I sincerely hope you can assist me. My Ashford conveyancer is assuring me that he is legally obliged toconduct Ashford conveyancing searches becausethe firm are on the Santanderapproved lawyer panel. Do I not have any say here?
You have limited options available to you. 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 conveyancer would have previously signed the Terms and Conditions of your lender’s conveyancing panel appointment which obliges them to follow the CML Handbook specifications . Even if you were a cash buyer you would be ill advised not to carry out Ashford conveyancing searches.
How up to date is your search tool for Ashford conveyancing solicitors on the Virgin Money conveyancing panel? Do Virgin Money send you an updated list?
Ashford conveyancing firms themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the Virgin Money conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from Virgin Money directly.
My colleague suggested that if I am purchasing in Ashford I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?
This is a search is sometimes included in the estimate for your Ashford conveyancing searches. It is a large document of about 40 pages, listing and detailing important information about Ashford around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Ashford Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime details, Local Education with plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data concerning Ashford.
My business partner and I are hoping to take an assignment of a lease of an office on the high street. Can you recommend solicitors offering no-move-no charges for non-domestic conveyancing in Ashford for below 1500k?
We can recommend firms who have well rounded knowledge of commercial conveyancing in Ashford, including the disposal and acquisition of businesses as well as simply property. Whether you are intending to acquire or dispose of a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail unit or a whole business we will find you the right solicitor. As for the costs these will vary based on the structure and complexity of the deal. Let us have your details or call so as to enable us to supply you with a fixed commercial conveyancing calculation.
In my capacity as executor for the estate of my aunt I am disposing of a house in Monmouth but reside in Ashford. My solicitor (who is 260 miles from meneeds me to execute a stat dec ahead of the transaction finalising. Could you suggest a conveyancing lawyer in Ashford to witness and place their company stamp on the document?
strictly speaking you are not likely to be required to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily or notary public or qualified solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are Ashford based
Can you provide any top tips for leasehold conveyancing in Ashford from the point of view of saving time on the sale process?
- A significant proportion of the frustration in leasehold conveyancing in Ashford can be bypassed if you get in touch lawyers as soon as you market your property and ask them to put together the leasehold documentation which will be required by the purchasers’ conveyancers. A minority of Ashford leases require Landlord’s consent to the sale and approval of the buyers. If this applies to your lease, you should notify your estate agents to make sure that the purchasers obtain financial (bank) and professional references. Any bank reference will need to confirm that the buyers are financially capable of paying the yearly service charge and the actual amount of the service charge should be quoted in the bank’s letter. You will therefore need to provide your estate agents with the actual amount of the service charge so that they can pass this information on to the purchasers or their solicitors. If you hold a share in a the Management Company, you should ensure that you are holding the original share document. Organising a re-issued share certificate is often a lengthy process and delays many a Ashford home move. Where a duplicate share is required, do contact the company director and secretary or managing agents (where applicable) for this at the earliest opportunity. The majority of landlords or managing agents in Ashford levy fees for supplying management packs for a leasehold premises. You or your lawyers should discover the fee that they propose to charge. The management information can be applied for as soon as you have a buyer, thus reducing delays. The average time it takes to obtain the necessary information is three weeks. It is the most frequent reason for frustration in leasehold conveyancing in Ashford.
We have reached the end of our tether in trying to purchase the freehold in Ashford. Can this matter be resolved via the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal?
Where there is a missing freeholder or if there is dispute about what the lease extension should cost, under the relevant legislation you can apply to the LVT to determine the sum to be paid.
An example of a Lease Extension case for a Ashford property is 147 Redford Close in June 2012. The Tribunal determined the lease extension premium to be at £4,200 This case affected 1 flat. The unexpired term was 82.93 years.