My partner’s brother is a conveyancing practitioner. I am hopeful that I'll be able to get friends and family fee for conveyancing, but if not, what level of figure should I be paying for conveyancing in Stretford?
Do compare pricing. Do use our search tool on this site. Whilst quotes seem to contrast greatly but the service one can expect are distinct between solicitors as is the case with most professions.
It is 10 years ago since I bought my property in Stretford. Conveyancing lawyers have just been retained on the sale but I can't track down my title deeds. Will this cause complications?
Don’t worry too much. First the deeds may be retained by your mortgage company or they may be in the possession of the lawyers who acted in your purchase. Secondly the likelihood is that the title will be recorded at the land registry and you will be able to establish that you are the registered owner by your conveyancing lawyers obtaining current official copies of the land registers. The vast majority of conveyancing in Stretford involves registered property but in the rare situation where your property is unregistered it is more of a problem but is resolvable.
I am buying a new build apartment in Stretford. Conveyancing is a frightening process at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build legal work.
Set out below are examples of a selection of leasehold new build enquiries that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Stretford
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Forfeiture - bankruptcy or liquidation must not apply under this provision. Please supply a car parking plan. Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier? 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. 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.
In my capacity as executor for the will of my father I am disposing of a property in Neath but live in Stretford. My solicitor (approximately 235 miles from mehas requested that I execute a statutory declaration prior to completion. Can you recommend a conveyancing practitioner in Stretford to attest and place their company stamp on the document?
strictly speaking you are unlikely to need to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily any notary public or qualified solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are Stretford based
I have just appointed agents to market my basement flat in Stretford. Conveyancing lawyers have not yet been instructed, however I have just received a quarterly maintenance charge invoice – what should I do?
It best that you clear the service charge as you normally would given that all rents and maintenance charges should 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 next payment date. Most managing agents 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.
Leasehold Conveyancing in Stretford - Sample of Queries before Purchasing
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Most Stretford leasehold flats will be liable to pay a service charge for maintenance of the building levied on behalf of the freeholder. Should you purchase the property you will have to meet this charge, usually in instalments accross the year. This can differ from several hundred pounds to thousands of pounds for bigger purpose-built buildings. There will also be a ground rent to be met annual, normally this is not a exorbitant figure, say around £50-£100 but you need to enquire as sometimes it can be many hundreds of pounds. Are any of leasehold owners in arrears of their service charge payments? The prefered form of lease structure is a share of the freehold. In this scenario the leaseholders have control and even though a managing agent is usually employed if it is bigger than a house conversion, the managing agent acts for the leaseholders themselves.
My partner is purchasing a studio flat in Stretford. He was given a quote by the conveyancing practitioner connected to the selling agents and it came to £1385 . It was 9 years ago since I sold and purchased a house and the fee was £500. Have charges really gone up that much?
What does the conveyancing estimate include? Is it just for the legal fees, or what you will be paying in total (for example Stretford searches, land registry fees, etc)