Please could you suggest a Bank of Ireland allowed Woodford Green conveyancing solicitor that can complete within a short deadline? Am I best advised to choose a local Woodford Green practice or an online conveyancer?
We would be happy to suggest some excellent Woodford Green conveyancing firms. Another option is to visit the high street in Woodford Green. Visit some well established firms and request to see a conveyancing solicitor for a fee estimate. Discuss your requirements together with your reasons and get an assurance on speed. Appoint the one that you are most comfortable with.
The Woodford Green conveyancing solicitors that just started acting on my house acquisition in Woodford Green have without warning closed. They were on acting for me because I needed a solicitor on the Virgin Money conveyancing panel and my previous Woodford Green lawyer was not. I issued them a cheque for two hundred pounds in advance. What should be my next steps?
Assuming that you have an Estate Agent in the equation then inform them straight away so that they advise the vendors that there may be a slight delay due to the problems encountered. Hopefully they will be sympathetic and urge their lawyer to send a new set of papers to your new solicitors. You should appoint new lawyers that are on the Virgin Money conveyancing panel and notify the lender. If you have paid over any money, it will hopefully be held by the SRA as money in an intervened firm's bank accounts is transferred to the SRA. Then, the SRA or the intervention agent looks at the intervened firm's accounts to work out who the money belongs to. To claim your money you will need to contact the SRA. If the SRA cannot return money you are owed from the firm's bank accounts, or if they can only return part of the money, you can apply to the Compensation Fund for a grant. Your new lawyers may be able to help.
Do I need to take out insurance to protect me from financial exposure to chancel repairs when acquiring a house in Woodford Green?
Unless a previous purchase of the premises completed post 12 October 2013 you may take it that conveyancing practitioners carrying out conveyancing in Woodford Green to remain encouraging a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.
The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build flat in Woodford Green. 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 conveyancing.
Here are examples of a few leasehold new build questions that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Woodford Green
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Please confirm the Lease plans are surveyor prepared. Where there is an Undertaking being granted there is the risk of forfeiture of the Headlease subject to relief if one or more of the Underlessees are willing to accept the original Head Lessee’s obligations as otherwise relief will be denied to the Underlessees. The only alternatives are the Head Lessor agreeing not to forfeit the Headlease or the Head Lessee guaranteeing to the Underlessees that it will not be in breach of the Headlease. 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 all goes to plan we aim to complete the sale of our £300,000 garden flat in Woodford Green next week. The managing agents has quoted £336 for Landlord’s certificate, insurance certificate and 3 years service charge statements. Is it legal for a freeholder to charge an administration fee for a leasehold conveyance in Woodford Green?
Woodford Green conveyancing on leasehold apartments often necessitates the purchaser’s solicitor submitting enquiries for the landlord to address. Although the landlord is under no legal obligation to answer these enquiries most will be content to do so. They are entitled to invoice a reasonable administration fee for answering enquiries or supplying documentation. There is no set fee. The average fee for the information that you are referring to is over three hundred pounds, in some cases it exceeds £800. The administration charge demanded by the landlord must be sent together with a synopsis of rights and obligations in relation to administration charges, otherwise the invoice is technically not due. In reality you have no option but to pay whatever is requested of you if you want to complete the sale of your home.
I have had difficulty in negotiating a lease extension in Woodford Green. Can this matter be resolved via the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal?
Where there is a absentee landlord or if there is dispute about the premium for a lease extension, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 you can apply to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal to determine the price payable.
An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement decision for a Woodford Green residence is 201 & 201a St. Barnabas Road in October 2013. The Tribunal decided that the price to be paid by the Applicants for the freehold interest is £20,071. This case was in relation to 2 flats. The unexpired residue of the current lease was 69.26 years.
I acquired a house in Woodford Green last 7/3/2024 and to date it is still not registered with HMLR. It was part of a development site and my solicitor told me that it can take twelve months to register. I have spoken with the Land Registry directly and they say that the initial application was cancelled due to questions not being addressed in time. Do I need to be concerned?
It is your conveyancing practitioner that you really need to contact in order to satisfy any concerns which have arisen as part of the registration process for your Woodford Green property. Normal Woodford Green conveyancing practice includes an undertaking on the part of the previous owner’s property lawyer that they will assist in resolving any requisition raised by HMLR so it may be a case of taking action to enforce that undertaking in some way.