At what point does exchange of contracts take place for sale conveyancing in Notting Hill and am I required to be at the conveyancers office?
If you are near to our conveyancing solicitors in Notting Hill you are invited in to sign documents. However, the firms we work with provide a nationwide conveyancing service and give just as detailed and professional a job for you when dealing with you by post or email. The signing of the contract is not the important part. Signing on the dotted line simply enables the conveyancer to exchange contracts at the suitable time, which will usually be very shortly after signing. The procedure is is usually a five minute process, although where an extended "chain" is in play, since the process requires the relevant party's solicitor (not necessarily a conveyancing solicitor in Notting Hill)to be in the office available at the end of the phone to exchange contracts.
We are close to exchanging contracts on the sale of our property in Notting Hill and the buyers lawyers are claiming that there is a risk of it being built land that was not decontaminated. A high street Notting Hill conveyancer would know that there is no such problem. It does beg the question why the buyers are using a factory type conveyancing firm as opposed to a conveyancing solicitor in Notting Hill. Having lived in Notting Hill for six years we know of no issue. Do we contact our local Authority to obtain clarification need.
It sounds as though you may have a conveyancing firm already. Are they able to advise? You should check with your lawyer before you do anything. It is very possible that once the local authority has been informed of a potential issue it cannot be insured against (a bit like being diagnosed with a serious illness and then taking out life insurance to cover that same ailment)
I used Wolstenholmes a few years past for my conveyancing in Notting Hill. Now, I need the documents however cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?
You should contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Notting Hill of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously instructed, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
I have been pointed in your direction by a number of property agents in Notting Hill to select a solicitor using your seach tool. What’s the financial incentive for Estate Agents to offer your services ahead of alternative conveyancing organisations?
We don’t make any financial incentive for directing people our way. We found it would be just too difficult to pay a commission as a client could think, ‘Why is the agent getting a kickback? Why aren’t I receiving any benefit too?’ So we decided to step away from that.
My father has recommend that I instruct his conveyancing solicitors in Notting Hill. Should I find my own property lawyer?
No doubt it’s preferable to choose a conveyancing solicitor is to seek feedback from friends or relatives who have experience in using the conveyancer that you are are thinking of instructing.
I own a leasehold house in Notting Hill. Conveyancing and Coventry Building Society mortgage organised. A letter has just been received from someone saying they have taken over the reversionary interest in the property. It included a demand for arrears of ground rent dating back to 1995. The conveyancing practitioner in Notting Hill who previously acted has now retired. What should I do?
First contact the Land Registry to make sure that the individual claiming to own the freehold is in fact the new freeholder. You do not need to instruct a Notting Hill conveyancing lawyer to do this as it can be done on-line for less than a fiver. Rest assured that regardless, even if this is the legitimate freeholder, under the Limitation Act 1980 no more than 6 years of rent can be collected.
I have tried to negotiate informally with with my landlord to extend my lease without any joy. Can the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal adjudicate on such matters? Can you recommend a Notting Hill conveyancing firm to act on my behalf?
if there is a absentee freeholder or if there is dispute about what the lease extension should cost, under the relevant legislation you can apply to the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) to determine the sum to be paid.
An example of a Lease Extension matter before the tribunal for a Notting Hill residence is 2 Grove House 95 Addison Road in October 2013. the Tribunal decided that the premium to bepaid for a new lease is £50,050. This case related to 1 flat. The unexpired term was 68.4 years.