We see that you have a search directory listing solicitors on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel. Do companies pay you a commission if I retain them for our conveyancing in Harlington?
We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Harlington.
Can you help - my lawyer advises that missing deeds insurance is required on my purchase. What is the level of cover for Harlington conveyancing?
The right level of missing deeds indemnity insurance should be dictated by who your lender. It would differ for example between Barclays and Virgin Money. Conveyancing practitioners as opposed to borrowers take out such insurances.
I was told four weeks ago that my mortgage has been agreed to by Yorkshire BS. Is it usual for Yorkshire BS to only issue the offer once my solicitor in Harlington is approved on their conveyancing panel? Yorkshire BS have asked my solicitor to see a copy of their PI Insurance.
A lender would not issue an offer until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Yorkshire BS to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Yorkshire BS conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
Co-operative have agreed my mortgage in principle, my bid on a apartment in Harlington has been agreed to, now what?
Your property agent will need to be informed of your lawyer's details (make sure the property lawyers are on the bank’s approved list). Call up Co-operative or your financial adviser and finalise any outstanding paperwork. Co-operative will instruct a valuer who will get in contact with the selling agent or seller to schedule an appointment. Once carried out (assuming no problems) it takes approximately ten days to receive the mortgage offer. Co-operative will send the offer to you and your conveyancing practitioners. The transaction will then take it’s course according the nature and complexity of the conveyancing in Harlington.
Just acquired a semi-detached house in Harlington , how long will it take for the Land Registry to deal with the formalities evidencing my proprietorship? My Harlington conveyancing solicitor has been painfully slow, so I want to be sure that my name is registered.
There is nothing unique about conveyancing in Harlington registration formalities. Rather than based on location, timescales can vary subject to the party submitting the application, whether it is in order and if the Land registry must send notices to any 3rd parties. Currently roughly 80% of submission are completed in less than three weeks but occasionally there can be protracted delays. Registration is effected after the new owner is living at the property so an expedited registration is not typically top priority yet if there is a degree of urgency associated with the registration then you or your lawyers could speak with the land registry and explain the circumstances.
I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold element on a property I have offered on two weeks back in what should have been a straight forward, chain free conveyancing. Harlington is where the house is located. Can you offer any guidance?
Flying freeholds in Harlington are not the norm but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Harlington you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds thoroughly. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Harlington may decide that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold property.
We're new to the buying process - agreed a price, yet the property agent informed us that the seller will only move forward if we use their chosen lawyers as they are insisting on an ‘expedited deal’. We would rather use a local solicitor accustomed to conveyancing in Harlington
It is highly unlikely the owners are driving this. If they desire ‘a quick sale', taking such a hostile approach to a genuine buyer is counter productive. Try to communicate with the sellers directly and explain that (a)you are keen to buy (b)you are excited to move forward, with mortgage lined up © you are chain free (d) you intend to proceed fast (e)but you intend to appoint your own,trusted Harlington conveyancing solicitors - not the ones that will earn their negotiator at the agency a commission or hit his conveyancing thresholds set by HQ.
There are only Seventy years left on my flat in Harlington. I now wish to extend my lease but my freeholder is can not be found. What should I do?
If you meet the appropriate requirements, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 you can submit an application to the County Court for for permission to dispense with the service of the initial notice. This will enable the lease to be extended by the Court. You will be obliged to demonstrate that you or your lawyers have used your best endeavours to track down the landlord. In some cases a specialist may be useful to carry out a search and to produce a report which can be accepted by the court as evidence that the landlord is indeed missing. It is advisable to get professional help from a property lawyer in relation to devolving into the landlord’s absence and the application to the County Court covering Harlington.
I have tried to negotiate informally with with my landlord to extend my lease without any joy. Can I apply to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal? Can you recommend a Harlington conveyancing firm to act on my behalf?
Where there is a missing landlord or if there is dispute about what the lease extension should cost, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 you can apply to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal to judgment on the sum to be paid.
An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement matter before the tribunal for a Harlington premises is 164 Nestles Avenue in October 2013. The tribunal agreed with the proposed price of £20,158 for the freehold and determined that that sum is the amount to be paid into court This case related to 2 flats. The unexpired lease term was 69 years.