The lawyer who helped my last purchase has quoted £1150 for fixed fee conveyancing in Northwick Park. I’m looking to sell a Edwardian house for £250,000. Are these conveyancing fees excessive? Is it above what I should be paying for conveyancing in Northwick Park?
The charges are a tad high. If you shop around you might shave off some of the cost by as much as £125. On the other hand, you mightlive to regret choosing an an unknown lawyer. Remember to check the conveyancer can also act for your lender. Do use our comparison tool to select a Northwick Park conveyancing company on the banks member panel which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Northwick Park.
I am need of leasehold conveyancing for an apartment in a fairly new development (6 years old) in Northwick Park. The vast majority the flats have already been sold. Is it strictly necessary to order conveyancing searches as part of conveyancing in Northwick Park?
Where you are obtaining a loan, your lender will insist on some (many) of the searches so you'll have no choice. If not, then Northwick Park conveyancing searches are optional. Your lawyer, will 'advise', perhaps in the strongest possible terms, that you should not go ahead without searches, but he or she has a professional duty to do this. One thing to bear in mind; if you are likely to sell the house one day, it may be of interest to your future buyer what the searches contain. Sometimes houses with no practical issues can still throw up adverse search results. But if you choose to instruct your lawyer to proceed without searches then your lawyer will have to follow your instructions or you will need to switch to an alternative solicitor for your conveyancing in Northwick Park.
We note that you have a search directory listing solicitors on the Skipton conveyancing panel. Do companies pay you a referral fee if I retain them for our own conveyancing in Northwick Park?
We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the Skipton conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Northwick Park.
My fiance and I are purchasing a purpose built flat in Northwick Park with a loan from Halifax.We have a Northwick Park conveyancing solicitor but Halifax advised that her practice is not listed on their approved list of firms. We have to appoint a Halifax panel firm or keep our local solicitor and pay for a Halifax panel lawyer to act for them. This seems very unfair; is there anything we can do?
No, not really. The mortgage issued to you contains terms and conditions, a common one being that conveyancers will be on the Halifax conveyancing panel. in the past, most banks had large numbers of solicitors on their panels: a borrower could find one for themselves, as long as it was on the lender's panel. The lender would then simply instruct the borrower's lawyers to act for the lender, too. You can use your lender's panel lawyers or you could borrow from another lender which does not restrict your choice. A further alternative is for your lawyer to apply to be on the conveyancing panel for Halifax
In my capacity as executor for the will of my grandfather I am disposing of a property in Cardiff but live in Northwick Park. My conveyancer (based 200 miles from mehas requested that I execute a statutory declaration ahead of completion. Can you recommend a conveyancing solicitor in Northwick Park who can witness this legal document for me?
strictly speaking you should not need to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily or notary public or qualified solicitor will suffice regardless of whether they are Northwick Park based
Do you have any top tips for leasehold conveyancing in Northwick Park from the perspective of speeding up the sale process?
- Much of the frustration in leasehold conveyancing in Northwick Park can be avoided if you get in touch lawyers as soon as you market your property and ask them to collate the leasehold information which will be required by the purchasers’ conveyancers. If you hold a share in a the freehold, you should ensure that you have the original share document. Obtaining a new share certificate can be a time consuming formality and frustrates many a Northwick Park home move. If a duplicate share certificate is necessary, you should approach the company director and secretary or managing agents (where relevant) for this at the earliest opportunity. In the event that you altered the property did you need the Landlord’s consent? In particular have you laid down wooden flooring? Northwick Park leases often stipulate that internal structural changes or addition of wooden flooring necessitate a licence from the Landlord approving such works. Should you dont have the consents to hand you should not communicate with the landlord without checking with your solicitor first. If there is a history of any disputes with your landlord or managing agents it is essential that these are resolved before the property is marketed. The buyers and their solicitors will be warry about purchasing a property where there is a current dispute. You may have to bite the bullet and pay any arrears of service charge or resolve the dispute prior to the buyers completing the purchase. It is therefore preferable to have any dispute settled prior to the contract papers being issued to the buyers’ solicitors. You are still duty bound to disclose particulars of the dispute to the buyers, but it is better to reveal the dispute as over rather than ongoing.
I own a ground-floor 1950’s flat in Northwick Park. In the absence of agreement between myself and the freeholder, can the Leasehold valuation Tribunal determine the premium due for the purchase of the freehold?
Most certainly. We can put you in touch with a Northwick Park conveyancing firm who can help.
An example of a Lease Extension decision for a Northwick Park premises is Ground Floor Flat 17 Frognal Avenue in April 2012. the Tribunal agreed that a value of £160,000 for the extended lease was appropriate. This case affected 1 flat. The number of years remaining on the existing lease(s) was 61.66 years.