How do I find the right solicitor to supply a 1st class service for our conveyancing in West Croydon?
Option 1 is to ask your friends and family who they would recommend.
Second, use a comparison service on the web for conveyancing in West Croydon. Pick up the phone to two or three listed and invite them to send you their conveyancing fee calculations and have a conversation with the lawyer who will oversee the conveyancing prior tocommitting.
Option 3 is to make use of our search tool to assist you in finding the right lawyers taking into account your own requirements including location,speed, complications and who the proposed mortgage company is. Do not be teased by ninety nine pound conveyancing in West Croydon
We are selling our property in West Croydon and the buyers lawyers are claiming that there is a possibility that the property was built land that was not decontaminated. A high street West Croydon lawyer would know that there is no such problem. For the life of me I don't know why the purchasers are using a national conveyancing practice as opposed to a conveyancing solicitor in West Croydon. We have lived in West Croydon for 4 years we know that this is a non issue. Do we get in touch with our local Authority to seek confirmation that there is no issue.
It sounds as though you may have a conveyancing firm already. Are they able to advise? You should check with your lawyer before you do anything. It is very possible that once the local authority has been informed of a potential issue it cannot be insured against (a bit like being diagnosed with a serious illness and then taking out health insurance to cover that same ailment)
I have todaybecome aware that Wolstenholmes have been shut down. They conducted my conveyancing in West Croydon for a purchase of a leasehold apartment 18 months ago. How can I check that the property is not still registered in the name of the previous owner?
The easiest way to see if the premises is registered to you, you can carry out a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of West Croydon conveyancing specialists.
The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build flat in West Croydon. Conveyancing is necessary evil 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 conveyancing.
Here are examples of a few leasehold new build enquiries that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in West Croydon
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Please confirm the Lease plans are architect prepared. 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. The Lease must contain a provision on behalf of the Vendor to pay the service charges in respect of unoccupied units in order to ensure that all services can be provided. Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company?
How do I use your search tool to select a conveyancing lawyer in West Croydon on the approved list for my bank?
First choose a bank such as Lloyds TSB Bank, Coventry Building Society or Clydesdale then choose your preferred area for instance West Croydon. Conveyancing practices in West Croydon and across England and Wales should be shown.
Do you have any top tips for leasehold conveyancing in West Croydon from the perspective of speeding up the sale process?
- Much of the delay in leasehold conveyancing in West Croydon can be bypassed if you appoint lawyers as soon as your agents start marketing the property and ask them to collate the leasehold information which will be required by the purchasers’ solicitors. Some West Croydon leases require Landlord’s consent to the sale and approval of the buyers. If this is the case, you should notify your estate agents to make sure that the purchasers obtain financial (bank) and professional references. Any bank reference should make it clear that the buyer is able to meet the yearly service charge and the actual amount of the service charge should be quoted in the bank’s letter. You will therefore need to provide your estate agents with the service charge figures so that they can pass this information on to the purchasers or their solicitors. If you have carried out any alterations to the premises would they have required Landlord’s approval? In particular have you installed wooden flooring? West Croydon leases often stipulate that internal structural changes or addition of wooden flooring calls for a licence issued by the Landlord approving such works. Should you dont have the paperwork to hand you should not contact the landlord without contacting your lawyer first. If you have the benefit of shareholding in the Management Company, you should ensure that you are holding the original share certificate. Obtaining a re-issued share certificate can be a lengthy process and delays many a West Croydon home move. Where a duplicate share certificate is required, do contact the company director and secretary or managing agents (where applicable) for this as soon as possible. If there is a history of conflict with your landlord or managing agents it is essential that these are resolved prior to the flat being marketed. The purchasers and their solicitors will be warry about purchasing a property where there is a current dispute. You may need to swallow your pride and discharge any arrears of service charge or settle the dispute prior to the buyers completing the purchase. It is therefore preferable to have any dispute settled prior to the contract papers being issued to the buyers’ solicitors. You are still duty bound to disclose particulars of the dispute to the purchasers, but it is better to reveal the dispute as historic rather than unresolved.
Following months of dialogue we cannot agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in West Croydon. Can we issue an application to the Residential Property Tribunal Service?
Where there is a missing freeholder or if there is dispute about the premium for a lease extension, under the relevant statutes you can apply to the LVT to decide the amount due.
An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement case for a West Croydon property is 29 Woodstock Road in April 2014. the Tribunal determined that the premiums to be paid into court in respect of the purchase of the freehold registered at HMLR under Title N0.SY3997 should be £7,217. This case related to 4 flats. The unexpired residue of the current lease was 98 years.