Having sold my house in West Green last October yet the purchaser is Skype messaging me complaining that her conveyancer needs to hear from mysolicitor. What should my lawyer have done following completion?
After completion of your disposal your solicitor should forward the transfer documentation and all additional paperwork to the purchaser's conveyancer. Depending on the transaction, your lawyer must also send confirmation that the home loan has been repaid to the buyers solicitors. There is unlikely to be post completion formalities peculiar conveyancing in West Green.
A relative advised me that where I am buying in West Green I should ask my conveyancer to carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?
This is a search is usually included in the estimate for your West Green conveyancing searches. It is not a small report of about 40 pages, listing and detailing significant information about West Green around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the local Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime statistics, West Green Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data concerning West Green.
I have justbeen informed that Wolstenholmes have closed. They conducted my conveyancing in West Green for a purchase of a leasehold flat 9 months ago. How can I check that my home is not still registered in the name of the former proprietor?
The easiest method to check if the premises is registered to you, you can make a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of West Green conveyancing specialists.
I'm buying a new build house in West Green with the aid of help to buy. The developers would not reduce the price so I negotiated 6k of fixtures and fittings instead. The house builders rep advised me not disclose to my conveyancer about this extras as it may jeopardize my loan with Accord Mortgages Ltd. Should I keep quiet?.
All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.
Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.
Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.
I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold issue on a house I have offered on last month in what should have been a straight forward, chain free conveyancing. West Green is where the house is located. Is there any advice you can impart?
Flying freeholds in West Green are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in West Green you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds diligently. Your bank may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in West Green may determine that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold premises.
In what way does the Landlord & Tenant Act 1954 affect my business premises in West Green and how can you help?
The particular law that you refer to affords security of tenure to commercial tenants, giving them the right to apply to court for a continuation of occupancy when the lease comes to an end. There are limited grounds that a landlord can refuse a lease renewal and the rules are involved. Fees are different for commercial conveyancing. West Green is one of the numerous areas of the UK in which our lawyers are based