I am not well enough to travel far from Worcester Park. What is the rationale as to why all Worcester Park solicitors aren't included on all lender panels?
As inequitable as it may appear for lenders to restrict who can represent them, from the public’s or solicitor’s viewpoint, the other side of the coin is that lending institutions are becoming ever more anxious and feel it necessary to protect them from illegal activities. As a result of this concern mortgage companies are limiting their conveyancing panel to a size that they are happy to control.
Are the Worcester Park conveyancing solicitors identified as being on the Virgin Money conveyancing panel, together with their details provided by Virgin Money?
Worcester Park conveyancing firms themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the Virgin Money conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from Virgin Money directly.
A colleague advised me that if I am buying in Worcester Park I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?
A search of this type is sometimes included in the estimate for your Worcester Park conveyancing searches. It is a large document of about 40 pages, listing and detailing significant information about Worcester Park 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 details, Worcester Park Education with plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information regarding Worcester Park.
Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly identified as part of conveyancing in Worcester Park?
Restrictive covenants can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the process of conveyancing in Worcester Park. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’
We are a fortnight into a residential purchase having been recommend to a firm by the high street agent to do our conveyancing in Worcester Park. I am am extremely dissatisfied with the quality of service. Can you you assist me in finding new conveyancers?
They would need to be very bad in order to consider changing them. Has the mortgage been generated? If so you need to advise them of the new contact details and have the offer are issued to the new lawyers. Your new conveyancer needs to be on the lenders approved list to avoid escalating fees and complications. So that should be your starting point. The search tool should assist you in finding a bank approved conveyancer for your home move in Worcester Park
What advice can you give us when it comes to finding a Worcester Park conveyancing firm to carry out our lease extension conveyancing?
When appointing a conveyancer for lease extension works (regardless if they are a Worcester Park conveyancing firm) it is most important that he or she should be familiar with the legislation and specialises in this area of conveyancing. We suggest that you make enquires with several firms including non Worcester Park conveyancing practices prior to instructing a firm. Where the conveyancing practice is ALEP accredited then so much the better. The following questions might be of use:
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What are the legal fees for lease extension work? How many lease extensions have they conducted in Worcester Park in the last year?
Having spent years of dialogue we cannot agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Worcester Park. Does the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal have jurisdiction to calculate the appropriate figures?
in cases where there is a missing freeholder or if there is disagreement about the premium for a lease extension, under the relevant legislation you can apply to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal to decide the amount due.
An example of a Lease Extension matter before the tribunal for a Worcester Park residence is 33 The Maisonettes Alberta Avenue in June 2014. the Tribunal decided that the premium payable for the grant of a new lease be the sum of £20,680 (Twenty Thousand six hundred and eighty pounds). This case was in relation to 1 flat. The number of years remaining on the existing lease(s) was 60.43 years.