Having sold my house in Totland last November but our buyer keeps whats apping daily complaining that their lawyer needs to hear from myconveyancer. What should have happened now that I have sold?
After completion of your sale your conveyancer is committed to send the transfer deeds and all supplemental paperwork to the purchaser's lawyers. Depending on the transaction, your solicitor must also evidence that the mortgage has been redeemed to the purchasers conveyancers. There are no post completion procedures peculiar conveyancing in Totland.
I am purchasing a new build flat in Totland. Can I do my own conveyancing?
Leaving aside the complexities and merits of DIY conveyancing in Totland you will have to appoint a solicitor on your lender's conveyancing panel to look after their interests. Most people therefore find it easier to let the solicitor act for them and the lender. Furthermore there is minimal cost savings to be made in you doing conveyancing for yourself and another lawyer conducting the conveyancing for the lender. Please feel free to use the search tool to find a lawyer on your lender panel in Totland.
A colleague advised me that where I am purchasing in Totland I should ask my conveyancer to execute a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?
This is a search is occasionally quoted for as part of the standard Totland conveyancing searches. It is not a small report of about 40 pages, listing and detailing significant information about Totland around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Totland Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime details, Totland Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information about Totland.
I used Action Conveyancing several years past for my conveyancing in Totland. I now require my file but the law firm is no longer operating. What do I do?
Do contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracking down 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 Totland of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously used, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
My husband and I are 17 days into a leasehold purchase having been recommend to a firm by the estate agent to carry out the conveyancing in Totland. I am am extremely frustrated with the quality of service. Could you you assist me in finding new conveyancers?
They would have to be very bad to suggest changing them. Has your loan offer been issued? In the event that it has you will need to make them aware of the new contact details and have the mortgage documents are re-issued. Your solicitor ideally needs to be on the mortgage company approved list to avoid added expenses and complications. That should be your first question of the new solicitors. Our search tool can help you find a lender approved solicitor for your conveyancing in Totland
Back In 2001, I bought a leasehold house in Totland. Conveyancing and Birmingham Midshires mortgage went though with no issue. I have received a letter from someone saying they have taken over the reversionary interest in the property. Attached was a demand for arrears of ground rent dating back to 1992. The conveyancing solicitor in Totland who previously acted has long since retired. Do I pay?
The first thing you should do is make enquiries of the Land Registry to be sure that this person is in fact the new freeholder. You do not need to instruct a Totland conveyancing firm to do this as you can do this on the Land Registry website for £3. Rest assured that in any event, even if this is the legitimate freeholder, under the Limitation Act 1980 no more than 6 years of rent can be collected.
I purchased a studio flat in Totland, conveyancing formalities finalised March 1995. Can you please calculate a probable premium for a statutory lease extension? Similar flats in Totland with an extended lease are worth £201,000. The ground rent is £45 invoiced every year. The lease expires on 21st October 2090
You have 65 years remaining on your lease the likely cost is going to range between £13,300 and £15,400 plus professional fees.
The figure that we have given is a general guide to costs for extending a lease, but we are not able to supply the actual costs in the absence of detailed due diligence. You should not use this information in a Notice of Claim or as an informal offer. There are no doubt other issues that need to be taken into account and clearly you should be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Please do not move forward placing reliance on this information without first seeking the advice of a professional.