A mortgage agreement from Santander for the remortgage of my 2 bedroom flat is coming any day now. Are you able to put forward a low cost conveyancing lawyer in Knightsbridge?
You are on the wrong site if you are in need of the cheapest conveyancing in Knightsbridge. Our goal is to offer value for money conveyancing but our intention is not to work with the cheapest lawyers. Do not be seduced by brokers offering £99 conveyancing in Knightsbridge. The optimum outcome, in being led by low cost conveyancing, you will end up with what you pay for and at worst it will result in you paying a lot in additional fees and still not receive the service you were looking for.
Please help. My Knightsbridge conveyancer is informing me me that he has toorder Knightsbridge conveyancing searches asthe firm are on the Nat Westsolicitor panel. Do I not have a choice here?
Unfortunately both you and your lawyer have little choice here. Given that you are taking out a loan with a lender your conveyancing practitioner has to comply with their conditions as set out in their version of the CML Conveyancing Handbook. Your property lawyer would have previously signed the Terms and Conditions of your bank’s conveyancing panel appointment which obliges them to comply with the CML Handbook conditions . Even if you were a cash buyer you would be ill advised not to carry out Knightsbridge conveyancing searches.
I am assisting my niece sell her house in Knightsbridge. Does the conveyancer order the energy assessment or do I organise this?
Following the abolition of Home Information Packs, energy performance certificates was retained a mandatory element of selling a property. An energy assessment must be to hand prior to the property being put on the market. It is not a task that conveyancers ordinarily arrange. If you are using a Knightsbridge conveyancing solicitor they might be willing to arrange EPC’s due to their contacts with long established local energy assessors
I am planning to move home in June. Will my conveyancing solicitor liaise with the removal company on the completion day. As an aside, can you suggest a removal company in Knightsbridge. Conveyancing lawyer was organised prior to coming across your website.
On the day of completion you will need to collect the house keys from your selling agent but this should only be done once the previous owners conveyancers advise the agent that they have the completion monies and the keys can be passed over. You can advise the removal men that you are ready to move in. We do not suggest a particular removal company but can assist you in finding a conveyancing in Knightsbridge or a firm that specialises in conveyancing in Knightsbridge.
I am expecting a DIP from Virgin Money this week so we know how much we could potentially offer as otherwise we only have online calculators to go by (which aren't taking into account credit checks etc). Do Virgin Money recommend any Knightsbridge solicitors on the Virgin Money conveyancing panel, or is it better to find our own lawyer?
You will need to appoint Knightsbridge solicitors independently although you'll need to choose one on the Virgin Money conveyancing panel. The solicitor represents both you and Virgin Money through the process.
The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build flat in Knightsbridge. Conveyancing is necessary evil 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 conveyancing.
Set out below is a sample of a selection of leasehold new build questions that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Knightsbridge
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Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. Please supply a car parking plan. 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? Where service of notices and proceedings can be at the property demised please confirm that this can be amended to include simultaneous services at the Lessees’ solicitors’ offices where the Lessee from time to time is not resident in the UK - such solicitors may be varied by notice in writing to the Landlord from time to time but otherwise will be as previously specified.
I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold issue on a property I have offered on a fortnight ago in what was supposed to be a simple, chain free conveyancing. Knightsbridge is where the house is located. Can you offer any opinion?
Flying freeholds in Knightsbridge are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Knightsbridge you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds diligently. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Knightsbridge may ascertain that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold residence.
I have recently realised that I have Fifty years unexpired on my flat in Knightsbridge. I now wish to extend my lease but my freeholder is can not be found. What options are available to me?
If you meet the appropriate requirements, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 you can submit an application to the County Court for an order to dispense with the service of the initial notice. This will enable the lease to be lengthened by the magistrate. You will be obliged to prove that you or your lawyers have done all that could be expected to find the lessor. For most situations an enquiry agent would be helpful to conduct investigations and to produce a report to be accepted by the court as proof that the freeholder can not be located. It is wise to seek advice from a conveyancer in relation to proving the landlord’s disappearance and the application to the County Court overseeing Knightsbridge.
Following months of negotiations we are unable to agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Knightsbridge. Does the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal have jurisdiction to calculate the appropriate figures?
if there is a missing landlord 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 arrive at the sum to be paid.
An example of a Lease Extension case for a Knightsbridge flat is Flat 3 47 Cadogan Square in December 2010. the Tribunal determined that the premium payable to the landord by the leaseholder for the lease extension was £732,935 This case was in relation to 1 flat. The number of years remaining on the existing lease(s) was 13.33 years.