Can the conveyancing solicitors that you recommend execute auction conveyancing in West Dulwich?
We know of a number of niche solicitors we can put you in touch with those specialising in auction conveyancing. West Dulwich is just one of our areas of where our lawyers have a presence.
Can your site be used to recommend a Conveyancing solicitor in West Dulwich even if I’m not buying or disposing of a house, for instance if I want to acquire a shop in West Dulwich with a loan from Norwich and Peterborough Building Society?
The service is primarily used to help choose residential conveyancing solicitors in West Dulwich but we have recorded towards the end of this page some West Dulwich commercial conveyancing firms. You will need to enquire with the solicitors directly to check if they are also authorised to represent Norwich and Peterborough Building Society
I am purchasing a victorian detached house in West Dulwich. The intention is to an extension at the rear at the house.Will the conveyancing process involve investigations to determine if these works are prohibited?
Your conveyancer should check the registered title as conveyancing in West Dulwich will occasionally identify restrictions in the title deeds which restrict certain changes or necessitated the permission of a 3rd party. Some additions call for local authority planning consent and approval in accordance building regulations. Some locations are designated conservation areas and special planning restrictions apply which often prevent or affect extensions. You should check these things with a surveyor before you commit yourself to a purchase.
We previously selected conveyancers with offices in West Dulwich on the Clydesdale solicitor panel. They are now charging me a further amount for handling the Clydesdale mortgage. Is this a supplemental conveyancing fee specified by Clydesdale?
As unfair as it may seem, as long as it’s in their Terms and Conditions or Quote then yes your conveyancer may levy a fee for this. The charge is not dictated by Clydesdale but by your West Dulwich solicitor. Numerous firms on the Clydesdale panel will levy an ‘acting for lender’ fee and others do not.
I recently had an offer accepted on a house in West Dulwich. My mortgage broker pressured me to appoint their property lawyer. I paid an upfront payment of £150. A few days later, the conveyancer contacted me sheepishly admitting that they were not on the UBS 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 UBS 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.
My friend recommended that where I am buying in West Dulwich I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?
This is a search is occasionally included in the estimate for your West Dulwich conveyancing searches. It is not a small document of about 40 pages, listing and setting out significant information about West Dulwich around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the local Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime details, Local Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data concerning West Dulwich.
All being well we will complete the sale of our £250,000 garden flat in West Dulwich in just under a week. The freeholder has quoted £312 for Landlord’s certificate, insurance certificate and previous years statements of service charge. Is the landlord entitled to charge an administration fee for a leasehold conveyance in West Dulwich?
West Dulwich conveyancing on leasehold flats usually requires the purchaser’s conveyancer submitting questions for the landlord to address. Although the landlord is under no legal obligation to address these enquiries most will be content to do so. They may charge a reasonable administration fee for answering enquiries or supplying documentation. There is no upper cap for such fees. The average costs for the information that you are referring to is £350, in some situations it exceeds £800. The administration charge demanded by the landlord must be accompanied by a summary of entitlements and obligations in respect of administration fees, without which the charge is not strictly payable. In reality one has little choice but to pay whatever is requested of you should you wish to sell the property.
I am the proprietor of a ground floor flat in West Dulwich. In the absence of agreement between myself and the freeholder, can the Leasehold valuation Tribunal make a decision on the amount payable for a lease extension?
Absolutely. We can put you in touch with a West Dulwich conveyancing firm who can help.
An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement decision for a West Dulwich premises is 8 Deerbrook Road in May 2010. the Tribunal held that the enfranchisement price, in accordance with section 32 and Schedule 6 of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 was £22,820, payable by the Applicants. By an order of the Lambeth County Court dated 17 June 2009 the case had been transferred to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal for its determination of the premium payable This case related to 3 flats.
I have just started marketing my basement apartment in West Dulwich.Conveyancing solicitors are to be appointed soon however I have recently received a quarterly service charge demand – Do I pay up?
The sensible thing to do is pay the service charge as usual given that all ground rent and service invoices should be apportionedon completion, so you will be reimbursed by the purchaser for the period running from after the completion date to the subsequent invoice 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