It is a dozen years since I acquired my property in Newark. Conveyancing lawyers have recently been appointed on the sale but I can't locate the deeds. Will this jeopardise the sale?
Don’t worry too much. Firstly the deeds may be kept by the mortgage company or they could be archived with the solicitor who acted in your purchase. Secondly the chances are that the property will be recorded at the land registry and you will be able to establish that you are the registered owner by your conveyancing lawyers obtaining up to date copy of the land registers. The vast majority of conveyancing in Newark involves registered property but in the unlikely event that your home is unregistered it is more problematic but is resolvable.
My house in Newark is up for sale and I have a purchaser. Will the property lawyer need to be required to be on the Aldermore conveyancing panel in order to deal with paying off my mortgage?
Ordinarily, even if your lawyer is not on the Aldermore conveyancing panel they can still act for you on your sale. It might be that the lender will not release the original deeds (if applicable and increasingly irrelevant) until after the mortgage is paid off. You should speak to your lawyer directly before you start the process though to ensure that there is no problem as lenders are changing their specifications fairly frequently currently.
Should our conveyancer be asking questions concerning flooding as part of the conveyancing in Newark.
Flooding is a growing risk for solicitors dealing with homes in Newark. Some people will acquire a house in Newark, completely expectant that at some time, it may be flooded. However, aside from the physical destruction, where a house is at risk of flooding, it may be difficult to get a mortgage, suitable insurance cover, or dispose of the premises. There are steps that can be taken during the course of a house purchase to forewarn the buyer.
Solicitors are not qualified to give advice on flood risk, but there are a various checks that may be initiated by the buyer or on a buyer’s behalf which can figure out the risks in Newark. The conventional set of property information forms given to a purchaser’s solicitor (where the Conveyancing Protocol is adopted) includes a usual question of the owner to determine if the property has suffered from flooding. If the property has been flooded in past and is not disclosed by the owner, then a purchaser could commence a legal claim for losses stemming from an inaccurate reply. The buyer’s lawyers may also carry out an enviro report. This will reveal if there is any known flood risk. If so, more detailed inquiries will need to be conducted.
Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to our property can not be found. The solicitors who handled the conveyancing in Newark 10 years ago no longer exist. Will I be able to sell the house?
In today’s world there are duplicates made of almost everything, and your conveyancer should be aware precisely where to find all the suitable documentation so you can buy or sell your house without any difficulty. Where duplicates are not available, your lawyer can put in place insurance or indemnities protecting you against possible claims on the premises.
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I am employed by a long established estate agent office in Newark where we see a number of flat sales put at risk as a result of short leases. I have been given contradictory information from local Newark conveyancing solicitors. Can you confirm whether the owner of a flat can commence the lease extension formalities for the purchaser on completion of the sale?
As long as the seller has owned the lease for at least 2 years it is possible, to serve a Section 42 notice to start the lease extension process and assign the benefit of the notice to the purchaser. The benefit of this is that the proposed purchaser need not have to wait 2 years to extend their lease. Both sets of lawyers will agree to form of assignment. The assignment needs to be completed prior to, or at the same time as completion of the disposal of the property.
An alternative approach is to extend the lease informally by agreement with the landlord either before or after the sale. If you are informally negotiating there are no rules and so you cannot insist on the landlord agreeing to grant an extension or transferring the benefit of an agreement to the purchaser.
I acquired a leasehold flat in Newark, conveyancing formalities finalised March 2001. Can you shed any light on how much the price could be for a 90 year extension to my lease? Corresponding properties in Newark with an extended lease are worth £195,000. The ground rent is £45 levied per year. The lease ceases on 21st October 2088
With just 63 years left to run the likely cost is going to span between £16,200 and £18,600 as well as costs.
The suggested premium range above a general guide to costs for extending a lease, but we are not able to supply the actual costs without more detailed investigations. Do not use the figures in a Notice of Claim or as an informal offer. There may be additional issues that need to be taken into account and you obviously should be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Neither should you take any other action based on this information before seeking the advice of a professional.