Why would one instruct a East Croydon conveyancing company given that national alternatives are cheap by comparison?
By all means make sure that you contrast conveyancing costs in East Croydon and you should seek a competitive fee calculation but don’t waste your energy sourcing the cheapest East Croydon conveyancer. Finding the right conveyancer can mark the distinction between a seamless and a distressing house move. It is important that you ensure that you have expert advice from a specialist conveyancer. Emails can't be as helpful as a phone call and can never replicate a face to face appointment. The firms that we work with will allocate you a qualified and trusted conveyancing solicitor who can deal with your conveyancing from from the outset to completion, giving the sort of hand holding that you are unlikely to received from an internet conveyancer. Our lawyers will keep you updated on any developments and keep you informed. Should it ever be necessary to contact the firm you will be sure who you need to speak to and we'll be sure you're not left wondering what's going on.
What is the first thing I need to know regarding purchase conveyancing in East Croydon?
You may not hear this from too many lawyers but conveyancing in East Croydon and elsewhere in England and Wales is often a confrontational process. In other words, when it comes to conveyancing there exists lots of room for friction between you and other parties involved in the ownership transfer. E.g., the vendor, estate agent and sometimes your mortgage company. Selecting a lawyer for your conveyancing in East Croydon should not be taken lightly as your conveyancer is your adviser, and is the ONLY person in the process whose interest is to look after your legal interests and to keep you safe.
There is a definite ongoing adversarial element to conveyancing- someone has to be at fault for the process being so protracted. We recommend that you your first instinct should be to trust your conveyancer above all other players when it comes to the legal transfer of property.
This question may be naive but I am unexperienced as a 1st time purchaser of a ground floor flat in East Croydon. Do I pick up the keys to the premises on completion from my conveyancer? If so, I will instruct a local conveyancing solicitor in East Croydon?
On the day of completion you will not be required to go to the conveyancers office in East Croydon. Your solicitors will transfer the purchase money to the seller's solicitors, and once they have received this, you will be invited to pick up the keys from the property Agents and start moving into the property. Usually this happens early afternoon.
is it true that all East Croydon solicitors on the Nationwide conveyancing panel are regulated by the SRA?
As solicitors, in order to be on the Nationwide approved list of solicitors they would need to be governed by the SRA. The majority of mortgage companies do list licenced conveyancers on their panel in which case such practice would be regulated by the CLC.
How can we know in advance if a East Croydon conveyancing solicitor on the Barclays panel is any good?
When it comes to conveyancing in East Croydon getting recommendations is a good starting point. Before you go ahead, check if they offer a no sale no fee offer. Also, you often get what you pay for - a firm which quotes more, will often provide a better service than one advertising the lowest fees. We would always advocate that you speak with the solicitor conducting your transaction.
Me and my brother own a terraced Georgian property in East Croydon. Conveyancing lawyer represented me and The Royal Bank of Scotland. I did a free Land Registry search last week and I saw two entries: the first freehold, another for leasehold with the exact same property. I'd like to know for sure, how can I find out??
You should review the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register for mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered owner of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in East Croydon and other areas of the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they buy they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with buyers. You can also enquire as to the position with the conveyancing practitioner who carried out the work.
I own a leasehold house in East Croydon. Conveyancing and Norwich and Peterborough Building Society mortgage went though with no issue. A letter has just been received from someone claiming to own the freehold. Attached was a ground rent demand for rent dating back to 1997. The conveyancing solicitor in East Croydon who acted for me is not around. What should I do?
First contact HMLR to be sure that this person is indeed the registered owner of the freehold reversion. It is not necessary to incur the fees of a East Croydon conveyancing firm to do this as it can be done on-line for £3. You should note that regardless, even if this is the rightful landlord, under the Limitation Act 1980 no more than 6 years of rent can be collected.
Having spent years of correspondence we simply can't agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in East Croydon. Does the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal have jurisdiction to calculate the appropriate figures?
Where there is a absentee freeholder or if there is disagreement about what the lease extension should cost, under the relevant legislation you can apply to the LVT to determine the price payable.
An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement case for a East Croydon premises is 29 Woodstock Road in April 2014. the Tribunal determined that the premiums to be paid into court in respect of the purchase of the freehold registered at HMLR under Title N0.SY3997 should be £7,217. This case affected 4 flats. The unexpired lease term was 98 years.