We are looking to buy a house and require a conveyancing solicitor in Marylebone who is on the HSBC conveyancing panel. Can you recommend a local solicitor?
Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for HSBC . We don't recommend any particular firms conducting conveyancing in Marylebone.
I am assisting my niece sell her house in Marylebone. Will the conveyancer commission the energy assessment or it is for the owner to see to?
Following the demise of Home Packs, energy performance certificates became a required component of selling a house. An EPC must be commissioned before the property is put on the market. This is not something that conveyancers normally organise. Where you are using a Marylebone conveyancing lawyer they may help arrange EPC’s due to their contacts with reputable local accredited person
My father informed me that in buying a property in Marylebone there may be various restrictions prohibiting external alterations to a property. Is this right?
There are anumerous of properties in Marylebone which have some sort of restriction or requirement of consent to external changes. Part of the conveyancing in Marylebone should determine what restrictions are applicable and advising you as part of a ROT that should be sent to you.
I had an offer accepted on a property in Marylebone on 27/1/2025, valuation was booked 4 days later, received a clean bill of health. Conveyancer appointed, so the only thing outstanding was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Nottingham and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Nottingham conveyancing panel. Are Nottingham entitled to hold back the Mortgage pending the lawyer being on the approved list?
Mortgage companies tend not to not issue a mortgage until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Nottingham to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Nottingham conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
How does conveyancing in Marylebone differ for newly converted properties?
Most buyers of new build premises in Marylebone contact us having been asked by the developer to sign contracts and commit to the purchase even before the residence is constructed. This is because builders in Marylebone typically buy 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 Marylebone or who has acted in the same development.
I have been advised by a number of selling agents in Marylebone to select a solicitor on your site. Is there a financial incentive for Estate Agents to recommend your site rather than another?
We refuse to make any financial incentive for sending work to this site. We found it would be just too difficult to pay a commission as home movers will think, ‘Why is the agent getting a kickback? Why aren’t I receiving any benefit too?’ We would prefer to grow our business on genuine recommendations.
Is it best to appoint a Marylebone conveyancing solicitor who is local to the property I am buying? I have an old university friend who can deal with the conveyancing however her office is over three hundred kilometers away.
The benefit of a local Marylebone conveyancing firm is that you can pop in to execute paperwork, present your identification documents and apply pressure on them if necessary. Having local Marylebone know how is a bonus. However nothing is more important than finding someone that will do a good and efficient job. If if people you trust instructed your friend and on the whole were content that must trump using an unknown Marylebone conveyancing lawyer solely due to them being round the corner.
My wife and I purchased a leasehold flat in Marylebone. Conveyancing and Birmingham Midshires mortgage are in place. I have received a letter from someone claiming to own the freehold. Attached was a ground rent demand for rent dating back to 1997. The conveyancing practitioner in Marylebone who acted for me is not around. Do I pay?
First make enquiries of HMLR to make sure that this person is in fact the new freeholder. You do not need to incur the fees of a Marylebone conveyancing practitioner to do this as you can do this on the Land Registry website for less than a fiver. You should note that in any event, even if this is the rightful landlord, under the Limitation Act 1980 the limitation period for recovery of ground rent is six years.
We have reached the end of our tether in trying to purchase the freehold in Marylebone. Can the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal adjudicate on premiums?
if there is a absentee freeholder or where there is disagreement about the premium for a lease extension, under the relevant legislation it is possible to make an application to the LVT to judgment on the price.
An example of a Lease Extension decision for a Marylebone flat is Flats 37 & 39 88/90 Portland Place in December 2010. The Tribunal determined that the premium payable for the lease extensions in respect of these two flats is as follows:- For Flat 37, the sum of £385,230.00 For Flat 39, the sum of £436,780.00 This case related to 2 flats. The unexpired term was 24.02 years.