Finally the sale completed on my house in Dawlish last May yet the purchaser is texting daily to say his conveyancer needs to hear from mine. What should my lawyer have done following completion?
Following your sale your conveyancer should send the transfer deeds and all additional paperwork to the purchaser's solicitors. If applicable, your lawyer must also send confirmation that the home loan has been repaid to the purchasers conveyancers. There are no post completion procedures specific conveyancing in Dawlish.
We are planning on selling our property in Dawlish and the buyers lawyers are claiming that there is a possibility that the property was built on contaminated land. A local conveyancer would know that there is no such problem. For the life of me I don't know why the purchasers are using a nationwide conveyancing firm rather than a conveyancing solicitor in Dawlish. Having lived in Dawlish for six years we know that this is a non issue. Is it a good idea to contact our local Authority to get confirmation that the buyers are looking for.
It would appear that you have a conveyancing lawyer already. What do they say? You should enquire of your lawyer before you do anything. It is very possible that once the local authority has been informed of a potential issue it cannot be insured against (a bit like being diagnosed with a serious illness and then taking out life insurance to cover that same sickness)
I used Arc property Solicitors a few years past for my conveyancing in Dawlish. I now require my papers but cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?
Do call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Dawlish of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously hired, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
Just had an offer accepted on a new build apartment in Dawlish. Conveyancing is necessary evil at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build legal work.
Set out below is a sample of a selection of leasehold new build questions that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Dawlish
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Where there is an Undertaking being granted there is the risk of forfeiture of the Headlease subject to relief if one or more of the Underlessees are willing to accept the original Head Lessee’s obligations as otherwise relief will be denied to the Underlessees. The only alternatives are the Head Lessor agreeing not to forfeit the Headlease or the Head Lessee guaranteeing to the Underlessees that it will not be in breach of the Headlease. Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company? 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. Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose?
I need to instruct a conveyancing practitioner in Dawlish for my house move. Can I check a solicitor's record with the profession’s regulator?
You may read published Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) decisions stemming from investigations from 2008 onwards. Visit Check a solicitor's record. For information Pre 2008, or to check a firm's record, ring 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and 09.30 - 18.00 Tuesday. For callers outside the UK, use +44 (0)121 329 6800. The regulator could monitor call for training requirements.
Do you have any top tips for leasehold conveyancing in Dawlish from the point of view of expediting the sale process?
- A significant proportion of the frustration in leasehold conveyancing in Dawlish can be reduced if you get in touch lawyers the minute your agents start marketing the property and request that they start to collate the leasehold documentation needed by the purchasers’ conveyancers. Many landlords or Management Companies in Dawlish charge for supplying management packs for a leasehold home. You or your lawyers should find out the fee that they propose to charge. The management information can be applied for as soon as you have a buyer, thus reducing delays. The typical amount of time it takes to obtain the necessary information is three weeks. It is the most usual cause of delay in leasehold conveyancing in Dawlish. A minority of Dawlish leases require Licence to Assign from the landlord. If this applies to your lease, you should place the estate agents on notice to make sure that the purchasers obtain bank and professional references. Any bank reference should make it clear that the buyer is able to meet the annual service charge and the actual amount of the service charge should be quoted in the bank’s letter. You will therefore need to provide your estate agents with the service charge figures so that they can pass this information on to the buyers or their solicitors. You may think that you are aware of the number of years remaining on your lease but you should verify this via your solicitors. A buyer’s conveyancer will not be happy to advise their client to to exchange contracts if the remaining number of years is below 75 years. It is therefore important at an as soon as possible that you identify whether the lease term requires a lease extension. If it does, contact your solicitors before you put your property on the market for sale. In the event that you altered the property did you need the Landlord’s approval? In particular have you installed wooden flooring? Most leases in Dawlish state that internal structural alterations or installing wooden flooring require a licence from the Landlord approving such alterations. If you dont have the approvals to hand do not communicate with the landlord without checking with your solicitor before hand.
Dawlish Leasehold Conveyancing - Examples of Questions you should ask before Purchasing
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You should be aware if it is less than 80 years it will impact the value of the flat. It is worth checking with your bank that they are willing to go ahead with the loan given the lease term. A short lease means that you will probably have to extend the lease at some point and it is worth discovering what this will be. For most Dawlishlease extensions you would be required to have owned the property for two years in order to be legally able to carry out a lease extension. The answer will be important as a) areas can result in problems for the building as the communal areas may begin to deteriorate where maintenance are not paid for b) if the leasehold owners have a dispute with the running of the building you will need to have all the details Many Dawlish leasehold properties will incur a service charge for maintenance of the building levied by the management company. Where you buy the property you will have to pay this liability, usually periodically during the year. This can differ from a few hundred pounds to thousands of pounds for bigger purpose-built blocks. There will also be a rentcharge to be met yearly, normally this is not a significant sum, say around £50-£100 but you need to check it because occasionally it can be prohibitively expensive.