I have given 8 weeks notice to my current landlord and have to vacate my rented flat in Chinatown by 18/6/2024. Conveyancing for my house purchase is progressing. How realistic is it to complete in 5 weeks as don't want to have to find temporary accommodation?
Generally one should not provide notice on a rental until your lawyer suggests that you should. Assuming that you have not previously done so, speak to your lawyer and ask them to they seek the assistance the sellers side, try to a target completion date that all parties will aim to achieve
Completed the sale of my flat in Chinatown last September but my buyer keeps telephoning me complaining that her lawyer is waiting to hear from mine. What are the post completion sale legalities following completion?
Post completion of your house sale your conveyancer should send the transfer deeds and all supplemental paperwork to the purchaser's lawyers. Where appropriate, your conveyancer must also confirm that the legal charge in favour of the lender has been paid off to the purchasers conveyancers. There is unlikely to be post completion requirements specific conveyancing in Chinatown.
I am buying a house and the conveyancer has raised the issue of Chancel Repair to which the house could be liable given it’s proximity to the area of such a church. She has suggested insurance. Is this strictly warranted for conveyancing in Chinatown
Unless a prior purchase of the house completed post 12 October 2013 you can expect solicitors delivering conveyancing in Chinatown to continue to propose a a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.
I used Stirling Law several years ago for my conveyancing in Chinatown. Now, I need my documents however cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?
You should contact 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 Chinatown of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously retained, 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 flat up to £245,000 and found one round the corner in Chinatown I like with amenity areas and transport links in the vicinity, the downside is that it only has 49 years unexpired on the lease. There is not much else in Chinatown suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error purchasing a short lease?
Should you need a mortgage the shortness of the lease will be a potential deal breaker. Discount the offer by the expected lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the current proprietor has owned the premises for a minimum of twenty four months you could request that they commence the lease extension formalities and then assign it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the current lease and have £0 ground rent by law. You should speak to your conveyancing solicitor about this matter.
We're novice buyers - agreed a price, but the agent has warned us that the vendor will only move forward if we use the agent's recommended conveyancers as they want an ‘expedited deal’. We would rather use a family solicitor who is familiar with conveyancing in Chinatown
It is highly unlikely the vendors are driving this. Should the vendor desire ‘a quick sale', turning down a motivated buyer is counter productive. Try to communicate with the owners directly and make sure they comprehend that (a)you are keen to buy (b)you are excited to move forward, with mortgage lined up © you do not need to sell (d) you wish to move quickly (e)but you will continue to appoint your preferred Chinatown conveyancing solicitors - rather thanthe ones that will earn their negotiator at the agency a commission or hit his conveyancing thresholds pre-set by corporate headquarters.