What does a local search inform me about the property I am purchasing in Southall?
Southall conveyancing often starts with the submitting local authority searches directly from your local Authority or via a personal search organisations such as PSG The local search plays a central role in many a Southall conveyancing purchase; as long as you don’t want any nasty once you have moved into your property. The search should supply data on, amongst other things, details on planning applications applicable to the premises (whether granted or refused), building control history, any enforcement action, restrictions on permitted development, nearby road schemes, contaminated land and radon gas; in all a total of 13 topic headings.
I purchased a renovated Georgian property in Southall. Conveyancing solicitor represented me and The Mortgage Works. I happened to do a free search for it on the Land Registry database and I saw two entries: one for freehold, the second leasehold with the exact same address. Is it worth asking The Mortgage Works to clarify?
You should read the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register as there may be mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered owner of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Southall and other areas of the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they remortgage they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with purchasers. You can also question the position with the conveyancing practitioner who conducted the work.
The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build apartment in Southall. Conveyancing is a frightening process at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build legal work.
Here is a sample of a few leasehold new build enquiries that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Southall
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If there are lifts in the building, please confirm that the owners of flats on the ground and basement floors will not be required to contribute towards the cost of maintenance and renewal. Please confirm the Lease plans are surveyor prepared. The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme. Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company?
I am a sole trader intending to take an assignment of a lease of an office on a shopping parade. Can you recommend lawyers offering fixed charges for non-domestic conveyancing in Southall for less than 1500k?
We can recommend firms who have an in-depth of experience of commercial conveyancing in Southall, including the disposal and purchase of businesses as well as simply property. If you are intending to purchase or sell a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail premises or a complete business we will find you the right firm. As for the fees this will depend on the structure and nuances of the proposed transaction. Please provide us with your contact information or phone us so that we may supply you with a detailed commercial conveyancing calculation.
We're FTB’s - agreed a price, yet the selling agent told us that the owners will only go ahead if we appoint their chosen conveyancers as they need a ‘quick sale’. My instinct tells me that we should use a local solicitor used to conveyancing in Southall
We suspect that the owner is not behind this requirement. Should the vendor desire ‘a quick sale', turning down a serious buyer is is going to put the whole deal at risk. Try to communicate with the vendors directly and explain that (a)you are keen to buy (b)you are ready to go, with finances in place © you have nothing to sell (d) you intend to proceed fast (e)but you are going to appoint your preferred Southall conveyancing lawyers - not the ones that will give their negotiator at the agency a kickback or achieve conveyancing targets pre-set by HQ.
I acquired a property in Southall last 11/11/2024 and to date it is still not recorded with HM Land Registry. It was part of a development site and my lawyer told me that it may take over a year to complete the registration formalities. I have called HMLR directly and they have informed me the initial application was cancelled due to failure to reply to requisitions. Should I be concerned?
It is your conveyancer that you really need to get in touch with in order to satisfy any issues which have arisen as part of the registration process for your Southall property. Normal Southall conveyancing practice includes an undertaking on the part of the vendor’s conveyancer that they will assist in resolving any requisition raised by HMLR so it may be a case of taking action to enforce that undertaking if necessary.