It is a dozen years since I acquired my property in Hornsey Rise. Conveyancing lawyers have now been retained on the sale but I am unable to locate the title documents. Will this cause complications?
Don’t worry too much. Firstly there is a possibility that the deeds will be with your mortgage company or they could be in the possession of the lawyers who handled your purchase. Secondly in most cases the property will be recorded at the land registry and you will be able to prove you own the property by your conveyancing lawyers acquiring up to date copy of the land registers. The vast majority of conveyancing in Hornsey Rise relates to registered property but in the rare situation where your property is not registered it is more tricky but is resolvable.
It has been 2 months since my purchase conveyancing in Hornsey Rise completed. I have checked the Land Registry website which shows that I paid £150,000 when infact I paid £215,000. 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 asset 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 am buying a new build apartment in Hornsey Rise. Conveyancing is a frightening process 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 conveyancing.
Set out below are examples of a selection of leasehold new build questions that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Hornsey Rise
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Please supply a car parking plan. If there are lifts in the building, please confirm that the owners of flats on the ground and basement floors will not be required to contribute towards the cost of maintenance and renewal. Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company? Where service of notices and proceedings can be at the property demised please confirm that this can be amended to include simultaneous services at the Lessees’ solicitors’ offices where the Lessee from time to time is not resident in the UK - such solicitors may be varied by notice in writing to the Landlord from time to time but otherwise will be as previously specified.
I am looking for a leasehold apartment up to £195,000 and identified one round the corner in Hornsey Rise I like with amenity areas and station in the vicinity, the downside is that it's only got 52 years unexpired on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Hornsey Rise in this price bracket, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake purchasing a lease with such few years left?
Should you need a mortgage the remaining unexpired lease term will likely be a potential deal breaker. Reduce the offer by the amount the lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the existing proprietor has owned the premises for at least 2 years you could ask them to commence the lease extension formalities and pass it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the existing lease term and have £0 ground rent by law. You should consult your conveyancing lawyer regarding this matter.
I own a leasehold flat in Hornsey Rise. Conveyancing and Birmingham Midshires mortgage went though with no issue. I have received a letter from someone claiming to own the reversionary interest in the property. Attached was a demand for arrears of ground rent dating back to 1993. The conveyancing solicitor in Hornsey Rise who previously acted has long since retired. What should I do?
The first thing you should do is contact HMLR to make sure that this person is indeed the new freeholder. You do not need to instruct a Hornsey Rise conveyancing lawyer to do this as it can be done on-line for £3. Rest assured that regardless, even if this is the legitimate landlord, under the Limitation Act 1980 no more than 6 years of rent can be collected.
I am the leaseholder of a ground flat in Hornsey Rise. Given that I can not reach agreement with the freeholder, can the Leasehold valuation Tribunal determine the amount due for a lease extension?
Where there is a missing freeholder or if there is dispute about what the lease extension should cost, under the relevant statutes it is possible to make an application to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal to judgment on the price.
An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement matter before the tribunal for a Hornsey Rise premises is 51 Lorne Road in November 2009. The price Payable as decided by the tribunal for the freehold reversion was £27,000. The valuation follows the order of the County Court made on 3 April 2008 granting a vesting order. This case affected 1 flat. The unexpired residue of the current lease was 71 years.
Finally our conveyancing in Hornsey Rise is completing on Friday, however the people I am purchasing off wants to move out on the Saturday afternoon. Do I accept this?
Where you require a loan then your lawyer will require that you have vacant possession on Friday - the lending institution will insist on it.