My brother-in-law has suggested I instruct a conveyancing solicitor in Southfields. I I would like to check if they are on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel. Can you or the lender confirm if they are on the panel?
You should e-mail the conveyancer and ask them if they can act for the bank. Otherwise you should get in touch with Leeds Building Society who may be able to help.
I am buying a new build flat in Southfields. Conveyancing is daunting 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.
Set out below are examples of a selection of leasehold new build enquiries that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Southfields
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Where service of notices and proceedings can be at the property demised please confirm that this can be amended to include simultaneous services at the Lessees’ solicitors’ offices where the Lessee from time to time is not resident in the UK - such solicitors may be varied by notice in writing to the Landlord from time to time but otherwise will be as previously specified. Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company? Please supply a car parking plan. Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. The Vendor must covenant to keep unoccupied units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore.
Due to the advice of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a house in Southfields prior to instructing lawyers. I have been informed that there is a flying freehold element to the property. The surveyor advised that some mortgage companies may not grant a loan on such a home.
It varies from the lender to lender. Lloyds has different requirements for example to Birmingham Midshires. If you contact us we can investigate further with the relevant mortgage company. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Southfields. Conveyancing will be smoother if you use a solicitor in Southfields especially if they are accustomed to such properties in Southfields.
As co-executor for the estate of my father I am selling a property in Monmouth but live in Southfields. My lawyer (who is 235 kilometers from mehas requested that I sign a stat dec ahead of the transaction finalising. Could you suggest a conveyancing practitioner in Southfields who can attest and place their company stamp on the document?
strictly speaking you are unlikely to be required to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally any notary public or solicitor will suffice regardless of whether they are Southfields based
Completion is due on the disposal of our £200,000 apartment in Southfields next week. The freeholder has quoted £336 for Certificate of Compliance, insurance certificate and 3 years statements of service charge. Is it legal for a freeholder to charge an administration fee for a leasehold conveyance in Southfields?
Southfields conveyancing on leasehold maisonettes normally necessitates administration charges raised by freeholders :
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Completing pre-exchange enquiries
Where consent is required before sale in Southfields
Copies of the building insurance and schedule
Deeds of covenant upon sale
Registering of the assignment of the change of lessee after a sale
Following months of negotiations we cannot agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Southfields. Can we issue an application to the Residential Property Tribunal Service?
Most certainly. We can put you in touch with a Southfields conveyancing firm who can help.
An example of a Lease Extension matter before the tribunal for a Southfields residence is 83 Balvernie Grove in February 2012. The Tribunal assessed the price to be paid by the leaseholder to the freeholder for the lease extension pursuant to section 48 of the Leasehold Reform Housing & Urban Development Act 1993 should be£16,603.00 This case related to 1 flat. The unexpired residue of the current lease was 69.32 years.
Fiveweeks into a sale of a flat in Southfields. Conveyancing is fine but we are being charged a fortune by the freeholder. To date we have forked out £268 for a leasehold management pack and then a further £200 plus VAT for answers to questions raised by the purchaser's property lawyer.
Your property lawyer will unlikely have any impact over the extent of the bill for this information however the typical costs for the information for Southfields leasehold property is £350. When it comes to Southfields conveyancing transactions it is conventional for the vendor to pay for these costs. The landlord or their agents are not duty bound to address such questions although many will be willing to do so - albeit often at exorbitant prices out of proportion to the work involved. Unfortunately there is no statute that requires set fees for administrative tasks. Neither is there any set time frame by which they are obliged to provide answers.