Should our conveyancer be raising enquiries about flooding during the conveyancing in Great Dunmow.
Flooding is a growing risk for solicitors specialising in conveyancing in Great Dunmow. There are those who buy a property in Great Dunmow, fully aware that at some time, it may be flooded. However, leaving to one side the physical damage, if a house is at risk of flooding, it may be difficult to obtain a mortgage, satisfactory building insurance, or dispose of the premises. Steps can be carried out as part of the conveyancing process to forewarn the buyer.
Solicitors are not qualified to give advice on flood risk, but there are a various checks that can be initiated by the purchaser or by their conveyancers which will figure out the risks in Great Dunmow. The standard completed inquiry forms supplied to a buyer’s lawyer (where the Conveyancing Protocol is adopted) incorporates a usual inquiry of the vendor to discover if the property has suffered from flooding. In the event that flooding has previously occurred and is not disclosed by the owner, then a buyer may commence a compensation claim stemming from an inaccurate answer. The purchaser’s lawyers will also carry out an environmental report. This will disclose whether there is a recorded flood risk. If so, more detailed investigations will need to be made.
I have recentlyfound out that Arc property Solicitors have been shut down. They conducted my conveyancing in Great Dunmow for a purchase of a freehold house 12 months ago. How can I be sure that the property is registered correctly in the name of the previous owner?
The quickest way to check if the premises is registered to you, you can make 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 Great Dunmow conveyancing specialists.
I'm buying my first flat in Great Dunmow with a mortgage from Accord Mortgages Ltd. The builders would not budge the price so I negotiated £7000 of additionals instead. The property agent advised me not to tell my conveyancer about this deal as it would jeopardize my loan with the bank. Do I keep my lawyer in the dark?.
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.
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Do you have any advice for leasehold conveyancing in Great Dunmow with the intention of expediting the sale process?
- A significant proportion of the frustration in leasehold conveyancing in Great Dunmow can be avoided if you get in touch lawyers the minute your agents start marketing the property and request that they start to collate the leasehold documentation which will be required by the buyers’ lawyers. You may think that you are aware of the number of years remaining on your lease but you should double-check by asking your lawyers. A buyer’s lawyer will be unlikely to recommend their client to where the remaining number of years is under 80 years. In the circumstances it is important at an early stage that you consider whether the lease term for your property needs extending. If it does, contact your solicitors before you put your home on the market for sale. A minority of Great Dunmow leases require Licence to Assign from the landlord. If this is the case, you should place the estate agents on notice to make sure that the purchasers obtain bank and professional references. The bank reference should make it clear that the buyer is financially capable of paying the yearly 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. If there is a history of any disputes with your freeholder or managing agents it is very important that these are resolved before the property is put on the market. The purchasers and their solicitors will be reluctant to purchase a flat where there is an ongoing dispute. You will have to accept that you will have to pay any arrears of service charge or resolve the dispute prior to completion of the sale. It is therefore preferable to have any dispute settled prior to the contract papers being issued to the buyers’ solicitors. You are still duty bound to disclose particulars of the dispute to the purchasers, but it is clearly preferable to present the dispute as over rather than unsettled.
Great Dunmow Leasehold Conveyancing - A selection of Queries before Purchasing
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It would be wise to enquire if there are any onerous prohibitions in the lease. For instance it is very common in Great Dunmow leases that pets are not permitted in certain buildings in Great Dunmow. If you love the apartmentin Great Dunmow yet your cat can’t live with you then you have a very hard determination. How many years are left on the lease? Are any of leasehold owners in dispute over their service charge liability?