Unfortunately I am unable to travel far from St Paul's Cray. Is there a reason why all St Paul's Cray conveyancers aren't included on all mortgage company panels?
As inequitable as it may seem for mortgage companies to restrict who can represent them, from the public’s or lawyer’s viewpoint, the flip side is that lending institutions are becoming ever more anxious and feel it imperative to protect them against illegal activities. As a consequence of this concern banks are limiting their panel of approved conveyancing lawyers to a size that they are happy to control.
I used Arc property Solicitors a few years past for my conveyancing in St Paul's Cray. I now require my papers however the law firm is no longer operating. What do I do?
Do call 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 St Paul's Cray of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously hired, 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 flat in St Paul's Cray. 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 legal work.
Set out below is a sample of a few leasehold new build questions that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in St Paul's Cray
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If there are lifts in the building, please confirm that the owners of flats on the ground and basement floors will not be required to contribute towards the cost of maintenance and renewal. Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company? Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme.
How difficult is it to transfer to a new solicitor as I have to find one who is on the Alliance & Leicester conveyancing list. I had appointed a family conveyancing solicitor in St Paul's Cray round the corner but he is not accepted by Alliance & Leicester
It would be our pleasure to assist you select a conveyancing solicitor in St Paul's Cray on the Alliance & Leicester panel. Please note that the law firms that we work with do not pay us a referral fee if you instruct them and are regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority who regulate all conveyancing solicitors in St Paul's Cray. Using search facility on this website, you can compare and instruct different solicitors and conveyancers both nationally and in St Paul's Cray.
I need to appoint a conveyancing solicitor for some conveyancing in St Paul's Cray. I have land on a web site which appears to be the perfect answer If there is a chance to get all the legals done via web that would be preferable. Should I be wary? What should out be looking out for?
As usual with these online conveyancers you need to read ALL the small print - did you notice the extra charge for dealing with the mortgage?
There are only 62 years left on my flat in St Paul's Cray. I now wish to get lease extension but my freeholder is absent. What options are available to me?
If you meet the appropriate requirements, 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 enable the lease to be extended by the magistrate. You will be obliged to demonstrate that you or your lawyers have done all that could be expected to track down the freeholder. In some cases an enquiry agent may be helpful to carry out a search and to produce an expert document to be accepted by the court as proof that the freeholder can not be located. It is wise to seek advice from a property lawyer both on proving the landlord’s absence and the application to the County Court covering St Paul's Cray.
After months of negotiations we cannot agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in St Paul's Cray. Does the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal have jurisdiction to calculate the appropriate figures?
in cases where there is a absentee landlord or if there is disagreement about the premium for a lease extension, under the relevant legislation it is possible to make an application to the LVT to arrive at the sum to be paid.
An example of a Lease Extension decision for a St Paul's Cray 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 affected 1 flat. The remaining number of years on the lease was 50.57 years.