My financial adviser has asked me for my Westbourne lawyer’ panel reference for the Nat West conveyancing panel. How do I obtain this. I have e-mailed my local Westbourne office but they cant find it on their system.
The sensible thing to do is ask for this information from your Westbourne conveyancing practitioner . They should have a central record lender panel numbers.
I used Action Conveyancing several years past for my conveyancing in Westbourne. Now, I need the documents however cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?
You should call 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 Westbourne 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.
Over the last few months I have been searching for a flat up to £305k and found one round the corner in Westbourne I like with amenity areas and station nearby, the downside is that it only has 61 years unexpired on the lease. There is not much else in Westbourne in this price bracket, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error buying a short lease?
Should you require a home loan that many years will likely be an issue. Reduce the offer by the expected lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the existing proprietor has owned the premises for a minimum of 2 years you can request that they commence the lease extension formalities and pass it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the current lease and have £0 ground rent by law. You should speak to your conveyancing solicitor regarding this.
How can the Landlord & Tenant Act 1954 affect my commercial premises in Westbourne and how can your lawyers assist?
The particular law that you refer to affords a safeguard to commercial tenants, giving them the right to apply to court for a new lease and remain in occupation at the end of an expired lease. There are limited grounds where a landlord can refuse a lease renewal and the rules are complicated. Fees are different for commercial conveyancing. Westbourne is one of the numerous areas of the UK in which our lawyers have offices
We're FTB’s - agreed a price, yet the property agent advised that the seller will only move forward if we instruct their preferred solicitors as they are insisting on a ‘quick sale’. My instinct tells me that we should use a family conveyancer with experience of conveyancing in Westbourne
We suspect that the owner is not behind this requirement. Should the seller require ‘a quick sale', turning down a motivated purchaser is going to damage their objectives. Speak to the vendors direct and explain that (a)you are motivated buyers (b)you are excited to move forward, with finances arranged © you do not need to sell (d) you intend to proceed fast (e)however you intend to appoint your preferred Westbourne conveyancing firm - not the ones that will earn the negotiator at the agency a commission or achieve conveyancing thresholds set by senior management.
Having had my offer accepted I require leasehold conveyancing in Westbourne. Before I get started I want to be sure as to the number of years remaining on the lease.
If the lease is recorded at the land registry - and 99.9% are in Westbourne - then the leasehold title will always include the short particulars 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.
I bought a split level flat in Westbourne, conveyancing having been completed half a dozen years ago. Can you give me give me an indication of the likely cost of a lease extension? Similar properties in Westbourne with over 90 years remaining are worth £186,000. The ground rent is £55 invoiced annually. The lease terminates on 21st October 2078
You have 53 years unexpired the likely cost is going to span between £27,600 and £31,800 plus legals.
The figure above a general guide to costs for extending a lease, but we cannot give you the actual costs without more comprehensive investigations. You should not use this information in tribunal or court proceedings. There may be additional issues that need to be considered and clearly you want to be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Neither should you take any other action based on this information before getting professional advice.