Why is leasehold purchase conveyancing in East Barnet costs more?
East Barnet leasehold conveyancing transactions usually involve additional investigations than freeholds including investigating the Lease, liaising with the Landlord such as serving relevant notices on the Landlord or managing agent, obtaining up-to-date service charge and management information, obtaining Landlord’s consents and reviewing management accounts and formation documents.
I am buying a property and the conveyancer has mentioned Chancel Repair to which the house may be liable given it’s proximity to the area of such a church. He has suggested insurance. Is this really appropriate for conveyancing in East Barnet
Unless a prior purchase of the house completed after 12 October 2013 you can assume that lawyers delivering conveyancing in East Barnet to continue to suggest a chancel search and or chancel repair liability policy.
I used Action Conveyancing a few years past for my conveyancing in East Barnet. Now, I need the files however 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 East Barnet of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously retained, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
I'm buying a new build house in East Barnet benefiting from help to buy. The developers would not reduce the price so I negotiated 6k of fixtures and fittings instead. The house builders rep advised me not to tell my solicitor about the side-deal as it may put at risk my loan with the lender. 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.
I decided to have a survey carried out on a property in East Barnet before appointing lawyers. I have been told that there is a flying freehold overhang to the property. The surveyor advised that some banks will refuse to give a mortgage on such a house.
It varies from the lender to lender. Bank of Scotland has different instructions from Nationwide. If you e-mail us we can check with the relevant mortgage company. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in East Barnet. Conveyancing will be smoother if you use a solicitor in East Barnet especially if they are familiar with such properties in East Barnet.
Am I best advised to appoint a East Barnet conveyancing solicitor in close proximity to the house I am hoping to buy? An old friend can perform the legal formalities but her office is a couple of hundredkilometers drive away.
The primary upside of using a local East Barnet conveyancing firm is that you can drop in to sign documents, hand in your ID and apply pressure on them if necessary. Having local East Barnet know how is a plus. However it's more important to get someone that will do a good and efficient job. If you know people who used your friend and in the main were content that should outweigh using an unfamiliar East Barnet conveyancing solicitor just because they are round the corner.
