Can I use your services to recommend a Conveyancing solicitor in Northfleet even if I’m not purchasing or disposing of a house, for instance where I intend to buy a shop in Northfleet with a mortgage from Halifax?
Our search tool is predominantly there to select domestic conveyancing solicitors in Northfleet but we have set out at the bottom of this page a few Northfleet commercial conveyancing firms. You should make contact with the firm directly to establish if they can also act for Halifax
I am purchasing a new build house in Northfleet benefiting from help to buy. The developers refused to move on the amount so I negotiated 6k of extras instead. The property agent told me not inform my solicitor about the deal as it would put at risk my loan with the bank. Should I keep quiet?.
All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.
Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.
Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.
Given that I will soon spend over three hundred thousand on a two bedroom apartment in Northfleet I wish to have a conversation with the solicitor about mytransaction ahead of instructing the firm. Is this something that you can arrange?
We could not agree more - we would be pleased to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you liaising with the conveyancer due to be carrying out your property ownership legalities in Northfleet.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - each client is an important individual, not a case reference. The practices that we put you in touch with believe that the fees you are quoted for your conveyancing in Northfleet should be the amount on the final invoice that you are charged.
We're FTB’s - had an offer accepted, yet the agent advised that the vendor will only go ahead if we instruct their preferred lawyers as they are insisting on an ‘expedited deal’. My instinct tells me that we should use a high street conveyancer used to conveyancing in Northfleet
It is highly unlikely the vendors are behind this. If they require ‘a quick sale', turning down a serious buyer is counter productive. Contact the vendors directly and explain that (a)you are keen to buy (b)you are ready to go, with mortgage lined up © you have nothing to sell (d) you wish to move quickly (e)however you will continue to instruct your own,trusted Northfleet conveyancing firm - not the ones that will earn their negotiator at the agency a kickback or hit his conveyancing figures pre-set by head office.
Harry (my fiance) and I may need to let out our Northfleet basement flat for a while due to a new job. We used a Northfleet conveyancing practice in 2001 but they have since shut and we did not think at the time get any guidance as to whether the lease permits subletting. How do we find out?
Some leases for properties in Northfleet do contain a provision to say that subletting is only permitted with prior consent from the landlord. The landlord is not entitled to unreasonably withhold but, in such cases, they would need to review references. Experience suggests that problems are usually caused by unsatisfactory tenants rather than owner-occupiers and for that reason you can expect the freeholder to take up the references and consider them carefully before granting permission.
Northfleet Leasehold Conveyancing - A selection of Queries before buying
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How much is the ground rent and service charge? Be sure to find out if the the lease contains any unreasonable restrictions in the lease. By way of example it is fairly common in Northfleet leases that pets are not permitted in in a block in Northfleet. If you like the apartmentin Northfleet however your dog can’t live with you then you will be presented with a hard determination. It is important to be aware whether fixing the lift or some other significant cost is due shortly to be shared between the leasehold owners and could well dramatically increase the the maintenance costs or necessitate a one time invoice.
We yesterday become aware that one of the partners of the law firm undertaking the purchase conveyancing in Northfleet is an aunty of the vendor. Is this allowed?
Provided no conflict arises this should be fine. Where you are requiring mortgage finance then the lender may have a say as many lenders have specific requirements concerning this. For example for RBS- First Active as of 24/4/2024, the requirements read as follows :