Would the conveyancing lawyers listed on your site conduct auction conveyancing in Westminster?
There are a few auction solicitors we can put you in touch with those specialising in auction conveyancing. Westminster is one of our areas of where our lawyers have a presence.
My relative advised me that if I am purchasing in Westminster I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?
A search of this type is occasionally quoted for as part of the standard Westminster conveyancing searches. It is a large document of more than thirty pages, listing and detailing important information about Westminster around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Westminster Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime details, Westminster Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data regarding Westminster.
I used Action Conveyancing a few years past for my conveyancing in Westminster. I now require my file however the law firm has closed. 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 Westminster of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously hired, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
I am looking for a ground for flat up to £305k and identified one round the corner in Westminster I like with a park and station in the vicinity, however it's only got 51 years unexpired on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Westminster in this price bracket, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake acquiring a short lease?
Should you require a home loan that many years will likely be problematic. Discount the price by the expected lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the current owner has owned the property for a minimum of 2 years you can ask them to start the process of the extension and pass it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the current lease term and have £0 ground rent by law. You should consult your conveyancing lawyer concerning this matter.
Looking forward to complete next month on a studio apartment in Westminster. Conveyancing lawyers inform me that they report fully within the next couple of days. Are there areas in the report that I should be focusing on?
Your report on title for your leasehold conveyancing in Westminster should include some of the following:
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Whether the landlord has obligations to ensure rights of quiet enjoyment over your property and do you know what it means in practice? The unexpired lease term. You should receive guidance as what happens when the lease expires, and aware of the importance of the 80 year mark The landlord’s rights to access the flat. You should be made aware that your landlord has rights of access as well as be informed how much notice must be provided. You should know whether the lease permits you to add or improve aspects of the property- you should know whether any restrictions relates to all alterations or limited to structural alteration, and whether consent is mandated necessary specifics of the parties to the lease, e.g. these could be the tennant, head lessor, freeholder
We have reached the end of our tether in seeking a lease extension in Westminster. Can the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal adjudicate on premiums?
Where there is a absentee landlord or where there is dispute about what the lease extension should cost, under the relevant legislation you can apply to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal to arrive at the premium.
An example of a Lease Extension case for a Westminster flat is Flats 12A & 19, Evelyn Mansions Carlisle Place in June 2009. The Tribunal held that the price to be paid for the new lease of Flat 12A is £168,824, For the other flat the price was set at £169,110 This case related to 2 flats. The unexpired residue of the current lease was 56 years.
I have just had an offer accepted on a leasehold flat in Westminster and the estate agent that we are dealing with suggested his lawyer. They quoted nine hundred pounds including VAT and 3rd party costs. Does this sound like a good deal?
Don't just go on a single quote. You should obtain like-for-like quotes for your conveyancing in Westminster. Then select one that you are comfortable with and just as important, is on the approved panel of the bank that you are sourcing your mortgage from.