The solicitor who assisted with my former purchase has sent a quote for £1350 for leasehold conveyancing in Twickenham Park. I am looking to sell a purpose built house for £175,000. This appears too much. Is it in excess of the norm for conveyancing in Twickenham Park?
The estimate does seem marginally steep. If you shop around you could get the conveyancing a bit cheaper by as much as £100 plus VAT. That being said, you maylive to rue opting for an an unknown conveyancer. Don't forget to check that the solicitor can also act for your bank. Do use our search tool to find a Twickenham Park conveyancing firm on the lender’s approved list of lawyers which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Twickenham Park.
Are the Twickenham Park conveyancing solicitors identified as being on the Bank of Ireland conveyancing panel, together with their details provided by Bank of Ireland?
Twickenham Park conveyancing firms themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the Bank of Ireland conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from Bank of Ireland directly.
A colleague recommended that if I am purchasing in Twickenham Park I should ask my conveyancer to perform a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?
This is a search is sometimes quoted for as part of the standard Twickenham Park conveyancing searches. It is a large document of more than thirty pages, listing and setting out significant information about Twickenham Park around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Twickenham Park Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime statistics, Local Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data concerning Twickenham Park.
How does conveyancing in Twickenham Park differ for new build properties?
Most buyers of new build or newly converted property in Twickenham Park come to us having been asked by the builder to exchange contracts and commit to the purchase even before the house is built. This is because new home sellers in Twickenham Park usually purchase the land, 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 conveyancing solicitors 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 Twickenham Park or who has acted in the same development.
I was pointed in your direction by a few property agents in Twickenham Park to get a quote from a property lawyer on your site. What’s the financial upside for Estate Agents to market your services ahead of a competitor’s?
We don’t make any financial incentive for pointing buyers and sellers our way. We thought it would be too underhand to pay a commission as a client could think, ‘How come the agent getting a kickback? Why aren’t I getting any benefit too?’ We would prefer to grow our business on genuine recommendations.
Having had my offer accepted I require leasehold conveyancing in Twickenham Park. Before I set the wheels in motion I require certainty as to the unexpired term of the lease.
If the lease is recorded at the land registry - and almost all are in Twickenham Park - then the leasehold title will always include the basic details of the lease, namely the date; the term; and the original parties. From a conveyancing perspective such details then enable any prospective buyer and lender to confirm that any lease they are looking at is the one relevant to that title. For any other purpose, such as confirming how long the term was granted for and calculating what is left, then the register should be sufficient on it's own.
Having spent years of correspondence we cannot agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Twickenham Park. Does the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal have jurisdiction to calculate the appropriate figures?
Most certainly. We can put you in touch with a Twickenham Park conveyancing firm who can help.
An example of a Lease Extension case for a Twickenham Park flat is Flat 1 30 Ennismore Avenue in September 2010. the Tribunal adopted and arrived at a premium for the lease extension of £29, 900 This case was in relation to 1 flat. The number of years remaining on the existing lease(s) was 68.34 years.