I am purchasing a terraced house in East Twickenham. Can I do my own conveyancing?
Leaving aside the complexities and merits of DIY conveyancing in East Twickenham you will have to appoint a solicitor on your lender's conveyancing panel to look after their interests. Most people therefore find it easier to let the solicitor act for them and the lender. Furthermore there is minimal cost savings to be made in you doing conveyancing for yourself and another lawyer conducting the conveyancing for the lender. Please feel free to use the search tool to find a lawyer on your lender panel in East Twickenham.
Due to the guidance of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a house in East Twickenham before retaining conveyancers. I have been told that there is a flying freehold overhang to the property. The surveyor advised that some banks may not give a mortgage on such a property.
It varies from the lender to lender. Santander has different requirements from Nationwide. If you contact us we can check with the relevant lender. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in East Twickenham. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in East Twickenham to see if the conveyancing will be more expensive.
Is it possible to change solicitor as I have to instruct a firm on the TSB conveyancing panel. I had appointed a local conveyancing solicitor in East Twickenham round the corner but the firm is not accepted by TSB
We will our best to assist in finding you a conveyancing solicitor in East Twickenham on the TSB panel. Please note that the law firms that we list do not pay us commission if you instruct them and are authorised and regulated by the SRA who regulate all conveyancing solicitors in East Twickenham. Using the find a conveyancing solicitor tool on this site, you can compare fees for conveyancing solicitors in East Twickenham and throughout England and Wales.
I am a couple of weeks into a freehold purchase having been recommend to conveyancers by the high street agent to carry out the conveyancing in East Twickenham. We are not happy. Could you help me find new lawyers?
A conveyancer would need to be very poor to suggest changing them. Has the mortgage been generated? In the event that it has you will need to inform them of the new contact details and have the offer are re-issued. Your conveyancer should be on the lenders approved list to avoid added fees and complications. So that should be your starting point. The find a solicitor tool can help you find a lender approved conveyancer for your conveyancing in East Twickenham
I work for a busy estate agency in East Twickenham where we have witnessed a number of leasehold sales derailed due to short leases. I have been given contradictory information from local East Twickenham conveyancing firms. Please can you clarify whether the owner of a flat can start the lease extension formalities for the buyer?
As long as the seller has owned the lease for at least 2 years it is possible, to serve a Section 42 notice to start the lease extension process and assign the benefit of the notice to the purchaser. This means that the proposed purchaser need not have to sit tight for 2 years for a lease extension. Both sets of lawyers will agree to form of assignment. The assignment has to be done before, or at the same time as completion of the sale.
An alternative approach is to agree the lease extension with the freeholder 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 purchaser.
We have reached the end of our tether in trying to purchase the freehold in East Twickenham. Can the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal adjudicate on premiums?
Most certainly. We are happy to put you in touch with a East Twickenham conveyancing firm who can help.
An example of a Lease Extension decision for a East Twickenham premises is Ground Floor Flat 91 Bath Road in May 2009. in a case where the freeholder could not be traced, the Brentford County Court ordered that the Lease be surrendered in return for the grant of a new lease of the Premises at a premium determined by the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal. The tribunal concluded that the price payable by the Applicant for the new lease of the premises be £15,900 This case affected 1 flat. The unexpired term as at the valuation date was 60.45 years.