My wife and I have just acquired a house in Havering. We have noticed several problems with the house which we believe were overlooked in the conveyancing searches. Do we have any recourse? What searches should? have been conducted as part of conveyancing in Havering?
The question is not clear as what problems have arisen and if they are relate to conveyancing in Havering. Conveyancing searches and due diligence initiated as part of the legal transfer of property are designed to help avoid problems. As part of the process, a property owner fills in a document called a Seller’s Property Information Form. If the information turns out to be inaccurate, you may have a misrepresentation claim against the vendor for any losses that you have suffered. The survey should have identified any problems with the structure of the property. Assuming a detailed survey was carried out and the issues were not identified, you may have a claim against the surveyor. However, if you did not have a full survey, you may be responsible for fixing any defects that have now been noted. We would always encourage buyers to take every possible step to ensure they are completely aware of the condition of a property before purchase regardless of whether they are buying in Havering.
What is the first thing I need to know about purchase conveyancing in Havering?
Not many law firms or advisers will tell you this but conveyancing in Havering and elsewhere in London is often a confrontational process. In other words, when it comes to conveyancing there exists an abundance of opportunity for confrontation between you and other parties involved in the ownership transfer. E.g., the vendor, property agent and on occasion a lender. Selecting a lawyer for your conveyancing in Havering an important selection as your conveyancer is your adviser, and is the ONE person in the legal process whose role it is to protect your legal interests and to protect you.
There is a definite ongoing adversarial element to conveyancing- someone has to be at fault for the process being so protracted. You your first instinct should be to trust your conveyancer above the other players when it comes to the legal assignment of property.
My home in Havering is up for sale and I have a purchaser. Does the conveyancing practitioner have to be required to be on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel in order to deal with redeeming my mortgage?
Ordinarily, even if your lawyer is not on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel they can still act for you on your sale. It might be that the lender will not release the original deeds (if applicable and increasingly irrelevant) until after the mortgage is paid off. You should speak to your lawyer directly before you start the process though to ensure that there is no problem as lenders are changing their panel criteria fairly frequently currently.
What does a local search inform me about the house my wife and I purchasing in Havering?
Havering conveyancing often commences with the ordering local authority searches directly from your local Authority or via a personal search company for instance Onsearch The local search plays a central role in many a Havering conveyancing purchase; that is if you don’t want any nasty surprises after you move into your new home. The search should reveal data on, amongst other things, details on planning applications applicable to the premises (whether granted or refused), building control history, any enforcement action, restrictions on permitted development, nearby road schemes, contaminated land and radon gas; in all a total of thirteen topic sections.
My company is intending to take an assignment of a lease of an office on a shopping parade. Can you recommend solicitors offering fixed costs for non-domestic conveyancing in Havering for below £1,200?
We can recommend firms who host a wealth of experience of commercial conveyancing in Havering, including the sale and purchase of businesses as well as simply premises. Whether you are hoping to acquire or lease a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail unit or a whole business we will put you in touch with the right firm. As for the charges this will depend on the structure and nuances of the deal. Let us have your contact information or email so as to enable us to supply you with a detailed commercial conveyancing quote.
Partway through the sale of a leasehold flat in Havering. Conveyancing is fine but we have been asked to pay a fortune from the freeholder. To date we have issued a cheque for £275 for a leasehold management information and then a further £134.40 for additional questions raised by the purchaser's lawyer.
You will not have control over the level of the fee for this information but the average fee for the information for Havering leasehold property is £350. When it comes to Havering conveyancing deals it is conventional for the owner to cover the costs. The freeholder or their agents are under no legal obligation to address these questions although many will agree to do so - albeit often at high prices out of proportion to the work involved. Regretfully there is no statute that requires fixed charges for administrative tasks. Nor is there any statutory time limit by which they are duty bound to issue the information.