What is the difference between a licensed conveyancer and conveyancing solicitor in Maida Hill
Two types of professional can perform conveyancing in Maida Hill namely CLC regulated conveyancers or solicitors. The two can provide conveyancing services that you need to complete the sale or purchase of property. Both are obliged to execute Maida Hill conveyancing on similar standards and guidelines so you can be safe in the knowledge that your conveyancing will be properly carried out and that the requirements and procedures should be suitably taken.
My aunt advised me that in buying a property in Maida Hill there could be various restrictions affecting the ability to carry out external alterations to a property. Is this right?
There are a number of properties in Maida Hill which have some sort of restriction or requirement of consent to perform external alterations. Part of the conveyancing in Maida Hill should determine what restrictions are applicable and advising you as part of a ROT that should be sent to you.
I recently had an offer accepted on an apartment in Maida Hill. My mortgage broker suggested a conveyancing practitioner. I paid an advanced payment of £200. A few days later, the conveyancing practitioner contacted me to say that they were not on the Yorkshire BS conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?
You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the Yorkshire BS panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.
We are close to exchanging contracts on the sale of our home in Maida Hill and the buyers lawyers are claiming that there is a possibility that the property was 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 buyers are using a web based conveyancing firm as opposed to a conveyancing solicitor in Maida Hill. Having lived in Maida Hill for 4 years we know that this is a non issue. Is it a good idea to contact our local Authority to seek clarification need.
It would appear that you have a conveyancing firm already. Are they able to advise? You must 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 ailment)
Due to the encouragement of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a house in Maida Hill in advance of appointing solicitors. I have been told that there is a flying freehold overhang to the house. Our surveyor has said that some mortgage companies tend not give a mortgage on such a property.
It varies from the lender to lender. Santander has different requirements from Birmingham Midshires. Should you wish to telephone us we can check via the appropriate bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Maida Hill. Conveyancing will be smoother if you use a solicitor in Maida Hill especially if they regularly deal with such properties in Maida Hill.
What does commercial conveyancing in Maida Hill cover?
Commercial conveyancing in Maida Hill covers a wide array of guidance, supplied by qualified solicitors, relating to business property. For instance, this type of conveyancing can cover the sale or purchase of freehold business premises or, more usually, the transfer of existing leases or the drafting of new leasing arrangements. Commercial conveyancing solicitors can also offer advice on the sale of business assets, commercial mortgages and the termination of leases.
Estate agents have just been given the go-ahead to market my ground floor apartment in Maida Hill. Conveyancing has not commenced, but I have recently had a quarterly service charge demand – Do I pay up?
It best that you clear the invoice as normal given that all rents and maintenance charges should be apportioned on completion, so you will be reimbursed by the purchaser for the period running from after the completion date to the next payment date. Most managing agents will not acknowledge the buyer until the service charges have been paid and are up to date, so it is important for both buyer and seller for the seller to show that they are up to date. Having a clear account will assist your cause and will leave you no worse off financially.
After months of negotiations we cannot agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Maida Hill. Can we issue an application to the Residential Property Tribunal Service?
Where there is a missing landlord or where there is disagreement about what the lease extension should cost, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 you can apply to the LVT to calculate the price.
An example of a Lease Extension case for a Maida Hill flat is Flat 1 57 Oxford Gardens in January 2014. the Tribunal decided that the premium to be paidfor a new lease is £61,650.00. This case affected 1 flat. The unexpired residue of the current lease was 60 years.
I have recently placed an offer on a leasehold flat in Maida Hill and the broker that we are dealing with recommended his conveyancing practitioner. She quoted nine hundred pounds excluding VAT and disbursements. Does this sound steep?
Don't just go on a single estimate. You should obtain like-for-like quotes for your conveyancing in Maida Hill. Then pick one that you trust and crucially, is on the approved list of the lender that you have applied for a mortgage from.