Finally the sale completed on my house in Barkingside last February yet the purchaser is calling every few hours to say their lawyer is waiting to hear from mylawyer. What are the post completion sale legalities now that I have sold?
After completion of your disposal your lawyer is duty bound to deliver the transfer deeds and all of the paperwork to the buyer’s solicitors. If applicable, your lawyer must also evidence that the mortgage has been repaid to the purchasers conveyancers. There are no post completion steps unique to conveyancing in Barkingside.
My wife and I have recently appointed a conveyancing solicitor in Barkingside. I I am struggling to find out if they are on the The Mortgage Works approved list of lawyers. Could you assist?
You should contact your lawyer and enquire whether they can act for the lender. Alternatively you can get in touch with The Mortgage Works who may be able to assist.
My partner and I are close to exchanging contracts on the sale of our house in Barkingside and the buyers lawyers are claiming that there is a possibility that the property was built on contaminated land. A local lawyer would know that there is no such problem. It does beg the question why the buyers used a nationwide conveyancing firm as opposed to a conveyancing solicitor in Barkingside. We have lived in Barkingside for many years we know of no issue. Is it a good idea to get in touch with our local Authority to obtain confirmation need.
It sounds as though you may have a conveyancing solicitor currently acting for you. Are they able to advise? You should enquire of your lawyer before you do anything. It is very possible that once the local authority has been informed of a potential issue it cannot be insured against (a bit like being diagnosed with a serious illness and then taking out life insurance to cover that same sickness)
I decided to have a survey done on a house in Barkingside in advance of retaining conveyancers. I have been told that there is a flying freehold overhang to the house. The surveyor advised that some mortgage companies may not issue a loan on such a house.
It depends who your proposed lender is. HSBC has different requirements for example to Halifax. If you call us we can check via the relevant mortgage company. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Barkingside. Conveyancing will be smoother if you use a solicitor in Barkingside especially if they are accustomed to such properties in Barkingside.
We are 3 weeks into a freehold purchase having been recommend to solicitors by the estate agent to carry out the conveyancing in Barkingside. We are not happy. Could you help me find new solicitors?
They would need to be really poor to suggest replacing them. Has the mortgage offer been generated? If so you must inform them of the new contact details and have the offer are issued to the new lawyers. Your new solicitor ideally should be on the banks approved list to avoid escalating expenses and complications. So that should be your starting point. The search tool should assist you in finding a lender approved conveyancer for your home move in Barkingside
I am on look out for some leasehold conveyancing in Barkingside. Before I get started I require certainty as to the unexpired term of the lease.
If the lease is recorded at the land registry - and almost all are in Barkingside - then the leasehold title will always include the basic details 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 am the leaseholder of a first floor flat in Barkingside. Given that I can not reach agreement with the landlord, can the Leasehold valuation Tribunal make a decision on the amount payable for the purchase of the freehold?
Where there is a missing freeholder or where there is disagreement about what the lease extension should cost, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 it is possible to make an application to the LVT to determine the amount due.
An example of a Lease Extension matter before the tribunal for a Barkingside premises is 104 Coventry Road in July 2014. The Tribunal determined that the lease extension permium should be £22,896.15 This case was in relation to 1 flat. The unexpired term as at the valuation date was 60.29 years.