My wife and I are purchasing property in Slade Green. My Solicitor is not on the lender solicitor list. Am I still permitted to use my Slade Green conveyancing solicitor notwithstanding that they are not on the bank panel?
You have a couple of choices open to you here
- Proceed with your existing Slade Green lawyer but your mortgage company will no doubt use a lawyer from their conveyancing panel. The net result is additional charges and potential delay.
- Choose a new conveyancing practitioner to act in the purchase, ensuring that they are on the mortgage company conveyancing panel.
- Convince your conveyancer to pull out all the stops to get listed on the bank’s conveyancing panel
I am need of leasehold conveyancing for a flat in a relatively new development (6 years built) in Slade Green. 95% of the appartments are already occupied. Do I need carry out the local searches for my conveyancing in Slade Green?
You would be putting yourself at risk in failing carrying out Slade Green conveyancing searches. Without searches you have no clarity over flooding, environmental etc which may mean you walk away due to potential problems down the line. If you are buying without a mortgage there is no legal necessity to have them, but we would seriously advise in no uncertain terms that you have them. Where speed and driving down costs are top of your issues you should discuss with your solicitor about the viability of search insurance
We see that you have a post code search directory identifying law firms on the Co-operative conveyancing panel. Do firms pay you a referral fee if I retain them for our conveyancing in Slade Green?
We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the Co-operative conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Slade Green.
Is there a search tool that I can utilise to check that the solicitor conducting my conveyancing in Slade Green is on the mortgage lender’sconveyancing panel? I am looking to avoid the situation of having one lawyer for me and one for National Westminster Bank thus paying £175.00 in another set of conveyancing bill.
Please do take advantage of the find a conveyancing panel solicitor tool on this web page. Please choose the lender and type ‘Slade Green’ or your preferred area and you will see numerous conveyancers based in Slade Green or by proximity to you.
I have justbecome aware that Stirling Law have closed. They carried out my conveyancing in Slade Green for a purchase of a leasehold flat 9 months ago. How can I be sure that the property is not still registered in the name of the previous owner?
The easiest way to see if the premises is registered to you, you can make a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Slade Green conveyancing specialists.
Can you offer any advice when it comes to finding a Slade Green conveyancing firm to carry out our lease extension conveyancing?
If you are instructing a solicitor for lease extension works (regardless if they are a Slade Green conveyancing practice) it is imperative that they be familiar with the legislation and specialises in this area of work. We suggest that you speak with several firms including non Slade Green conveyancing practices before you instructing a firm. If the firm is ALEP accredited then so much the better. The following questions could be useful:
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How many lease extensions has the firm completed in Slade Green in the last 12 months? How experienced is the firm with lease extension legislation?
I am the leaseholder of a first floor flat in Slade Green. In the absence of agreement between myself and the freeholder, can the Leasehold valuation Tribunal make a decision on the premium due for the purchase of the freehold?
in cases where there is a absentee landlord or where there is dispute about the premium for a lease extension, under the relevant statutes it is possible to make an application to the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) to determine the premium.
An example of a Lease Extension case for a Slade Green property is Various @ Colombus Square in January 2012. the Tribunal calculated the premiums to be paid for new leases for each of the flats in Mariners Walk to be £3822 and the premium to be paid for the new lease of 2 Knights Court to be £4439. This case was in relation to 13 flats. The number of years remaining on the existing lease(s) was 76 years.