I have given 2 months notice to my current landlord and have to leave my let out flat in Sandringham by 12/3/2026. Conveyancing on my purchase is underway. Can I complete in 5 weeks as don't want to have to find temporary accommodation?
The normal practice is not to provide notice on a rental unless exchange of contracts has taken place. If you have not previously done so, speak to your conveyancer and ask them to they chase the other solicitors, try to an agreed time frame that everyone will aim to achieve
Completed the sale of my flat in Sandringham last April but our buyer keeps texting every few hours to say his solicitor is waiting to hear from mine. What should my lawyer have done now that I have sold?
Post completion of your house sale your lawyer should deliver the transfer deeds and all additional paperwork to the buyer’s conveyancer. If applicable, your solicitor must also send confirmation that the mortgage has been redeemed to the purchasers conveyancers. There are no post completion procedures just for conveyancing in Sandringham.
My friend suggested that if I am buying in Sandringham I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?
A search of this type is occasionally quoted for as part of the standard Sandringham conveyancing searches. It is not a small document of more than thirty pages, listing and setting out important information about Sandringham around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the local Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime details, Local Education with plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data regarding Sandringham.
The deeds to our home can not be found. The conveyancers who did the conveyancing in Sandringham 5 years ago are no longer around. What do I do?
Assuming you have a registered title the details of your ownership will be evidenced by the Land Registry under a Title Number. It is easy to conduct a search at the Land Registry, find your house and get up to date copies of the Registered Entries for a small fee. If the property is Leasehold then the Land Registry will also normally retain a certified copy of the Registered Lease and again, a copy can be obtained for twenty pounds.
My wife and I purchased a leasehold flat in Sandringham. Conveyancing and Aldermore mortgage went though with no issue. I have received a letter from someone claiming to own the reversionary interest in the property. Attached was a demand for arrears of ground rent dating back to 1996. The conveyancing practitioner in Sandringham who previously acted has long since retired. What should I do?
The first thing you should do is contact the Land Registry to be sure that the individual claiming to own the freehold is indeed the new freeholder. It is not necessary to instruct a Sandringham conveyancing solicitor to do this as you can do this on the Land Registry website for less than a fiver. Rest assured that regardless, even if this is the rightful landlord, under the Limitation Act 1980 the limitation period for recovery of ground rent is six years.
I purchased a garden flat in Sandringham, conveyancing formalities finalised half a dozen years ago. Can you work out an approximate cost of a lease extension? Similar flats in Sandringham with an extended lease are worth £255,000. The average or mid-range amount of ground rent is £45 levied per year. The lease runs out on 21st October 2099
You have 73 years remaining on your lease the likely cost is going to span between £8,600 and £9,800 plus professional fees.
The suggested premium range above a general guide to costs for extending a lease, but we cannot give you the actual costs without more comprehensive investigations. You should not use this information in tribunal or court proceedings. There may be other concerns that need to be considered and clearly you want to be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Please do not move forward placing reliance on this information before getting professional advice.
I happen to be an executor of my recently deceased mother’s Will, with a property in Sandringham which is to be marketed. The property has never been registered at the Land Registry and I'm told that some buyers solicitors will insist that it is in place before they'll proceed. What's the mechanism for this?
In the situation you refer to it seems advisable to apply to register in the names of the personal representative(s) as named in the probate and in their capacity as PRs. HMLR’s online guidance explains how to register for the first time and what is required re the deeds and forms. You would need to include and certified copy of the probate as well and complete the form FR1 to refer to the PRs as the applicant.