes to the purchase price. If you were to refuse your property lawyer to report the reduction to Nationwide then they would have to discontinue acting for you. In addition, Nationwide and you would have to appoint a new conveyancer for your conveyancing in Sittingbourne.
Having sold my house in Sittingbourne last April yet the purchaser is whats apping me complaining that her solicitor needs to hear from myconveyancer. What are the post completion sale formalities following completion?
After completion of your house sale your solicitor should forward the transfer documentation and all supplemental paperwork to the buyer’s lawyers. Where appropriate, your conveyancer should also confirm that the home loan has been discharged to the purchasers solicitors. There is unlikely to be post completion formalities specific conveyancing in Sittingbourne.
Forgive me if this question is silly but I am new to the home buying as FTB of a ground floor flat in Sittingbourne. Do I pick up the keys to the property on the completion date from my solicitor? If this is the case, I will find a High Street conveyancing solicitor in Sittingbourne?
On the day of completion you will not be required to go to the conveyancers office in Sittingbourne. Conveyancing lawyers for you will transfer the completion advance to the vendor’s conveyancers, and once they have received this, you will be able to receive the keys from the Estate Agents and move into your new home. This tends to happen between 1 and 3pm.
We expect to receive a AIP from UBS this week so we know how much we could potentially offer as otherwise we only have online calculators to go by (which aren't taking into account credit checks etc). Do UBS recommend any Sittingbourne solicitors on the UBS conveyancing panel, or is it better to go independently?
You will need to appoint Sittingbourne solicitors independently although you'll need to choose one on the UBS conveyancing panel. The solicitor represents both you and UBS through the process.
I recently had an offer accepted on a house in Sittingbourne. My financial adviser recommended their conveyancers. I paid an on account payment of £150. A couple of days later, the property lawyer contacted me to say that they were not on the Lloyds conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?
You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the Lloyds panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.
Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly identified as part of conveyancing in Sittingbourne?
Covenants that are restrictive in nature can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the process of conveyancing in Sittingbourne. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’
Estate agents have just been given the go-ahead to market my garden apartment in Sittingbourne. Conveyancing is yet to be initiated, however I have just received a half-yearly maintenance charge demand – what should I do?
The sensible thing to do is pay the maintenance contribution as usual as all ground rent and service payments will be apportioned as part of the financial calculations for completion monies, so you should recover the relevant percentage by the purchaser for the period running from after the completion date to the subsequent invoice date. Most management companies will not acknowledge the buyer until the service charges have been paid and are up to date, so it is important for both buyer and seller for the seller to show that they are up to date. This will smooth the conveyancing process.
I own a garden flat in Sittingbourne, conveyancing having been completed June 2004. Can you shed any light on how much the price could be for a 90 year extension to my lease? Corresponding properties in Sittingbourne with an extended lease are worth £186,000. The average or mid-range amount of ground rent is £55 yearly. The lease runs out on 21st October 2077
You have 52 years unexpired we estimate the price of your lease extension to range between £29,500 and £34,000 plus professional fees.
The figure that we have given is a general guide to costs for renewing a lease, but we cannot give you a more accurate figure without more detailed due diligence. Do not use this information in a Notice of Claim or as an informal offer. There may be additional issues that need to be taken into account and clearly you want to be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. You should not take any other action placing reliance on this information before getting professional advice.
I bought a property in Sittingbourne last 21/12/2023 and to date it is still not registered with HM Land Registry. It is part of a development site and my lawyer told me that it can take one year to complete the registration formalities. I have spoken with HM Land Registry directly and they have informed me the initial application was cancelled due to questions not being addressed in time. Should I be concerned?
It is your conveyancing practitioner that you must turn to here in order to satisfy any questions which have arisen as part of the registration process for your Sittingbourne property. Normal Sittingbourne conveyancing practice includes an undertaking on the part of the seller's property lawyer that they will assist in resolving any question raised by HMLR so it may be a case of seeking to enforce that undertaking in some way.