What does my ID and proof of funds have anything to do with my conveyancing in Barons Court? Why is this being asked of me?
It is indeed that case that these requests have nothing to do with conveyancing in Barons Court. Nowadays you will not be able to complete any conveyancing process without first handing over evidence of your identity. This usually takes the form of a either your passport or driving licence plus a utility bill. Remember if you are providing your driving licence as evidence of identification it must be both the paper section as well as the photo card part, one is not satisfactory without the other.
Proof of the source of funds is mandated in accordance with the Money Laundering Regulations. Don’t be offended when when this is requested of you as your conveyancing solicitor must have this information on file. Your Barons Court conveyancing solicitor will require evidence of proof of funds before they are able to accept any monies from you into their client account and they should also ask further queries concerning the origin of funds.
My colleague advised me that if I am purchasing in Barons Court I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?
A search of this type is usually included in the estimate for your Barons Court conveyancing searches. It is not a small document of more than thirty pages, listing and setting out significant information about Barons Court around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Barons Court Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime statistics, Local Education with plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information regarding Barons Court.
Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly identified during conveyancing in Barons Court?
Restrictive covenants can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the process of conveyancing in Barons Court. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’
The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build apartment in Barons Court. 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 legal work.
Here are examples of a few leasehold new build questions that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Barons Court
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If there are lifts in the building, please confirm that the owners of flats on the ground and basement floors will not be required to contribute towards the cost of maintenance and renewal. Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier? There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants. Please provide evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry. The Lease must contain a provision on behalf of the Vendor to pay the service charges in respect of unoccupied units in order to ensure that all services can be provided.
Do I need to be wary that 3rd parties that I am dealing with are suggesting an online conveyancing firm as opposed to a High Street Barons Court conveyancing firm?
As is the case with lots of service providers, often recommendations from connections can be most helpful. Nevertheless there are many people with a keen interest in a conveyancing deal; estate agents, mortgage brokers and lenders may recommend solicitors to appoint. On occasion these conveyancers might be known to one of the organisations as experts in their field, but occasionally there is an underlying commercial relationship behind the endorsement. You are at liberty to appoint your own conveyancer. However, bear in mind that many banks specify a panel list of law firms you are obliged to use for the lender aspect of your house move.
We are in the process of buying a house in Barons Court. Can our solicitor have our transaction price confidential from the likes of Zoopla. How could this be achieved ?
HMLR as a matter of law obliged to note price sold information on the official title for domestic properties nationwide including properties in Barons Court. The Title Register is an open document, so HMLR would be breaching their statutory obligations excluded specific properties such as your property in Barons Court.
You can ask HMLR to withhold the amount paid data however the answer would be in the negative.