Completed the sale of my flat in Streatham last November yet the purchaser is calling every few hours complaining that her conveyancer is waiting to hear from mylawyer. What are the post completion sale formalities following completion?
Following your house sale your solicitor is duty bound to deliver the transfer documentation and all of the paperwork to the purchaser's lawyers. Depending on the transaction, your solicitor must also confirm that the mortgage has been redeemed to the purchasers solicitors. There is unlikely to be post completion tasks just for conveyancing in Streatham.
Is there a search tool that I can utilise to find out if the solicitor handling my conveyancing in Streatham is on the bank’sconveyancing panel? I am looking to avoid the situation of having one lawyer for me and one for Nottingham Building Society thus spending £175.00 in supplemental legal invoice.
You should make the most of the find a lender approved solicitor tool on this site. Please choose the lender and type ‘Streatham’ or your location and you will see a number of lawyer located in Streatham or nearest you.
My wife and I buying a 3 bedroom semi in Streatham. The intention is to carry out a loft conversion at the house.Will legal due diligence on the property involve investigations to ascertain if these alterations are allowed?
Your conveyancer should review the deeds as conveyancing in Streatham can occasionally reveal restrictions in the title documents which prevent categories of works or require the consent of a 3rd party. Some additions call for local authority planning permissions and approval in accordance building regulations. Some areas are designated conservation areas and special planning restrictions apply which frequently prevent or impact extensions. It would be sensible to check these things with a surveyor ahead of any purchase.
After weeks of negotiation I have agreed a price on a house in Streatham. My financial adviser recommended their conveyancers. I paid an on account payment of £175. A few days later, the property lawyer contacted me embarrassingly acknowledging that they were not on the Co-operative 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 Co-operative 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.
I was told two weeks ago that my mortgage has been agreed to by Co-operative. Is it usual for Co-operative to only issue the offer once my solicitor in Streatham is approved on their conveyancing panel? Co-operative have asked my solicitor to see a copy of their Professional Indemnity Insurance Schedule.
A lender would not issue an offer until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Co-operative to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Co-operative conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
I used Action Conveyancing a few years past for my conveyancing in Streatham. Now, I need my files however the law firm has closed. What do I do?
Do contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracing 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 Streatham 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.
How does conveyancing in Streatham differ for new build properties?
Most buyers of new build property in Streatham contact us having been asked by the housebuilder to sign contracts and commit to the purchase even before the residence is constructed. This is because developers in Streatham typically purchase the real estate, plan the estate and want to get the plots sold off as they are building the properties. Buyers, therefore, will have to exchange contracts without actually seeing the house they are buying. To reduce the chances of losing the property, buyers should instruct conveyancers as soon as the property is reserved and mortgage applications should be submitted quickly. Due to the fact that it could be several months and even years between exchange of contracts and completion, the mortgage offer may need to be extended. It would be wise to use a lawyer who specialises in new build conveyancing especially if they are accustomed to new build conveyancing in Streatham or who has acted in the same development.
How does the Landlord & Tenant Act 1954 affect my business premises in Streatham and how can your lawyers assist?
The particular law that you refer to gives protection to business tenants, giving them the dueness to make a request to court for a renewal lease and remain in occupation when the lease reaches an end. There are certain specified grounds that a landlord can refrain from granting a lease renewal and the rules are complicated. We are happy to direct you to commercial conveyancing firms who use the act to your advantage and help with commercial conveyancing in Streatham