We are buying a flat and need a conveyancing solicitor in Walthamstow Village who is on the Skipton conveyancing panel. Can you recommend a local solicitor?
Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Skipton . We don't recommend any particular firms conducting conveyancing in Walthamstow Village.
I require expedited conveyancing in Walthamstow Village as I have pressure to sign on the dotted line in less than 3 weeks. Luckily I do not require a mortgage. Can I decline from having conveyancing searches to save money and time?
As you are are a mortgage free purchaser you are at liberty not to do searches although no lawyer would recommend that you don't. Drawing on our experience of conveyancing in Walthamstow Village the following are instances of issues that can appear and therefore affect future mortgageability: Refused Planning Applications, Overdue Fees, Overdue Grants, Road Schemes,...
Due to the guidance of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a house in Walthamstow Village ahead of instructing solicitors. I have been advised that there is a flying freehold overhang to the house. The surveyor has said that some mortgage companies tend refuse to grant a mortgage on this type of premises.
It varies from the lender to lender. Santander has different instructions for example to Birmingham Midshires. Should you wish to telephone us we can investigate further with the appropriate bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Walthamstow Village. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Walthamstow Village to see if the conveyancing costs will increase in light of this.
As co-executor for the estate of my father I am disposing of a residence in Neath but I am based in Walthamstow Village. My conveyancer (approximately 260 miles awayrequires that I sign a statutory declaration prior to completion. Can you recommend a conveyancing solicitor in Walthamstow Village to attest this legal document for me?
Technically speaking you are unlikely to be required to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally any notary public or solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are located in Walthamstow Village
I am a negotiator for a busy estate agent office in Walthamstow Village where we see a few leasehold sales derailed due to leases having less than 80 years remaining. I have been given inconsistent advice from local Walthamstow Village conveyancing solicitors. Can you shed some light as to whether the seller of a flat can start the lease extension formalities for the buyer?
As long as the seller has been the owner for at least 2 years it is possible, to serve a Section 42 notice to commence the lease extension process and assign the benefit of the notice to the purchaser. The benefit of this is that the buyer need not have to wait 2 years to extend their lease. Both sets of lawyers will agree to form of assignment. The assignment needs to be completed before, or at the same time as completion of the sale.
Alternatively, it may be possible to agree the lease extension with the freeholder either before or after the sale. If you are informally negotiating there are no rules and so you cannot insist on the landlord agreeing to grant an extension or transferring the benefit of an agreement to the purchaser.
Having spent years of dialogue we simply can't agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Walthamstow Village. Does the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal have jurisdiction to calculate the appropriate figures?
Where there is a absentee landlord or if there is dispute 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 First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) to judgment on the sum to be paid.
An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement matter before the tribunal for a Walthamstow Village flat is 32 Howard Road in June 2012. the Tribunal held that premium payable for the freehold reversion should be £35,825 This case related to 2 flats. The number of years remaining on the existing lease(s) was 64 years.
My conveyancers in Walthamstow Village have advised me that no longer have my conveyancing file. To assist with my purchase I took out a mortgage with the bank. Is it case that being on the mortgage company conveyancing panel they need to have retained the file for a number of years?
Different lenders have different requirements but many of the Terms and Conditions of Conveyancing Panel Appointment require the file to be held for a period of 6 years. That being said we have not seen a copy of the lender Conveyancing Panel Terms. It might be worth you contacting the mortgage company directly.