We are planning to move house in October. Does my conveyancing solicitor call the removal company on the completion day. Incidentally, can you put forward a removal company in West Dulwich. Conveyancing firm was found prior to coming across your page.
On the day of completion you will need to collect the keys from your property agent however this should only happen once the vendors lawyers confirm to the agent that the monies to complete are in and the keys can be passed over. After that you can tell the removal men that you are ready to move in. As a matter of policy we do not suggest a particular removal organisation but can help you choose a conveyancing in West Dulwich or a lawyer with expertise in conveyancing in West Dulwich.
I had a mortgage agreed in principle with HSBC. West Dulwich conveyancing solicitors were selected. How long does it take for HSBC to forward the offer to the lawyer?
There is no definitive answer here. Have HSBC conducted the survey? Have you informed HSBC as to your lawyers' details and checked that your lawyers are on the HSBC conveyancing panel? It is not unusual for a mortgage offer to take a month to come through.
I recently had an offer agreed on a house in West Dulwich. My mortgage broker suggested a property lawyer. I paid an advanced payment of £175. A couple of days later, the conveyancing practitioner called me embarrassingly acknowledging that they were not on the Co-operative 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 Co-operative 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.
Is it necessary to take out insurance to cover chancel repairs when buying a house in West Dulwich?
Unless a previous acquisition of the property took place post 12 October 2013 you may take it that conveyancing practitioners conducting conveyancing in West Dulwich to continue to suggest a chancel search and or chancel repair liability policy.
I am buying a new build flat in West Dulwich. 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 few leasehold new build enquiries that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in West Dulwich
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Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose? 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. Forfeiture - bankruptcy or liquidation must not apply under this provision. Please confirm the Lease plans are architect prepared.
My business partner and I are intending to take an assignment of a lease of a shop on the high street. Can you recommend solicitors offering no-sale-no charges for commercial conveyancing in West Dulwich for below £1,200?
We are happy to recommend firms who have an in-depth of experience of commercial conveyancing in West Dulwich, including the sale and acquisition of businesses as well as simply property. If you are intending to acquire or lease a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail premises or a complete business we can find you the right lawyer. As for the fees this will depend on the structure and terms of the proposed transaction. Let us have your details or phone so as to enable us to provide you with comprehensive commercial conveyancing quote.
Completion is due on the sale of our £225,000 maisonette in West Dulwich in just under a week. The landlords agents has quoted £420 for Certificate of Compliance, building insurance schedule and previous years statements of service charge. Is it legal for a freeholder to charge exorbitant fees for a flat conveyance in West Dulwich?
West Dulwich conveyancing on leasehold flats typically involves fees being invoiced by managing agents :
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Addressing pre-exchange enquiries
Where consent is required before sale in West Dulwich
Copies of the building insurance and schedule
Deeds of covenant upon sale
Registering of the assignment of the change of lessee after a sale
Notwithstanding our best efforts, we have been unsuccessful in trying to purchase the freehold in West Dulwich. Can this matter be resolved via the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal?
if there is a absentee landlord or if there is disagreement about what the lease extension should cost, under the relevant legislation it is possible to make an application to the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) to judgment on the price payable.
An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement decision for a West Dulwich residence 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 was in relation to 3 flats.
What can I do to establish who is the owner of a property in West Dulwich?
Assuming that the premises is registered with HM Land Registry, and you have the details of the address of the premises, you will be able to view results from the HMLR of the recorded owner for a fee.