I am buying a property mortgage free in Southborough. I have been living for the previous twelve years in Southborough. Conveyancing searches are expensive. As I have knowledge of the road and vicinity very well should I not bother getting the solicitor to do all the conveyancing searches?
Provided that you do not need a home loan, then the vast majority of the Southborough conveyancing searches are optional. Your solicitor will 'advise', no-doubt strongly, that you should have searches completed, but she is duty bound to take that path of advice. Do bear in mind; if you are intend to sell the house one day, it could be of relevance to your future purchaser what the searches disclose. There are plenty of instances where houses with functional issues can still throw up unfavourable search results. A competent conveyancing solicitor in Southborough should be able to give you some practical advice in this regard.
My relative recommended that if I am purchasing in Southborough I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?
A search of this type is sometimes quoted for as part of the standard Southborough conveyancing searches. It is a large document of about 40 pages, listing and detailing important information about Southborough around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Southborough Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime statistics, Southborough Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information about Southborough.
I used Wolstenholmes a few years past for my conveyancing in Southborough. Now, I need the files but the law firm has closed. What do I do?
You should contact 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 Southborough 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.
Just had an offer accepted on a new build apartment in Southborough. 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 conveyancing.
Here are examples of a few leasehold new build enquiries that you should expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Southborough
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The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme. Please supply evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry. Please supply a car parking plan. Forfeiture - bankruptcy or liquidation must not apply under this provision.
I have recently realised that I have 72 years remaining on my flat in Southborough. I now wish to extend my lease but my landlord is absent. What are my options?
If 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 lengthened by the magistrate. You will be obliged to prove that you or your lawyers have done all that could be expected to track down the landlord. For most situations an enquiry agent may be useful to try and locate and prepare an expert document to be used as proof that the landlord can not be located. It is advisable to get professional help from a property lawyer both on devolving into the landlord’s disappearance and the application to the County Court overseeing Southborough.
I have given up seeking a lease extension in Southborough. Can the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal adjudicate on premiums?
in cases where there is a absentee landlord or where there is disagreement about the premium for a lease extension, under the relevant legislation you can apply to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal to make a decision on the price.
An example of a Lease Extension matter before the tribunal for a Southborough flat is 1 Southlands Court Southlands Road in September 2013. The Leasehold Valuation Tribunal determined that the premium to be paid by the tenant on the grant of a new lease, in accordance with section 56 and Schedule 13 of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 was £30,541 This case related to 1 flat. The unexpired lease term was 50.57 years.
My parents cant seem to find their Southborough land registry title on the site. They recall that 48 years ago when they purchased the property there were complications regarding the address not being recognised in some systems.
Nearly all properties in Southborough should be revealed. Have you limited your search with just the postcode. Normally it should mention all the premises inside the postcode. Where recorded it will show up with a title number. Where they bought back in the 70’s it's conceivable it may be unregistered. The address might still be revealed but with the title number identified as 'na'. In this scenario you will need to track down the original title documentation which might be with your parent’s bank.