Having sold my house in Wetherby last March yet the purchaser is e-mailing every few hours to moan that her conveyancer needs to hear from mine. What should my lawyer have done following completion?
After completion of your disposal your conveyancer should forward the transfer documentation and all additional paperwork to the buyer’s solicitors. Where appropriate, your conveyancer should also send confirmation that the legal charge in favour of the lender has been redeemed to the buyers solicitors. There is unlikely to be post completion requirements just for conveyancing in Wetherby.
Various online forums that I have visited warn that are a common cause of delay in Wetherby house deals. Is this right?
The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) released determinations of research by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not feature amongst the common causes of hindrances during the legal transfer of property. Searches are unlikely to feature in any delay in conveyancing in Wetherby.
Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to my home are lost. The lawyers who did the conveyancing in Wetherby 10 years ago are no longer around. What are my options?
As long as you have a registered title the information relating to your proprietorship will be documented by the Land Registry under a Title Number. It is possible to carry out a search at the Land Registry, find your house and order up to date copies of the Registered Entries for a small fee. If the property is Leasehold then the Land Registry will in most cases retain a file copy of the Registered Lease and again, a copy can be obtained for £20 inclusive of VAT.
How difficult is it to transfer to a new firm as I need to retain a firm on the Santander conveyancing panel. I had appointed a family conveyancing solicitor in Wetherby five minutes from me but the firm is not approved by Santander
It would be our pleasure to assist you select a conveyancing solicitor in Wetherby on the Santander panel. Please note that the property lawyers that we list do not pay us commission if you instruct them and are fully regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority who oversee all conveyancing solicitors in Wetherby. In making use of search facility on this page, you can compare and instruct different solicitors and conveyancers both nationally and in Wetherby.
I am employed by a reputable estate agent office in Wetherby where we have experienced a few leasehold sales put at risk as a result of leases having less than 80 years remaining. I have received inconsistent advice from local Wetherby conveyancing firms. Please can you confirm whether the owner of a flat can instigate the lease extension process for the purchaser on completion of the sale?
Provided that the seller has owned the lease 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 has to be done prior to, or at the same time as completion of the disposal of the property.
An alternative approach is to extend the lease informally by agreement with the landlord 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 buyer.
Wetherby Conveyancing for Leasehold Flats - Examples of Questions you should consider before buying
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Are any of leasehold owners in arrears of their service charge payments? This question is helpful as a) areas could result in problems in the block as the common areas may begin to deteriorate where maintenance are not paid for b) if the leaseholders have a dispute with the running of the building you will need to have all the details What prohibitions are there in the Wetherby Lease?
Living abroad I am unable to be present at my Wetherby conveyancing solicitors office to execute documents connected to my conveyancing in Wetherby – will this be problematic?
You need not be concerned. Wetherby conveyancing solicitors can deal with home moves for clients from a distance. It is not necessary for you to be able to be present a Wetherby conveyancers office. They can handle everything using post, email, telephone and fax.