We were about to retain a conveyancing solicitor in Upper Norwood endorsed on your site but stumbled across some other fee calculations on the internet appear cheaper – why is this?
You can find many firms of websites promoting alleged cut-price conveyancing, yet more often than not extrafees end up with the closing bill mounting up beyond all recognition. Solicitors ought to ensure fees outlined in terms of business should be equitable invoiced The solicitors that we list for conveyancing in Upper Norwood genuinely set out all charges for a domestic conveyancing transaction.
Can I use your services to recommend a Conveyancing solicitor in Upper Norwood even where I’m not purchasing or selling a house, for example where I intend to acquire an office in Upper Norwood with a mortgage from Norwich and Peterborough Building Society?
The service is primarily there to find domestic conveyancing solicitors in Upper Norwood but we have set out at the end of this page some Upper Norwood commercial conveyancing firms. You should make contact with the solicitors directly to see if they are also authorised to represent Norwich and Peterborough Building Society
I am downsizing from our house in Upper Norwood and the buyers lawyers are claiming that there is a possibility that the property was built on contaminated land. Any high street Upper Norwood lawyer would know that there is no such problem. For the life of me I don't know why the purchasers used an internet conveyancing outfit rather than a conveyancing solicitor in Upper Norwood. We have lived in Upper Norwood for 4 years we know of no issue. Is it a good idea to contact our local Authority to obtain clarification that there is no issue.
It sounds as though you may have a conveyancing firm currently acting for you. What do they say? You must enquire of 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 illness)
Me and my brother have a renovated Victorian property in Upper Norwood. Conveyancing practitioner acted for me and National Westminster Bank. I did a free Land Registry search last week and I saw two entries: the first freehold, the second leasehold with the exact same property. I thought I was buying a freehold how can I check?
You should assess 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 proprietor of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Upper Norwood 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 lenders. You can also enquire as to the situation with your conveyancing lawyer who conducted the work.
I am thinking of appointing a conveyancing lawyer in Upper Norwood for my house move. Is there any facility to check a firm’s complaints history with the profession’s regulator?
You may search for published Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) decisions arising from investigations from 2008 onwards. Visit Check a solicitor's record. To find information Pre 2008, or to check a firm's history, telephone 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 any week day save for Tuesday when lines open at 9.30am. International callers, use +44 (0)121 329 6800. The regulator could monitor call for training reasons.
We expect to complete the disposal of our £325,000 garden flat in Upper Norwood in six days. The managing agents has quoted £348 for Landlord’s certificate, insurance certificate and previous years service charge statements. Is the landlord entitled to charge an administration fee for a leasehold conveyance in Upper Norwood?
Upper Norwood conveyancing on leasehold maisonettes more often than not necessitates the purchaser’s conveyancer submitting questions for the landlord to address. Although the landlord is under no legal obligation to address such questions the majority will be willing to do so. They are at liberty to levy a reasonable administration fee for responding to enquiries or supplying documentation. There is no upper cap for such fees. The average costs for the information that you are referring to is over three hundred pounds, in some transactions it exceeds £800. The administration charge required by the landlord must be accompanied by a synopsis of rights and obligations in relation to administration charges, otherwise the charge is not strictly payable. In reality you have no choice but to pay whatever is demanded if you want to sell the property.
I inherited a a ground floor purpose built flat in Upper Norwood. In the absence of agreement between myself and the landlord, can the Leasehold valuation Tribunal make a decision on the amount due for the purchase of the freehold?
Where there is a missing landlord or where there is disagreement about what the lease extension should cost, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 it is possible to make an application to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal to arrive at the price payable.
An example of a Lease Extension decision for a Upper Norwood property is Flats 55, 67 & 70 Melbourne Court Anerley Road in July 2013. The tribunal calculated that the premium for the extended lease at £48,366.00 for at 55, and £88,329.00 for ats 67 and 70 combined. This case related to 1 flat. The unexpired term was 26.38 years.