Having sold my house in Lees last November but the buyer keeps calling me to moan that his conveyancer is waiting to hear from myconveyancer. What are the post completion sale legalities now that I have sold?
Following your house sale your lawyer should send the transfer documentation and all supplemental paperwork to the buyer’s lawyers. If applicable, your conveyancer must also evidence that the home loan has been discharged to the purchasers lawyers. There is unlikely to be post completion tasks just for conveyancing in Lees.
We're in Lees, FTBs buying with a mortgage (lender is RBS , and our lawyer is on the RBS conveyancing panel). How long should the conveyancing process take?
The fact that your lawyer is on the RBS conveyancing panel is a help. It would almost certainly delay matters if they were not. However, no conveyancing practitioner should guarantee a timeframe for your conveyancing, due to third parties outside of your control such as delays caused by lenders,conveyancing search providers or by the other side’s solicitors. The time taken is often determined by the number of parties in a chain.
I used Action Conveyancing several years past for my conveyancing in Lees. Now, I need my files but cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?
You should contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracking down your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Lees of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously used, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
I was advised by three or four local property agents in Lees to get a quote from a conveyancer using your seach tool. What’s the financial incentive for Estate Agents to promote your site over and above alternative conveyancing organisations?
We refuse to give any financial incentive for pointing buyers and sellers in our direction. We thought it would be too underhand a fee as a client could think, ‘Why is the agent getting a kickback? Why am I not getting any benefit too?’ So we decided to step away from that.
My husband and I may need to rent out our Lees ground floor flat for a while due to a career opportunity. We instructed a Lees conveyancing practice in 2003 but they have since shut and we did not have the foresight to get any advice as to whether the lease permits subletting. How do we find out?
Even though your last Lees conveyancing solicitor is no longer around you can review your lease to check if you are permitted to let out the premises. The accepted inference is that if the deeds are silent, subletting is permitted. There may be a precondition that you must obtain consent via your landlord or some other party before subletting. This means you not allowed to sublet without first obtaining permission. Such consent should not be unreasonably withheld. If your lease prohibits you from subletting the property you should ask your landlord if they are willing to waive this restriction.
Leasehold Conveyancing in Lees - Sample of Questions you should ask Prior to Purchasing
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Are there any major works in the near future that could add a premium to the maintenance charges? It would be sensible to discover as much as you can regarding the company managing the block as they can either make your life much simpler or uncomfortable. As the proprietor of a leasehold property you are often at the mercy of the managing agents from a financial perspective and when it comes to day to day matters such as the cleanliness of the communal areas. Enquire of other people what they think of them. In conclusion, be sure you understand the dates that you are obliged pay the maintenance charge to the managing agents and precisely what it includes. You should be aware if it is less than eighty years it will impact the salability of the flat. It is worth checking with your bank that they are content with remaining years on the lease. Leases with fewer than 80 years remaining means that you will probably need a lease extension sooner rather than later and it is worth finding out what this will be. For most Leeslease extensions you would be required to have owned the premises for a couple of years before you are legally able to carry out a lease extension.
We are contemplating using a web based conveyancer as opposed to a Lees conveyancing firm. Any advice?
Advantages do exist in having the option visit a local Lees conveyancing solicitor such as
- signing documents and and when necessary
- having face-to-face explanations of things you don't understand
- the ability to raise concerns if matters are not going as expected
When checking estimates, look carefully for hidden extras. Most decent Lees high street solicitors give an all-inclusive price. Often online agents appear to offer cheap fees, but have hidden 'extras' in the fine print.