My property lawyer in Dockland Settlement has never been on on the Nottingham Building Society Conveyancing Panel. Is it possible for me to use my family solicitor notwithstanding that they are excluded from the Nottingham Building Society approved list?
Your options are as follows:
- Carry on with your preferred Dockland Settlement lawyers but Nottingham Building Society will need to retain a conveyancer on their list of acceptable firms. This will result in additional total legal charges as well as cause delays.
- Get a new solicitor to act in the purchase, not forgetting to check they are on the Nottingham Building Society panel
A colleague informed me that in purchasing a property in Dockland Settlement there may be a number of restrictions prohibiting external alterations to the property. Is this right?
We are aware of anumerous of properties in Dockland Settlement which have some sort of restriction or requirement of consent to perform external alterations. Part of the conveyancing in Dockland Settlement should determine what restrictions are applicable and advising you as part of a ROT that should be sent to you.
We previously selected conveyancing lawyers based in Dockland Settlement on the Bank of Ireland solicitor approved list. They are now charging me a separate charge for dealing with the Bank of Ireland mortgage. Is this a supplemental conveyancing fee specified by Bank of Ireland?
Provided it is contained in their Terms of Engagement or estimate then yes your property lawyer can charge a fee for this. This charge is not set by Bank of Ireland but by your Dockland Settlement property lawyer. Numerous firms on the Bank of Ireland panel will levy ’dealing with mortgage’ fee and others do not.
I had an offer accepted on an apartment in Dockland Settlement on 12/3/2025, valuation was booked 4 days after, received a clean bill of health. Conveyancer appointed, so the only thing outstanding was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Lloyds and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Lloyds conveyancing panel. Can the lender hold off the offer?
Mortgage companies tend not to not issue a mortgage until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Lloyds to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Lloyds conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
What does a local search inform me concerning the property my wife and I buying in Dockland Settlement?
Dockland Settlement conveyancing often starts with the submitting local authority searches directly from your local Authority or through a personal search organisations such as Searchflow The local search is essential in every Dockland Settlement conveyancing purchase; that is if you don’t want any unpleasant once you have moved into your new home. The search should provide data on, amongst other things, details on planning applications relevant to the premises (whether granted or refused), building control history, any enforcement action, restrictions on permitted development, nearby road schemes, contaminated land and radon gas; in all a total of 13 topic areas.
five months have gone by since my purchase conveyancing in Dockland Settlement completed. I have checked the Land Registry website which shows that I paid £175,000 when infact I paid £160,000. Why the discrepancy?
The price paid figure is taken from the application to register the purchase. It is the figure included in the Transfer (the legal deed which transfers the property from one person to the other) and referred to as the 'consideration' or purchase price. You can report an error in the price paid figure using the LR online form. In most cases errors result from typos so at first glance the figure. Do report it so they can double check and advise.
I am buying my first flat in Dockland Settlement with a loan from Skipton Building Society. The developers refused to move on the amount so I negotiated 6k of additionals instead. The sale representative advised me not inform my solicitor about this side-deal as it would affect my mortgage with Skipton Building Society. Is this normal?.
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.
Can you provide any top tips for leasehold conveyancing in Dockland Settlement with the purpose of saving time on the sale process?
- A significant proportion of the delay in leasehold conveyancing in Dockland Settlement can be avoided where you instruct lawyers the minute your agents start marketing the property and ask them to collate the leasehold information needed by the buyers’ representatives. If you are supposed to have a share in the freehold, you should ensure that you have the original share document. Organising a replacement share certificate can be a lengthy process and slows down many a Dockland Settlement home move. Where a reissued share certificate is required, do contact the company director and secretary or managing agents (where relevant) for this at the earliest opportunity. Some Dockland Settlement leases require Licence to Assign from the landlord. If this applies to your lease, it would be prudent to place the estate agents on notice to make sure that the purchasers obtain bank and professional references. Any bank reference will need to confirm that the buyers are 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 actual amount of the service charge so that they can pass this information on to the purchasers or their solicitors. You believe that you know the number of years left on your lease but it would be wise to verify this by asking your solicitors. A purchaser's conveyancer will not be happy to advise their client to to exchange contracts if the remaining number of years is less than 80 years. In the circumstances it is important at an early stage that you consider whether the lease term requires a lease extension. If it does, contact your solicitors before you put your home on the market for sale.
After years of correspondence we cannot agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Dockland Settlement. Does the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal have jurisdiction to calculate the appropriate figures?
Most definitely. We are happy to put you in touch with a Dockland Settlement conveyancing firm who can help.
An example of a Lease Extension case for a Dockland Settlement premises is 73 Walerand Road in August 2012. the result of the findings of the Tribunal led to a premium to be paid for the extended lease in respect of Flat 73 in the sum of £10,040. The premium applicable in respect of Flat 85 was £5,710. This case related to 2 flats. The unexpired residue of the current lease was 72 years.