We previously appointed conveyancers with offices in Wickersley on the Nationwide solicitor approved list. They are now charging me a supplemental amount for dealing with the Nationwide mortgage. Is this a supplemental conveyancing fee specified by Nationwide?
As unfair as it may seem, as long as it’s in their Terms of Engagement or estimate then yes your lawyer can levy a fee for this. The fee is not set by Nationwide but by your Wickersley property lawyer. Numerous firms on the Nationwide panel will quote an ‘acting for lender’ fee but many firms include it on their overall fee.
I have today made my last payment due on my mortgage with Coventry BS. I assume I don't need a Wickersley conveyancing practitioner on the Coventry BS panel to remove the mortgage at the Land Registry. Please confirm.
If you have finished paying off your Coventry BS mortgage, they may send you evidence showing that you have paid it off. Alternatively they may notify the Land Registry directly. The Land Registry need to see this evidence before they will remove the Coventry BS mortgage from the register. Coventry BS, and any evidence they send you, will determine the action you need to take. In cases where no conveyancer is acting for you and you have paid off your mortgage:
- but are not moving to another property
- where Coventry BS has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
- Coventry BS has instructed the Land Registry to do so
I am due to exchange contracts on my flat. I had a double glazing fitted in May 2006, but did not receive a FENSA certificate or Building Regulation Certificate. My buyer's lender, Aldermore are being pedantic. The Wickersley solicitor who is on the Aldermore conveyancing panel is saying indemnity insurance will be fine but Aldermore are requiring a building regulation certificate. Why do Aldermore have a conveyancing panel if they don't accept advice from them?
It is probably the case that Aldermore have referred the matter to their valuer. The reason why Aldermore may not want to accept indemnity insurance is because it does not give them any reassurance that the double glazing was correctly and safely installed. The indemnity insurance merely protects against enforcement action which is very unlikely anyway.
My relative advised me that where I am buying in Wickersley I should ask my conveyancer to execute a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?
A search of this type is occasionally included in the estimate for your Wickersley conveyancing searches. It is not a small report of more than thirty pages, listing and setting out important information about Wickersley around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the local Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime statistics, Wickersley Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information regarding Wickersley.
About to purchase a new build apartment in Wickersley. Conveyancing is a frightening process at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build legal work.
Here are examples of a few leasehold new build questions that you should expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Wickersley
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Forfeiture - bankruptcy or liquidation must not apply under this provision. There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants. Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose? Please confirm the Lease plans are surveyor prepared. Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company?
I have been on the look out for a leasehold apartment up to £235,500 and identified one close by in Wickersley I like with amenity areas and transport links in the vicinity, the downside is that it's only got 49 years on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Wickersley for this price, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error buying a short lease?
If you need a mortgage the shortness of the lease will be an issue. Discount the price by the anticipated lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the current proprietor has owned the property for a minimum of 2 years you can request that they start the process of the extension and then assign it to you. You can add 90 years to the existing lease and have £0 ground rent by law. You should speak to your conveyancing lawyer regarding this.
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Is it best to use a Wickersley conveyancing lawyer who is local to the property I am purchasing? We have a good friend who can execute the legal formalities but his firm is located 300miles away.
The primary upside of using a local Wickersley conveyancing firm is that you can visit the firm to sign documents, hand in your ID and apply pressure on them where appropriate. Having local Wickersley know how is a bonus. That being said nothing is more important than finding someone that will pull out all the stops for you. If you know people who used your friend and on the whole were content that must surpass using an unknown Wickersley conveyancing lawyer just because they are Wickersley based.