We hope to to purchase with Darlington Building Society. I dropped in a couple of high street solicitors yet am struggling to find a Lewisham conveyancing firm on the Darlington Building Society panel. Please you assist?
You should make use of the search tool on this web page. Pick the building society and type Lewisham or your preferred area and you will see numerous conveyancers offices in Lewisham or nearest you.
We are planning on selling our home in Lewisham and according to the buyers it appears that there is a risk of it being built on contaminated land. Any local conveyancer would know this is not the case. For the life of me I don't know why the purchasers are using an online conveyancing firm rather than a conveyancing solicitor in Lewisham. We have lived in Lewisham for six years we know that this is a non issue. Is it a good idea to get in touch with our local Authority to obtain clarification that there is no issue.
It would appear that you have a conveyancing solicitor currently acting for you. Are they able to advise? You need to check with your lawyer before you do anything. It is very possible that once the local authority has been informed of a potential issue it cannot be insured against (a bit like being diagnosed with a serious illness and then taking out life insurance to cover that same sickness)
My wife and I have a 4 bedroom Georgian house in Lewisham. Conveyancing solicitor represented me and Nationwide Building Society. I happened to do a free search for it on the Land Registry database and there are two entries: one for freehold, the second leasehold with the exact same property. Is it worth asking Nationwide Building Society to clarify?
You need to assess the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register as there may be mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered owner of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Lewisham and other locations in the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they sell they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with mortgage companies. You can also check the situation with your conveyancing solicitor who carried out the work.
How does conveyancing in Lewisham differ for new build properties?
Most buyers of new build residence in Lewisham come to us having been asked by the builder to exchange contracts and commit to the purchase even before the house is built. This is because house builders in Lewisham usually purchase the land, plan the estate and want to get the plots sold off as they are building the properties. Buyers, therefore, will have to exchange contracts without actually seeing the house they are buying. To reduce the chances of losing the property, buyers should instruct conveyancing solicitors as soon as the property is reserved and mortgage applications should be submitted quickly. Due to the fact that it could be several months and even years between exchange of contracts and completion, the mortgage offer may need to be extended. It would be wise to use a lawyer who specialises in new build conveyancing especially if they are accustomed to new build conveyancing in Lewisham or who has acted in the same development.
Having had my offer accepted I require leasehold conveyancing in Lewisham. Before I get started I would like to find out the remaining lease term.
If the lease is recorded at the land registry - and 99.9% are in Lewisham - then the leasehold title will always include the basic details of the lease, namely the date; the term; and the original parties. From a conveyancing perspective such details then enable any prospective buyer and lender to confirm that any lease they are looking at is the one relevant to that title. For any other purpose, such as confirming how long the term was granted for and calculating what is left, then the register should be sufficient on it's own.
I am the proprietor of a basement flat in Lewisham. In the absence of agreement between myself and the freeholder, can the Leasehold valuation Tribunal determine the sum payable for a lease extension?
in cases where there is a absentee freeholder or if there is disagreement about what the lease extension should cost, under the relevant statutes it is possible to make an application to the LVT to arrive at the premium.
An example of a Lease Extension matter before the tribunal for a Lewisham premises is 73 Walerand Road in August 2012. the result of the findings of the Tribunal led to a premium to be paid for the extended lease in respect of Flat 73 in the sum of £10,040. The premium applicable in respect of Flat 85 was £5,710. This case related to 2 flats. The remaining number of years on the lease was 72 years.
I have just become aware that one of the directors of the conveyancing practice acting on the purchase conveyancing in Lewisham is an aunty of the owners that we are buying from. Is this acceptable?
Provided no conflict arises this is allowable. If you are requiring mortgage finance then the bank may have a say as many lenders have specific requirements on this. For example for Yorkshire Building Society as of 26/11/2024, the requirements read as follows :
* there is no conflict of interest and none arises during the transaction
* the firm is a partnership
* the conveyancer acting is not the borrower or a member of the borrower's immediate family