I have given 8 weeks notice to my current landlord and must vacate my rented apartment in Elmers End by 21/9/2026. Conveyancing on my purchase is underway. Can I complete in three weeks as I wish to avoid having to find short term accommodation?
It is unwise to serve notice on a rental unless exchange of contracts has taken place. If you have not previously done so, speak to your lawyer and request that they chase the owners lawyers, try to a target completion date that all parties will look to achieve
Is there a search tool that I can utilise to investigate if the solicitor carrying out my conveyancing in Elmers End is on the lender’sapproved panel? I am looking to avoid the situation of having one lawyer for me and one for Leeds Building Society thus spending £187.00 plus VAT in additional conveyancing fees.
Feel free to make use of the search tool on this site. Please choose the lender and type ‘Elmers End’ or your preferred area and you will discover numerous solicitors located in Elmers End or nearest you.
My wife and I are buying a flat in Elmers End. I might seem paranoid but how we can trust a lawyer? At some point we have to put money into their account. What protection do we have from them run away with our money?
Be assured that all money in a Solicitors client account is 100% safe, and even if your Solicitor ran off with it, the Law Society would reimburse you fully.
I recently had an offer accepted on a house in Elmers End. My mortgage broker suggested a conveyancer. I paid an upfront payment of £200. A couple of days later, the property lawyer called me embarrassingly acknowledging that they were not on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?
You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the Kent Reliance panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.
Leeds Building Society have agreed my mortgage in principle, my offer on a property in Elmers End has been accepted, what happens next?
Your property agent will need to know who your solicitors are (make sure the conveyancers are on the bank’s panel). Telephone Leeds Building Society or the financial adviser and finalise any outstanding documentation. Leeds Building Society will appoint a valuer who will get in touch with the estate agent or seller to arrange an appointment. Once carried out (assuming no problems) it takes approximately a fortnight for the mortgage offer to be issued. Leeds Building Society will issue the offer to you and your property lawyers. The legal work will then take it’s course according the nature and complexity of the conveyancing in Elmers End.
I'm purchasing my first flat in Elmers End benefiting from help to buy. The developers would not move on the amount so I negotiated £7000 of fixtures and fittings instead. The house builders rep advised me not disclose to my lawyer about the side-deal as it will affect my mortgage 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.
I am employed by a long established estate agency in Elmers End where we have experienced a few leasehold sales put at risk due to short leases. I have received contradictory information from local Elmers End conveyancing solicitors. Can you clarify whether the owner of a flat can initiate the lease extension formalities for the buyer?
Provided that the seller has been the owner for at least 2 years it is possible, to serve a Section 42 notice to kick-start the lease extension process and assign the benefit of the notice to the purchaser. This means that the proposed purchaser can avoid having to wait 2 years for a lease extension. Both sets of lawyers will agree to form of assignment. The assignment needs to be completed prior to, or simultaneously with completion of the disposal of the property.
Alternatively, it may be possible to extend the lease informally by agreement with the landlord either before or after the sale. If you are informally negotiating there are no rules and so you cannot insist on the landlord agreeing to grant an extension or transferring the benefit of an agreement to the buyer.
Following years of dialogue we simply can't agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Elmers End. Does the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal have jurisdiction to calculate the appropriate figures?
You certainly can. We are happy to put you in touch with a Elmers End conveyancing firm who can help.
An example of a Lease Extension case for a Elmers End premises is Flats 55, 67 & 70 Melbourne Court Anerley Road in July 2013. The tribunal calculated that the premium for the extended lease at £48,366.00 for at 55, and £88,329.00 for ats 67 and 70 combined. This case affected 1 flat. The number of years remaining on the existing lease(s) was 26.38 years.
My fiance is purchasing a shared ownership flat in Elmers End. He was given a quote by the solicitor suggested by the estate agents and it came to £1275 . It was seven years ago I sold and purchased a property and the bill was £450. Have charges really escalated to that extent?
What does the conveyancing estimate include? Is it just for the legal fees, or what you will be paying in total (for example Elmers End searches, land registry fees, etc)