Do the Building Society Association intend to launch a online directory to list solicitors on the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society conveyancing panel for example in Battersea?
We have not been informed any intention on the part of the BSA to develop such a tool.
I'm the only recipient of my late mum's will and I have everything in my name alone, including the my former home in Battersea. Conveyancing formalities meant that the Land Registry date was in January. I plan to dispose of the property. I do know about the CML 6 month 'rule', meaning my proprietorship will be treated the same way as if I'd bought the house in January. Will no one buy the property for half a year?
The CML handbook requires solicitors to: "report to us immediately if the owner or registered proprietor has been registered for less than six months." By the strict wording you might be affected by that. How practical a view banks take of it, depend on the lender as this obligation chiefly exists to capture subsales or the wholesaling and assigning of property.
I recently had an offer accepted on an apartment in Battersea. My mortgage broker recommended their conveyancers. I paid an on account payment of £175. Not long after, the lawyer contacted me embarrassingly acknowledging that they were not on the Bank of Ireland conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?
You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the Bank of Ireland panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.
I am selling my flat. I had a double glazing fitted in July 2007, but did not receive a FENSA certificate or Building Regulation Certificate. My buyer's lender, Aldermore are being problematic. The Battersea solicitor who is on the Aldermore conveyancing panel is saying indemnity insurance will be fine but Aldermore are insisting on a building regulation certificate. Why do Aldermore have a conveyancing panel if they don't accept advice from them?
It is probably the case that Aldermore have referred the matter to their valuer. The reason why Aldermore may not want to accept indemnity insurance is because it does not give them any reassurance that the double glazing was correctly and safely installed. The indemnity insurance merely protects against enforcement action which is very unlikely anyway.
A friend suggested that where I am purchasing in Battersea I should ask my conveyancer to perform a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?
This is a search is occasionally included in the estimate for your Battersea conveyancing searches. It is a large document of about 40 pages, listing and detailing important information about Battersea around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Battersea Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime statistics, Battersea Education with plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data about Battersea.
How can the Landlord & Tenant Act 1954 impact my commercial property in Battersea and how can you help?
The particular law that you refer to gives security of tenure to commercial lessees, giving them the legal entitlement to apply to court for a continuation of occupancy at the end of an expired lease. There are certain specified grounds where a landlord can refrain from granting a lease renewal and the rules are complicated. We are happy to direct you to commercial conveyancing firms who use the act for protection and assist with commercial conveyancing in Battersea
In my capacity as executor for the will of my father I am disposing of a property in Swansea but I am based in Battersea. My lawyer (based 200 miles awayrequires that I execute a statutory declaration ahead of the transaction finalising. Could you suggest a conveyancing lawyer in Battersea to attest this legal document for me?
strictly speaking you are unlikely to be required to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily or notary public or qualified solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are based in Battersea