My property lawyer in Preston is not listed on the Nationwide Building Society Approved Panel. Can I still continue with my family solicitor notwithstanding that they are excluded from the Nationwide Building Society list of approved lawyers?
Your options are as follows:
- Complete the purchase with your existing Preston lawyers but Nationwide Building Society will need to use a solicitor on their list of acceptable firms. This will inevitably rack up the total conveyancing charges and result in frustration.
- Choose an alternative practitioner to act in the conveyancing, remembering to check they are on the Nationwide Building Society panel
Forgive me if this question is silly but I am unexperienced as a first time buyer of a two bedroom flat in Preston. Do I receive the keys to the premises on completion from my conveyancer? If so, I will find a local conveyancing solicitor in Preston?
There is no need to visit the lawyers office on the day of completion. Your solicitors will electronically transfer the completion advance to the vendor’s solicitors, and once they have received this, you should be invited to receive the keys from the property Agents and start moving into the property. This tends to happen early afternoon.
We are getting a further advance on our mortgage from Bank of Ireland as we want to conduct renovations to our house in Preston. Are we obliged to appoint a local Preston solicitor on the Bank of Ireland conveyancing panel to deal with the legals?
Bank of Ireland do not ordinarily appoint a member of their approved list of lawyers to handle the formalities. If they do require any legal work then you would need to ensure that such a lawyer was on the Bank of Ireland list.
I was told two weeks ago that my mortgage has been agreed to by RBS. Is it usual for RBS to only issue the offer once my solicitor in Preston is approved on their conveyancing panel? RBS have asked my solicitor to see a copy of their Professional Indemnity Insurance Schedule.
A lender would not issue a mortgage until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for RBS to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the RBS conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
I am looking for a leasehold apartment up to £235,500 and found one near me in Preston I like with amenity areas and station in the vicinity, the downside is that it only has 49 remaining years left on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Preston for this price, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error acquiring a short lease?
If you need a mortgage the remaining unexpired lease term may be an issue. Reduce the price by the amount the lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the existing owner has owned the premises for at least twenty four months you can ask them to commence the lease extension formalities and pass it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the existing lease and have £0 ground rent by law. You should speak to your conveyancing lawyer regarding this matter.
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Completion is due on the disposal of our £450,000 garden flat in Preston in just under a week. The managing agents has quoted £300 for Landlord’s certificate, insurance certificate and previous years service charge statements. Is it legal for a freeholder to charge such fees for a flat conveyance in Preston?
Preston conveyancing on leasehold maisonettes usually necessitates fees being invoiced by management companies :
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Answering pre-contract enquiries
Where consent is required before sale in Preston
Copies of the building insurance and schedule
Deeds of covenant upon sale
Registering of the assignment of the change of lessee after a sale
My wife and I have hit a brick wall in trying to purchase the freehold in Preston. Can this matter be resolved via the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal?
if there is a absentee landlord or where there is disagreement about the premium for a lease extension, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 you can apply to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal to determine the sum to be paid.
An example of a Lease Extension matter before the tribunal for a Preston property is Ground Floor Flat 79 London Road in September 2012. the Tribunal held that the premium payable for the lease extension should be £7,636 This case related to 1 flat. The unexpired term was 74 years.
My wife and I have selected a Preston conveyancing solicitor for our house purchase (first time buyers) and have spotted in the engagement letter that they are not regulated by the FCA. Am I right to be concerned or is that standard with conveyancer?
We can't see why they should be. Most lawyer don't lend money. You should check that they are regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, who dictate stringent obligations in place on monies sitting in their bank.