I have given 2 months notice to my current landlord and have to leave my rented property in Bridlington by the end of next month. Conveyancing on my purchase is progressing. Can I complete in six weeks as don't want to have to move into temporary accommodation?
Generally one should not give notice for your lease until your lawyer suggests that you should. If you have not previously done so, contact to your conveyancer and urge them to they apply pressure on the owners side, try to get a realistic time scale from them that all parties will aim towards
It is is a decade since I purchased my property in Bridlington. Conveyancing lawyers have just been appointed on the sale but I am unable to track down my deeds. Will this cause complications?
You need not be too concerned. First the deeds may be kept by the lender or they may still be with the conveyancers who handled your purchase. Secondly the likelihood is that the property will be recorded at the land registry and you will be able to establish that you own the property by your conveyancing lawyers acquiring current official copies of the land registers. Almost all conveyancing in Bridlington involves registered property but in the unlikely event that your property is not registered it adds to the complexity but is resolvable.
I have todaybecome aware that Arc property Solicitors have closed. They carried out my conveyancing in Bridlington for a purchase of a leasehold apartment 10 months ago. How can I establish that my home is not still registered in the name of the former proprietor?
The quickest way to check if the premises is in your name, you can carry out a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Bridlington conveyancing specialists.
Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold issue on a house I put an offer in two weeks back in what should have been a quick, no chain conveyancing. Bridlington is where the house is located. Can you offer any assistance?
Flying freeholds in Bridlington are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Bridlington you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds very carefully. Your mortgage company may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Bridlington may determine that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold property.
In my capacity as executor for the estate of my uncle I am disposing of a house in Cardiff but reside in Bridlington. My conveyancer (based 260 kilometers awayneeds me to sign a statutory declaration before completion. Can you recommend a conveyancing solicitor in Bridlington to attest and place their company stamp on the document?
Technically speaking you should not need to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily any notary public or qualified solicitor will do regardless of whether they are Bridlington based
I am a negotiator for a reputable estate agent office in Bridlington where we see a number of leasehold sales jeopardised as a result of leases having less than 80 years remaining. I have been given conflicting advice from local Bridlington conveyancing firms. Please can you confirm whether the owner of a flat can instigate the lease extension process for the buyer?
As long as the seller has owned the lease for at least 2 years it is possible, to serve a Section 42 notice to start the lease extension process and assign the benefit of the notice to the purchaser. The benefit of this is that the proposed purchaser need not have to wait 2 years for a lease extension. Both sets of lawyers will agree to form of assignment. The assignment needs to be completed before, or at the same time as completion of the sale.
An alternative approach is to agree the lease extension with the freeholder 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 buyer.
Bridlington Leasehold Conveyancing - Examples of Queries Prior to Purchasing
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Its a good idea to find out as much as you can concerning the managing agents as they will impact your use and enjoyment of the property. As the owner of a leasehold property you are frequently in the clutches of the managing agents both financially and when it comes to daily issues such as the upkeep of the common parts. Enquire of other people what they think of them. Finally, be sure you discover the dates that you are obliged pay the service charge to the relevant party and precisely what you get for your money. Who are the managing agents? How many of the leaseholders are in arrears for their maintenance charge payments?