I have given 8 weeks notice to my current landlord and must vacate my rented apartment in Wapping by 4/9/2026. Conveyancing on my purchase is underway. Can I complete in a couple of weeks as I wish to avoid having to move into temporary accommodation?
It is unwise to serve notice for your letting unless your lawyer suggests that you should. Assuming that you have not previously done so, notify to your lawyer and ask them to they seek the assistance the sellers lawyers, try to get a realistic time scale from them that everyone will look to achieve
My wife and I have recently appointed a conveyancing solicitor in Wapping. I I am struggling to find out whether they are on the Bank of Scotland approved list of lawyers. Could you assist?
You should call your solicitor and ask them if they are on the lender panel. Alternatively you can call Bank of Scotland who may be able to help.
A colleague suggested that where I am buying in Wapping I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?
A search of this type is sometimes included in the estimate for your Wapping conveyancing searches. It is a large document of more than thirty pages, listing and detailing important information about Wapping around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Wapping Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime statistics, Local Education with plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data concerning Wapping.
About to purchase a new build apartment in Wapping. 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 conveyancing.
Set out below is a sample of a few leasehold new build enquiries that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Wapping
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Where there is an Undertaking being granted there is the risk of forfeiture of the Headlease subject to relief if one or more of the Underlessees are willing to accept the original Head Lessee’s obligations as otherwise relief will be denied to the Underlessees. The only alternatives are the Head Lessor agreeing not to forfeit the Headlease or the Head Lessee guaranteeing to the Underlessees that it will not be in breach of the Headlease. There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants. The Lease must contain a provision on behalf of the Vendor to pay the service charges in respect of unoccupied units in order to ensure that all services can be provided. Where service of notices and proceedings can be at the property demised please confirm that this can be amended to include simultaneous services at the Lessees’ solicitors’ offices where the Lessee from time to time is not resident in the UK - such solicitors may be varied by notice in writing to the Landlord from time to time but otherwise will be as previously specified. The Vendor must covenant to keep unsold units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore.
Due to the input of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a property in Wapping in advance of instructing conveyancers. I have been told that there is a flying freehold element to the house. The surveyor advised that some mortgage companies will refuse to issue a loan on a flying freehold property.
It depends who your proposed lender is. Santander has different instructions from Nationwide. If you call us we can check with the relevant mortgage company. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Wapping. Conveyancing will be smoother if you use a solicitor in Wapping especially if they regularly deal with such properties in Wapping.
How simple is it to switch conveyancer as I have to choose a firm on the Santander conveyancing panel. I hired a family conveyancing solicitor in Wapping round the corner but the firm is not accepted by Santander
It would be our pleasure to assist you find a conveyancing solicitor in Wapping on the Santander panel. Please note that the solicitors that we on the directory do not pay us commission if you instruct them and are fully regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority who oversee all conveyancing solicitors in Wapping. In making use of the find a conveyancing solicitor tool on this site, you can compare and instruct different solicitors and conveyancers both nationally and in Wapping.