We are looking to buy a flat and require a conveyancing solicitor in Cubitt Town who is on the Leeds Building Society approved panel. Can you recommend a local conveyancing firm?
Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Leeds Building Society . We don't recommend any particular firms conducting conveyancing in Cubitt Town.
My lawyer in Cubitt Town is not on the Coventry Building Society Conveyancing Panel. Is it possible for me to retain my prefered solicitor notwithstanding that they are not on the Coventry Building Society approved list?
The limited options available to you here include:
- Complete the purchase with your preferred Cubitt Town lawyers but Coventry Building Society will need to instruct a lawyer on their panel. This will inevitably rack up the overall legal fees and cause frustration.
- Find a new lawyer to act in the conveyancing, not forgetting to check they are Persuade your lawyer to use their best endeavours to join the Coventry Building Society conveyancing panel
A colleague suggested that if I am purchasing in Cubitt Town I should ask my conveyancer to perform a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?
A search of this type is sometimes included in the estimate for your Cubitt Town conveyancing searches. It is a large report of more than thirty pages, listing and setting out significant information about Cubitt Town around the property and the people living there. It incorporates 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 Property Price, Crime statistics, Cubitt Town Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information about Cubitt Town.
Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to my home are lost. The conveyancers who did the conveyancing in Cubitt Town 5 years ago are no longer around. What are my next steps?
You no longer need to have the physical deeds to prove you are the owner of your registered land or premises, given that the Land Registry hold details of all registered land or property electronically.
Due to the guidance of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a house in Cubitt Town in advance of retaining conveyancers. I have been told that there is a flying freehold element to the house. The surveyor advised that some banks may refuse to give a loan on this type of premises.
It depends who your proposed lender is. HSBC has different requirements from Birmingham Midshires. If you call us we can check with the relevant lender. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Cubitt Town. Conveyancing will be smoother if you use a solicitor in Cubitt Town especially if they regularly deal with such properties in Cubitt Town.
Last June I purchased a leasehold house in Cubitt Town. Do I have any liability for service charges for periods before completion of my purchase?
In a situation where the service charge has already been demanded from the previous lessee and they have not paid you would not usually be personally liable for the arrears. Strange as it may seem, your landlord may still be able to take action to forfeit the lease. A critical element of leasehold conveyancing for your conveyancer to ensure to have an up to date clear service charge receipt before completion of your purchase. If you have a mortgage this is likely to be a requirement of your lender.
If you purchase part way through an accounting year you may be liable for charges not yet demanded even if they relate to a period prior to your purchase. In such circumstances your conveyancer would normally arrange for the seller to set aside some money to cover their part of the period (usually called a service charge retention).
I have attempted and failed to negotiate with my landlord to extend my lease without any joy. Can the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal decide on such matters? Can you recommend a Cubitt Town conveyancing firm to act on my behalf?
Most certainly. We are happy to put you in touch with a Cubitt Town conveyancing firm who can help.
An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement matter before the tribunal for a Cubitt Town premises is 12, 14 & 16 Hull Close in May 2010. the Tribunal determined that the premium payable for the acquisition of the freehold to the subject premises was the sum of £18,300 This case affected 3 flats. The remaining number of years on the lease was 101.61 years.