My Solicitor in Eltham is not listed on the Yorkshire Building Society Conveyancing Panel. Is it possible for me to retain my family solicitor notwithstanding that they are not on the Yorkshire Building Society approved list?
Your options are as follows:
- Complete the purchase with your preferred Eltham solicitors but Yorkshire Building Society will need to instruct a solicitor on their list of acceptable firms. This will inevitably rack up the overall legal fees and cause frustration.
- Get an alternative practitioner to to deal with the purchase, not forgetting to check they are Convince your conveyancer to use their best endeavours to join the Yorkshire Building Society conveyancing panel
Do I find a Licenced Conveyancer or Solicitor for conveyancing in Eltham?
There are many recorded licenced Conveyancers in Eltham and Solicitor partnerships in Eltham who can help with your conveyancing It is important to make clear that the two are supervised by regulatory bodies with both specialising in the legal aspects of the home buying process. They may both also conduct other property legal work such as remortgage conveyancing, lease extensions and transfer of equity conveyancing.
I am helping my sister sell her flat in Eltham. Will the solicitor order the energy performance certificate or it is for me to coordinate?
Following the abolition of Home Packs, EPC’s became a mandatory part of selling a property. An EPC needs to be to hand in advance of the property being advertised. This is not a task that lawyers ordinarily arrange. If you are using a Eltham conveyancing solicitor they may help arrange energy assessments due to their contacts with long established local providers
Completion of my remortgage has taken place for my property in Eltham. Conveyancing was a necessary evil but I feel I should register my dissatisfaction about the lender. How do I make a complaint?
Almost all lenders have complaints procedures. Your first port of call should be one of the lender’s branches or the Customer Services Department at head office. We understand that complaints to a lender are resolved effectively and efficiently. If you feel the matter is not resolved you can write to Financial Ombudsman Service with full details of your complaint.
My colleague advised me that if I am purchasing in Eltham I should ask my conveyancer to carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?
This is a search is sometimes included in the estimate for your Eltham conveyancing searches. It is not a small document of about 40 pages, listing and detailing significant information about Eltham around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Eltham Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime statistics, Eltham Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data concerning Eltham.
I have todayfound out that Action Conveyancing have closed. They carried out my conveyancing in Eltham for a purchase of a freehold house 10 months ago. How can I be sure that the property is registered correctly in the name of the previous owner?
The quickest method to check if the property is registered to you, you can carry out a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Eltham conveyancing specialists.
The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build apartment in Eltham. Conveyancing is daunting at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build legal work.
Here are examples of a few leasehold new build questions that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Eltham
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Where service of notices and proceedings can be at the property demised please confirm that this can be amended to include simultaneous services at the Lessees’ solicitors’ offices where the Lessee from time to time is not resident in the UK - such solicitors may be varied by notice in writing to the Landlord from time to time but otherwise will be as previously specified. Please confirm the Lease plans are surveyor prepared. The Vendor must covenant to keep unoccupied units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore. Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company?
How can the Landlord & Tenant Act 1954 affect my business offices in Eltham and how can you help?
The 1954 Act gives protection to commercial tenants, granting the dueness to apply to court for a continuation of occupancy when the lease comes to an end. There are limited grounds that a landlord can refrain from granting a lease renewal and the rules are complex. Fees are different for commercial conveyancing. Eltham is one of our hundreds of areas of the UK in which the firms we work with have offices