My IFA requires my Northfleet solicitor’s panel member for the Santander conveyancing panel. Can you suggest how I obtain this. I have tried my local Northfleet branch but they don't know it.
Have you tried speaking to your Northfleet solicitor about this?. They maintain a central record lender panel numbers.
I am acquiring a property mortgage free in Northfleet. I have resided for the previous Seventeen years in Northfleet. Conveyancing searches are exorbitant. Given that I know the road and vicinity intimately should I not bother getting the solicitor to do all the conveyancing searches?
Provided that you do not need a home loan, then almost all of the Northfleet conveyancing searches are at your discretion. Your conveyancer will 'advise', perhaps strongly, that you should have searches carried out, but he has a professional duty to do this. One thing to take into account; if you are intend to dispose of the house at a future date, it may be of interest to your prospective purchaser what the searches reveal. Sometimes premises with no practical issues can still throw up adverse search results. A competent conveyancing solicitor in Northfleet should be able to give you some helpful advice concerning this.
We see that you have a post code search directory identifying law firms on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel. Do companies pay you a commission if I appoint them for our conveyancing in Northfleet?
We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Northfleet.
I acquired my house on 6 May and the transaction details is yet to be on the land registry website. Need I be worried? My conveyancing solicitor in Northfleet advises it would be registered in less than a month. Are titles in Northfleet uniquely lengthy to register?
There is nothing unique when it comes to conveyancing in Northfleet registration formalities. Rather than based on location, timescales can vary depending on who lodges the application, whether it is in order and if the Land registry need to notify any interested persons or bodies. At present in the region of 80% of such applications are fully dealt with in less than three weeks but occasionally there can be extensive hold-ups. Historically registration is effected once the new owner has moved in to the property so an expedited registration is not typically primary concern but if it is urgent that the the registration takes place urgently then you or your solicitor should communicate with the Registry to express the reasoning for an expedited registration.
I only have 62 years left on my lease in Northfleet. I need to extend my lease but my freeholder is missing. What should I do?
If you meet the appropriate requirements, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 you can submit an application to the County Court for for permission to dispense with the service of the initial notice. This will enable the lease to be extended by the magistrate. However, you will be required to demonstrate that you have used your best endeavours to locate the lessor. On the whole a specialist would be useful to conduct investigations and prepare a report to be used as evidence that the landlord is indeed missing. It is advisable to get professional help from a solicitor in relation to devolving into the landlord’s absence and the vesting order request to the County Court covering Northfleet.
I inherited a 1 bedroom flat in Northfleet, conveyancing formalities finalised half a dozen years ago. Can you shed any light on how much the price could be for a 90 year extension to my lease? Comparable properties in Northfleet with over 90 years remaining are worth £265,000. The average or mid-range amount of ground rent is £50 per annum. The lease comes to an end on 21st October 2101
You have 76 years remaining on your lease we estimate the price of your lease extension to range between £8,600 and £9,800 as well as costs.
The suggested premium range that we have given is a general guide to costs for extending a lease, but we cannot give you the actual costs in the absence of detailed due diligence. You should not use this information in tribunal or court proceedings. There may be other concerns that need to be considered and clearly you should be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Please do not move forward placing reliance on this information before getting professional advice.
18 days into buying a house in Northfleet. Conveyancing solicitor has called to say the property is "Leasehold". Does this impact the salability of the house?
Northfleet conveyancing does not usually involve leasehold houses. The key factor here is the length of lease and the ground rent. If it's 999 years with a peppercorn rent, it's almost the same as freehold, so it’s unlikely to impact the saleability significantly.
On the flip side, if it's, say, 50 years it is bound to have a adverse impact on the value, and most likely wouldn't be mortgageable. The length of lease and ground rent will be specified in the lease provided to your property lawyer.