We note that you have a search directory identifying firms on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel. Do companies pay you a commission if I retain them for our conveyancing in Greenhithe?
We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Greenhithe.
Me and my partner are buying a flat in Greenhithe. I might seem paranoid but how we can trust a solicitor? On completion day we have to deposit money into their account. What protection do we have from them run away with our deposit?
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 am helping my step-mother sell her house in Greenhithe. Will the solicitor order the energy performance certificate or it is for the seller to see to?
Following the demise of Home Information Packs, EPC’s was kept a mandatory element of selling a property. An energy performance certificate needs to be commissioned prior to the property being put on the market. This is not a task that law firms normally arrange. If you are using a Greenhithe conveyancing lawyer they may help arrange energy assessments due to their relationships with reputable local assessors
We had chosen conveyancers located in Greenhithe on the Principality solicitor panel. They have just invoiced me a separate fee for the legal aspects of the Principality mortgage. Is this a supplemental conveyancing fee set by Principality?
Unfortunately, so long as it is in their Terms of Engagement or estimate then yes your lawyer can levy a fee for this. This fee is not set by Principality but by your Greenhithe lawyer. Plenty of firms on the Principality panel will quote an ‘acting for lender’ fee and others do not.
It has been 4 months following my purchase conveyancing in Greenhithe concluded. I have checked the Land Registry site which shows that I paid £200,000 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 was advised by three or four local property agents in Greenhithe to select a property lawyer using your seach tool. Is there a financial advantage for Estate Agents to offer your lawyers over and above a competitor’s?
We don’t offer any referral fee for pointing buyers and sellers to this site. We thought it would be too underhand a fee because members of the public would think, ‘How come the agent getting a kickback? Why am I not getting any benefit too?’ We would prefer to grow our business on genuine recommendations.
We are 18 days into a freehold purchase having been referred to conveyancers by the estate agent to do our conveyancing in Greenhithe. We are not happy. Can you help me find new solicitors?
A lawyer would need to be really bad in order to consider diss instructing them. Has the mortgage been issued? In the event that it has you will need to advise them of the new contact details and get the loan are re-issued. Your new conveyancer needs to be on the lenders panel to avoid supplemental charges and delays. That should be your first question of the new conveyancers. The find a solicitor tool should help you find a lender approved lawyer for your home move in Greenhithe
Looking forward to complete next month on a studio apartment in Greenhithe. Conveyancing lawyers inform me that they report fully tomorrow. Are there areas in the report that I should be focusing on?
Your report on title for your leasehold conveyancing in Greenhithe should include some of the following:
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The total ownership of the premises. This will be the property itself but may include a roof space or storage are if appropriate. Whether your lease caters for for a sinking fund for major works? Ground rent - what is due and when is collected, and be on notice if this will change in the future Setting out your legal entitlements in relation to the communal areas in the building.E.G., does the lease permit a right of way over a path or staircase?
I have given up trying to reach an agreement for a lease extension in Greenhithe. Can the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal adjudicate on premiums?
in cases where there is a absentee freeholder or where there is disagreement about what the lease extension should cost, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 it is possible to make an application to the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) to arrive at the price.
An example of a Lease Extension decision for a Greenhithe residence is Various @ Colombus Square in January 2012. the Tribunal calculated the premiums to be paid for new leases for each of the flats in Mariners Walk to be £3822 and the premium to be paid for the new lease of 2 Knights Court to be £4439. This case was in relation to 13 flats. The unexpired term was 76 years.