Can I use your services to locate a Conveyancing solicitor in Belvedere even where I’m not purchasing or disposing of a house, for example if I wish to buy a shop in Belvedere with a loan from HSBC Bank?
Our search tool is predominantly utilised to locate residential conveyancing solicitors in Belvedere but we have recorded towards the bottom of this page some Belvedere commercial conveyancing firms. You will need to make contact with the company directly to see if they are also authorised to represent HSBC Bank
I am purchasing my first flat in Belvedere with a mortgage from Nottingham Building Society. The sellers would not budge the price so I negotiated 6k of fixtures and fittings instead. The house builders rep suggested that I not reveal to my conveyancer about the extras as it would impact my mortgage 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.
I'm refinancing my primary house to a buy to let mortgage with Santander and I will use the rest of the raised equity as a down payment on another property. The location we are looking at is Belvedere. Will your conveyancers be able to act for both sets of banks and tie in the conveyances?
Make use of our search tool on this page to be sure that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panels. Assuming that they are the conveyancer will be able to tie up the two transactions but you should talk with you conveyancer and make clear your desired outcome and needs.
Am I better off to instruct a Belvedere conveyancing lawyer in close proximity to the house I am hoping to buy? We have a good friend who can execute the conveyancing however his firm is located 200kilometers away.
The benefit of a high street Belvedere conveyancing firm is that you can drop in to sign paperwork, present your identification documents and pester them where appropriate. They will also have local insight which is a plus. However it's more important to get someone that will do a good and efficient job. If if people you trust instructed your friend and on the whole were impressed that should outweigh using an unfamiliar Belvedere conveyancing solicitor solely due to them being Belvedere based.
What are your top tips when it comes to finding a Belvedere conveyancing firm to deal with our lease extension?
If you are instructing a solicitor for lease extension works (regardless if they are a Belvedere conveyancing practice) it is essential that he or she should be familiar with the legislation and specialises in this area of work. We recommend that you talk with several firms including non Belvedere conveyancing practices prior to instructing a firm. Where the conveyancing practice is ALEP accredited then that’s a bonus. The following questions might be of use:
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How familiar is the firm with lease extension legislation?
I am the registered owner of a two-bedroom flat in Belvedere. In the absence of agreement between myself and the freeholder, can the Leasehold valuation Tribunal determine the amount due for the purchase of the freehold?
if there is a missing landlord or where there is dispute about what the lease extension should cost, under the relevant statutes you can apply to the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) to decide the sum to be paid.
An example of a Lease Extension matter before the tribunal for a Belvedere residence 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 was in relation to 13 flats. The unexpired lease term was 76 years.
What can I do where I am not happy with the property lawyer who undertook our conveyancing in Belvedere?
We live in an imperfect world, and is is a fact of life that every so often things do go wrong. However there is recourse where you were not happy with your conveyancing in Belvedere. This varies from trying to resolve matters directly with them, through to reporting a solicitor to their regulator. If you remain dissatisfied you may consider enlisting the help of the Legal Ombudsman.