Can your site be used to find a Conveyancing solicitor in Norwood even where I’m not buying or selling a house, for example where I wish to acquire an office in Norwood with a mortgage from Coventry Building Society?
The service is predominantly used to locate residential conveyancing solicitors in Norwood but we have set out at the end of this page a few Norwood commercial conveyancing firms. You should speak with the firm directly to establish if they can also act for Coventry Building Society
My lender has recommended solicitors on their panel based in Norwood but I would rather instruct a conveyancing lawyer in Norwood or nearer to where I live. Are you able to help?
It is by no means the case that all Norwood conveyancing practices are listed all lender’s conveyancing panel. Please make use of our search tool to locate a Norwood conveyancing conveyancer on the on the bank panel.
I bought my flat on 6 March and the transaction details is yet to be on the land registry website. Need I be worried? My conveyancing solicitor in Norwood said it will be concluded in less than a month. Are transfers in Norwood uniquely lengthy to register?
There is nothing unique about conveyancing in Norwood registration formalities. Rather than based on location, timeframes can differ subject to who lodges the application, whether it is in order and whether the Land registry communicate with any third persons or bodies. Currently in the region of three quarters of submission are fully dealt with in less than three weeks but occasionally there can be extensive delays. Registration occurs after the purchaser is living at the premises thus registration formalities is not usually top priority yet if there is a degree of urgency associated with the registration then you or your lawyers could contact the land registry and explain the circumstances.
I am buying my first flat in Norwood with a mortgage from Chelsea Building Society. The builders would not reduce the price so I negotiated £7000 of extras instead. The house builders rep told me not reveal to my solicitor about this deal as it may impact my loan with the bank. Is this normal?.
All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the developer of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.
Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.
Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.
Harry (my fiance) and I may need to let out our Norwood basement flat for a while due to a new job. We used a Norwood conveyancing firm in 2003 but they have closed and we did not have the foresight to seek any guidance as to whether the lease permits subletting. How do we find out?
Notwithstanding that your last Norwood conveyancing solicitor is not available you can check your lease to see if it allows you to sublet the property. The accepted inference is that if the lease is non-specific, subletting is allowed. There may be a precondition that you need to seek permission from your landlord or other appropriate person prior to subletting. This means that you cannot sublet in the absence of first obtaining permission. The consent is not allowed to be unreasonably refused ore delayed. If your lease does not allow you to sublet you should ask your landlord if they are willing to waive this restriction.
I own a garden flat in Norwood, conveyancing was carried out half a dozen years ago. Can you work out an approximate cost of a lease extension? Equivalent properties in Norwood with over 90 years remaining are worth £222,000. The average or mid-range amount of ground rent is £50 invoiced every year. The lease runs out on 21st October 2095
With only 70 years left to run we estimate the premium for your lease extension to be between £9,500 and £11,000 as well as plus your own and the landlord's "reasonable" professional fees.
The suggested premium range that we have given is a general guide to costs for renewing a lease, but we cannot give you the actual costs without more detailed investigations. Do not use the figures in tribunal or court proceedings. There are no doubt other concerns that need to be considered and clearly you should be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Neither should you move forward based on this information before seeking the advice of a professional.
We today found out that one of the directors of the law firm undertaking the purchase conveyancing in Norwood is an uncle of the seller. Is this allowed?
On the basis that no conflict arises this should be fine. If you are needing mortgage finance then the lender may have a say as many lenders have specific requirements on this. For example for RBS- First Active as of 21/3/2025, the requirements read as follows :