In the event thatI was to acquire a freehold homein Barnehurst for cash and have no survey and no conveyancing searches how much should I expect to have to pay for conveyancing in Barnehurst?
Any savings you would make would be limited to the Barnehurst conveyancing searches. A lawyer still be obliged to do everything else - money laundering, communicating with the vendors conveyancing practitioner, stamp duty submission, register the property etc. A marginal saving might be made by not having to register a charge but it will not be significant.
Can your site be used to find a Conveyancing solicitor in Barnehurst even if I’m not buying or selling a house, for example if I wish to buy an office in Barnehurst with a loan from Barclays ?
Our search tool is primarily used to select domestic conveyancing solicitors in Barnehurst but we have recorded towards the end of this page a few Barnehurst commercial conveyancing firms. You will need to make contact with the firm directly to see if they are also authorised to represent Barclays
My uncle passed away 10 months ago and as sole heir and executor I was left the property in Barnehurst. The house had a small mortgage left on it of around £5k. I want to transfer the title deeds into my name whilst I re-mortgage to Skipton, pay off the mortgage. Is this allowed?
If you plan to re-mortgage then Skipton will require that you use a conveyancer on the Skipton conveyancing panel. Here is link to the Land Registry online guidance around what to do when a property owner dies. This will help you to understand the registration process behind changing the details re the registered title. in your case it would appear that you are effectively purchasing the property from the estate. Your Skipton conveyancing panel solicitor pays the new mortgage money into the estate, the estate pays off the old mortgage, the charge is released and you become the owner and the Skipton mortgage is registered as a charge at the Land Registry.
is it true that all Barnehurst solicitor firms on the Santander conveyancing panel are governed by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority?
As a firm of solicitors, in order to be on the Santander approved list of solicitors they would need to be governed by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority. Many lenders do allow licenced conveyancers on their panel and in such a situation the firms would be regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers.
We are getting the release of further monies on our home loan from Santander as we want to carry out alterations to our home in Barnehurst. Are we obliged to choose a nearby Barnehurst solicitor on the Santander conveyancing panel to handle the legals?
Santander don't usually appoint firms on their approved list of lawyers to handle the formalities. If they do require any legal work then you would need to ensure that such a lawyer was on the Santander list.
RBS have agreed my mortgage in principle, my offer on a property in Barnehurst has been accepted, now what?
The property agent will need to know who your solicitors are (make sure the conveyancers are on the lender’s approved list). Contact RBS or the financial adviser and finalise any relevant forms. RBS will sellect a valuer who will get in touch with the estate agent or vendor to schedule an appointment. Once conducted (assuming no problems) it takes about a fortnight to get a mortgage offer. RBS will send the offer to you and your lawyers. The transaction will then take it’s course according the nature and complexity of the conveyancing in Barnehurst.
What tools are available to locate a Barnehurst solicitor on the Bank of Scotland conveyancing panel? I am a keen cyclist and am willing to travel upto 20miles to meet the lawyer.
Feel free to make use of the search on this website. Please choose the mortgage company and your location and you will see a number of Barnehurst conveyancing lawyers based on proximity. We have detailed some Barnehurst conveyancing firms at the bottom of this page and you can telephone them to check whether they are on the Bank of Scotland panel
I am employed by a busy estate agency in Barnehurst where we have witnessed a few leasehold sales jeopardised as a result of short leases. I have been given inconsistent advice from local Barnehurst conveyancing solicitors. Please can you confirm whether the seller of a flat can commence the lease extension formalities for the buyer?
As long as the seller has been the owner for at least 2 years it is possible, to serve a Section 42 notice to commence the lease extension process and assign the benefit of the notice to the purchaser. This means that the buyer can avoid having to sit tight for 2 years to extend their lease. Both sets of lawyers will agree to form of assignment. The assignment has to be done before, or simultaneously with completion of the sale.
An alternative approach is to extend the lease informally by agreement with the landlord either before or after the sale. If you are informally negotiating there are no rules and so you cannot insist on the landlord agreeing to grant an extension or transferring the benefit of an agreement to the purchaser.
I have tried to negotiate informally with with my landlord for a lease extension without getting anywhere. Can a leaseholder apply to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal? Can you recommend a Barnehurst conveyancing firm to help?
Most certainly. We are happy to put you in touch with a Barnehurst conveyancing firm who can help.
An example of a Lease Extension case for a Barnehurst property is Various @ Colombus Square in January 2012. the Tribunal calculated the premiums to be paid for new leases for each of the flats in Mariners Walk to be £3822 and the premium to be paid for the new lease of 2 Knights Court to be £4439. This case affected 13 flats. The unexpired term as at the valuation date was 76 years.