Finally the sale completed on my house in West Harrow last May but the buyer keeps calling every few hours to moan that his conveyancer is waiting to hear from mine. What are the post completion sale formalities now that I have sold?
Following your disposal your solicitor is obliged to forward the transfer documentation and all of the paperwork to the buyer’s solicitors. Depending on the transaction, your solicitor should also confirm that the mortgage has been repaid to the purchasers conveyancers. There is unlikely to be post completion tasks specific conveyancing in West Harrow.
I know that there are debates on Chancel Insurance on online forums. Am I compelled to have this when acquiring a residence in West Harrow? or I am told that there is historic law that means some homeowners residing in a parish church boundary may be liable to contribute towards maintenance to the chancel in proximity to the church. Is this relevant for conveyancing in West Harrow?
Unless a previous acquisition of the premises took place after 12 October 2013 you could take it that lawyers carrying out conveyancing in West Harrow to continue to recommend a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.
It has been five months since my purchase conveyancing in West Harrow concluded. I have checked the Land Registry site which shows that I paid £200,000 when infact I paid £160,000. Why the discrepancy?
The price paid figure is taken from the application to register the purchase. It is the figure included in the Transfer (the legal deed which transfers the residence from one person to the other) and referred to as the 'consideration' or purchase price. You can report an error in the price paid figure using the LR online form. In most cases errors result from typos so at first glance the figure. Do report it so they can double check and advise.
I decided to have a survey completed on a property in West Harrow prior to retaining lawyers. I have been advised that there is a flying freehold element to the house. Our surveyor advised that some lenders tend not grant a loan on this type of home.
It depends who your proposed lender is. Lloyds has different requirements from Halifax. If you e-mail us we can investigate further with the relevant bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in West Harrow. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in West Harrow to see if the conveyancing will be more expensive.
In my capacity as executor for the will of my father I am disposing of a property in Neath but live in West Harrow. My conveyancer (who is 250 kilometers awayhas requested that I sign a stat dec prior to the transaction finalising. Could you suggest a conveyancing solicitor in West Harrow who can attest this legal document for me?
strictly speaking you should not need to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally any notary public or qualified solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are based in West Harrow
My fiance and I may need to sub-let our West Harrow ground floor flat for a while due to a new job. We instructed a West Harrow conveyancing firm in 2004 but they have since shut and we did not think at the time get any guidance as to whether the lease permits subletting. How do we find out?
A small minority of properties in West Harrow do contain a provision to say that subletting is only allowed with permission. The landlord is not entitled to unreasonably withhold but, in such cases, they would need to see references. Experience suggests that problems are usually caused by unsatisfactory tenants rather than owner-occupiers and for that reason you can expect the freeholder to take up the references and consider them carefully before granting permission.
After months of dialogue we are unable to agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in West Harrow. Does the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal have jurisdiction to calculate the appropriate figures?
You certainly can. We can put you in touch with a West Harrow conveyancing firm who can help.
An example of a Lease Extension case for a West Harrow premises is flat 93b Welldon Crescent in May 2009. The Tribunals valuation for a 90-year lease extension of this fat was £13,171 This case affected 1 flat. The unexpired residue of the current lease was 75.25 years.