Do the conveyancing solicitors identified through your search tool handle auction conveyancing in Catford?
There are a few auction solicitors we can put you in touch with those specialising in auction conveyancing. Catford is just one of our areas of where our lawyers have offices.
How do I investigate if the solicitor handling my conveyancing in Catford is on the lender’sapproved panel? I am looking to avoid the situation of having one lawyer for me and one for Britannia thus spending £192.00 in supplemental conveyancing bill.
Please do make use of the search tool on this web page. Pick the lender and type ‘Catford’ or your preferred area and you will see numerous solicitors located in Catford or near you.
My friend recommended that if I am purchasing in Catford I should ask my conveyancer to carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?
A search of this type is sometimes included in the estimate for your Catford conveyancing searches. It is not a small document of about 40 pages, listing and setting out significant information about Catford around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the local Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime statistics, Local Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data regarding Catford.
I am buying a new build house in Catford benefiting from help to buy. The developers refused to reduce the price so I negotiated £7000 of additionals instead. The estate agent told me not to tell my conveyancer about the extras as it will jeopardize my loan 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.
Estate agents have just been given the go-ahead to market my basement apartment in Catford. Conveyancing lawyers have not yet been instructed, but I have recently had a yearly maintenance charge demand – should I leave it to the buyer to sort out?
It best that you pay the invoice as you normally would as all ground rent and maintenance charges should be allotted as part of the financial calculations for completion monies, so you will be reimbursed by the buyer for the period running from after the completion date to the next payment date. Most managing agents will not acknowledge the buyer until the service charges have been paid and are up to date, so it is important for both buyer and seller for the seller to show that they are up to date. This will smooth the conveyancing process.
Having spent years of negotiations we cannot agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Catford. Does the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal have jurisdiction to calculate the appropriate figures?
You certainly can. We can put you in touch with a Catford conveyancing firm who can help.
An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement matter before the tribunal for a Catford premises is 44 Elmer Road in January 2013. The Tribunal dacied that amount to be paid by the Leaseholders for the Landlords freehold reversion was £12,951 as at the valuation date (20" September 2012).This matter was referred back to the Bromley County Court to deal with costs, fees and any other outstanding matters. This case affected 2 flats. The unexpired term was 74.25 years.
A conveyancing company acted on my conveyancing in Catford half a dozen years ago and was holding my title documents but has since been shut down – What steps do I now take to get hold of them?
Deeds, as such, are no longer appropriate for most properties in Catford are recorded electronically at Land Registry. Where you need to establish ownership or are selling or re-mortgaging your lawyer can obtain up to date copies of the register from the Land Registry in any case.
If you feel there may be other documents or you have any other queries please e-mail your request with details of the transaction and documents you need to filerequest@clc-uk.org. The CLC will let you know what information they have and any additional information they may need before they are in a position to identify and send the documents to you. Following an intervention it may take some time for the CLC to access archived files and documents, but your request will be actioned with reasonable haste.