I have just been advised by my estate agent that my Uxbridge lawyer is not on the lender Solicitor panel. How can I check?
You need to call your Uxbridge lawyer directly. It is reasonable to expect your lawyer to advise you of the situation. Where they are not on the panel they could put your in touch with solicitors on the approved list of lawyers for your bank.
As a novice what is the most important number one tip you can impart regarding purchase conveyancing in Uxbridge?
You may not hear this from too many lawyers but conveyancing in Uxbridge and elsewhere in England and Wales is often a confrontational process. In other words, when it comes to conveyancing there exists plenty of opportunity for conflict between you and other parties involved in the ownership transfer. E.g., the seller, property agent and sometimes the mortgage company. Appointing a lawyer for your conveyancing in Uxbridge should not be taken lightly as your conveyancer is your adviser, and is the ONE person in the process whose role it is to protect your best interests and to protect you.
We are witnessing a worrying ongoing adversarial element to conveyancing- someone has to be at fault for the process taking so long. You must always trust your solicitor above the other parties when it comes to the legal assignment of property.
Me and my brother own a semi-detached Georgian property in Uxbridge. Conveyancing lawyer acted for me and Bank of Ireland. I did a free Land Registry search last week and there are two entries: the first freehold, the second leasehold under the matching property. Is it worth asking Bank of Ireland to clarify?
You should review 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 Uxbridge and other areas of the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they mortgage they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with mortgage companies. You can also check the situation with your conveyancing solicitor who conducted the purchase.
Are there any apps to assist me to search for a Uxbridge solicitor on the Accord Mortgages Ltd conveyancing panel? I have a car and am prepared to travel upto 25kilometers to meet the lawyer.
You can use the tool on this website. Please pick a mortgage company and your location and you will see a number of Uxbridge conveyancing lawyers located nearest you. We have listed some Uxbridge conveyancing firms at the bottom of this page and you can telephone them to verify if they are on the Accord Mortgages Ltd approved list
My brother has recommend that I appoint his lawyers for conveyancing in Uxbridge. Should I use them?
Much as we are happy to recommend a Uxbridge conveyancing lawyer it’s preferable to find a conveyancing solicitor is to get guidance from friends or relatives who have used the firm you're contemplating using.
I am on look out for some leasehold conveyancing in Uxbridge. Before I get started I require certainty as to the unexpired term of the lease.
If the lease is registered - and most are in Uxbridge - then the leasehold title will always include the short particulars of the lease, namely the date; the term; and the original parties. From a conveyancing perspective such details then enable any prospective buyer and lender to confirm that any lease they are looking at is the one relevant to that title. For any other purpose, such as confirming how long the term was granted for and calculating what is left, then the register should be sufficient on it's own.
I have tried to negotiate informally with with my landlord to extend my lease without any joy. Can the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal decide on such matters? Can you recommend a Uxbridge conveyancing firm to help?
You certainly can. We are happy to put you in touch with a Uxbridge conveyancing firm who can help.
An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement case for a Uxbridge property is 164 Nestles Avenue in October 2013. The tribunal agreed with the proposed price of £20,158 for the freehold and determined that that sum is the amount to be paid into court This case related to 2 flats. The unexpired residue of the current lease was 69 years.