Can I use your services to locate a Conveyancing solicitor in Woodcote Green even if I’m not purchasing or disposing of a house, for instance if I wish to buy an office in Woodcote Green with a loan from Bank of Scotland?
The service is predominantly there to help choose residential conveyancing solicitors in Woodcote Green but we have set out towards the end of this page some Woodcote Green commercial conveyancing firms. You will need to speak with the company directly to see if they are also authorised to represent Bank of Scotland
My wife and I are purchasing a apartment in Woodcote Green. It might be a silly question but how we can trust a solicitor? At some point we have to deposit funds into their account. What is the protection we have from them run away with our deposit?
Be assured that all money in a Solicitors client account is 100% safe, and even if your Solicitor ran off with it, the Law Society would reimburse you fully.
I recently had an offer accepted on a house in Woodcote Green. My mortgage broker suggested a lawyer. I paid an advanced payment of £175. Soon after, the property lawyer contacted me sheepishly admitting that they were not on the Nationwide 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 Nationwide 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.
I am selling my house. I had a double glazing fitted in April 2008, but did not receive a FENSA certificate or Building Regulation Certificate. My buyer's mortgage company, Co-operative are being a right pain. The Woodcote Green solicitor who is on the Co-operative conveyancing panel is recommending indemnity insurance as a solution but Co-operative are insisting on a building regulation certificate. Why do Co-operative have a conveyancing panel if they don't accept advice from them?
It is probably the case that Co-operative have referred the matter to their valuer. The reason why Co-operative 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.
The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build flat in Woodcote Green. Conveyancing is daunting 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 is a sample of a few leasehold new build questions that you should expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Woodcote Green
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The Vendor must covenant to keep unoccupied units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore. The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme. If there are lifts in the building, please confirm that the owners of flats on the ground and basement floors will not be required to contribute towards the cost of maintenance and renewal. Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose? There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants.
I am looking for a conveyancing practitioner in Woodcote Green for my remortgage. Can I check a solicitor's complaints history with the profession’s regulator?
One may search for published Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) decisions stemming from investigations from 2008 onwards. Visit Check a solicitor's record. For records about the period before 1 January 2008, or to check a solicitors record, call 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 any week day save for Tuesday when lines open at 9.30am. For non-uk callers, use +44 (0)121 329 6800. The regulator could monitor call for training requirements.
I have given up trying to purchase the freehold in Woodcote Green. Can the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal adjudicate on premiums?
Where there is a missing landlord or if there is disagreement about the premium for a lease extension, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 you can apply to the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) to decide the price payable.
An example of a Lease Extension matter before the tribunal for a Woodcote Green premises is Ground Floor Maisonette 17 Milton Road in January 2014. The Tribunal determined the premium payable by the Applicant to the should be £13,299 This case related to 1 flat. The unexpired term as at the valuation date was 71.73 years.
What are the frequently found problems that you come across in leases for Woodcote Green properties?
There is nothing unique about leasehold conveyancing in Woodcote Green. All leases are individual and drafting errors can result in certain clauses are erroneous. For example, if your lease is missing any of the following, it could be defective:
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A provision to repair to or maintain elements of the premises Insurance obligations
You may encounter a problem when selling your property if you have a defective lease as they can affect a potential buyer’s ability to obtain a mortgage. Lloyds TSB Bank, Skipton Building Society, and Clydesdale all have very detailed conveyancing instructions when it comes to what is expected in a lease. If a mortgage lender believes that the lease is problematic they may refuse to provide security, forcing the purchaser to pull out.
One month into a sale of a flat in Woodcote Green. Conveyancing is fine but we are being charged an extortionate amount from the managing agents. So far we have forked out £275 for a leasehold management pack and then another £118 for supplemental questions raised by the buyers solicitor.
You will not have any say over the level of the charges for this information however the average fee for the information for Woodcote Green leasehold premises is £395. When it comes to Woodcote Green conveyancing deals it is conventional for the seller to cover the costs. The landlord or their agents are under no legal obligation to answer such questions most will be content to do so - albeit often at exorbitant prices out of proportion to the work involved. Regretfully there is no law that requires set charges for administrative tasks. There is no statutory time frame by which they are required to supply the information.