Can you help? My Lea Bridge conveyancer is informing me me that he is legally obliged toconduct Lea Bridge conveyancing searches becausethe firm are on the Santanderconveyancing panel. Do I not have any say here?
You have limited options available to you. As you are taking a home loan with a mortgage company your property lawyer 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 Council of Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook specifications . Even if you were a cash buyer you would be ill advised not to carry out Lea Bridge conveyancing searches.
Completed the sale of my flat in Lea Bridge last July but our buyer keeps Skype messaging daily complaining that his conveyancer needs to hear from mine. What are the post completion sale legalities now that I have sold?
After completion of your disposal your conveyancer should deliver the transfer deeds and all of the paperwork to the buyer’s solicitors. Depending on the transaction, your conveyancer should also send confirmation that the mortgage has been repaid to the purchasers lawyers. There are no post completion formalities specific conveyancing in Lea Bridge.
Is it necessary during the course of the conveyancing process to have a meeting at the offices of the solicitor to execute the mortgage deed? If so, I will choose one who does conveyancing in Lea Bridge so that I can attend their offices if required.
Whereas this was necessary 12 years ago, the vast majority lenders no longer require their conveyancing panel lawyer to witness the borrowers signature. You will still be obliged to provide identification documents and there are still manifest benefits to using a local solicitor, in your case a conveyancing solicitor in Lea Bridge.
I am buying a property and the solicitor has mentioned Chancel Repair for which the property may be obligated to pay as it falls into the area of such a church. He has mentioned insurance. Is this really required for conveyancing in Lea Bridge
Unless a previous acquisition of the property completed after 12 October 2013 you can assume that lawyers handling conveyancing in Lea Bridge to remain encouraging a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.
Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold issue on a property I have offered on a fortnight ago in what should have been a straight forward, chain free conveyancing. Lea Bridge is the location of the property. Is there any guidance you can give?
Flying freeholds in Lea Bridge are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Lea Bridge 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 Lea Bridge may determine 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 property.
In what way can the Landlord & Tenant Act 1954 affect my business premises in Lea Bridge and how can you help?
The particular law that you refer to gives protection to commercial lessees, giving them the right to apply to court for a continuation of occupancy at the end of an expired lease. There are limited grounds where a landlord can refrain from granting a lease renewal and the rules are complex. We are happy to direct you to commercial conveyancing solicitors who use the act to your advantage and help with commercial conveyancing in Lea Bridge