Having sold my house in Groby and Ratby last December yet the purchaser is texting me complaining that her solicitor needs to hear from mine. What are the post completion sale legalities following completion?
Following your disposal your conveyancer should send the transfer deeds and all of the paperwork to the buyer’s conveyancer. Depending on the transaction, your solicitor should also confirm that the home loan has been paid off to the buyers solicitors. There is unlikely to be post completion tasks unique to conveyancing in Groby and Ratby.
My property lawyer in Groby and Ratby is not listed on the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society Solicitor Panel. Is it possible for me to use my family solicitor notwithstanding that they are not on the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society panel?
The limited options available to you here include:
- Carry on with your preferred Groby and Ratby solicitors but Norwich and Peterborough Building Society will need to instruct a conveyancer on their panel. This will inevitably rack up the overall legal fees and cause delays.
- Get a new lawyer to act in the conveyancing, obviously checking they are on the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society panel
Just had an offer accepted on a new build flat in Groby and Ratby. 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 is a sample of a selection of leasehold new build questions that you should expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Groby and Ratby
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Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company? Where there is an Undertaking being granted there is the risk of forfeiture of the Headlease subject to relief if one or more of the Underlessees are willing to accept the original Head Lessee’s obligations as otherwise relief will be denied to the Underlessees. The only alternatives are the Head Lessor agreeing not to forfeit the Headlease or the Head Lessee guaranteeing to the Underlessees that it will not be in breach of the Headlease. There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants. Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier? Please supply evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry.
How easy is it to swap solicitor as I have to appoint a firm on the Chelsea Building Society conveyancing panel. I instructed a high street conveyancing solicitor in Groby and Ratby round the corner but she is not accepted by Chelsea Building Society
It would be our pleasure to assist you find a conveyancing solicitor in Groby and Ratby on the Chelsea Building Society panel. Please note that the property lawyers that we list do not pay us a referral fee if you instruct them and are regulated by the SRA who oversee all conveyancing solicitors in Groby and Ratby. In making use of the find a conveyancing solicitor tool on this page, you can compare and instruct different solicitors and conveyancers both nationally and in Groby and Ratby.
My uncle has encouraged me to appoint his lawyers for conveyancing in Groby and Ratby. Do I take his guidance?
No doubt the ideal way to choose a conveyancing solicitor is to have guidance from friends or family who have experience in using the solicitor that you are are thinking of instructing.
My wife and I purchased a leasehold flat in Groby and Ratby. Conveyancing and National Westminster Bank mortgage are in place. A letter has just been received from someone saying they have taken over the freehold. It included a ground rent demand for rent dating back to 1993. The conveyancing solicitor in Groby and Ratby who previously acted has long since retired. Do I pay?
First make enquiries of HMLR to make sure that the individual purporting to own the freehold is indeed the registered owner of the freehold reversion. You do not need to incur the fees of a Groby and Ratby conveyancing firm to do this as you can do this on the Land Registry website for a few pound. Rest assured that in any event, even if this is the legitimate landlord, under the Limitation Act 1980 no more than 6 years of rent can be collected.
Groby and Ratby Leasehold Conveyancing - Sample of Queries Prior to buying
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Best to be warned whether redecorating or some other major work is due in the foreseeable future that will be shared between the leaseholders and will dramatically increase the the maintenance costs or require a specific invoice. The best form of lease arrangement is a share of the freehold. In this situation the tenants enjoy being in charge if their destiny and notwithstanding that a managing agent is usually employed where the building is larger than a house conversion, the managing agent acts for the leaseholders themselves.