Please help. My Grahame Park conveyancer is advising me that she is duty bound toapply for Grahame Park conveyancing searches due to the fact thatthe firm are on the Virgin Moneyapproved lawyer panel. Is my solicitor right?

Unfortunately both you and your lawyer have little choice here. As you are taking a mortgage with a lender your conveyancing practitioner has to comply with their conditions as set out in their version of the CML Conveyancing Handbook. Your property lawyer would have previously signed the Terms and Conditions of your bank’s conveyancing panel appointment which obliges them to comply with the CML Handbook requirements . Even if you were a cash buyer you would be ill advised not to carry out Grahame Park conveyancing searches.

I am assisting my aunt sell her flat in Grahame Park. Will the conveyancer commission the energy assessment or should I organise this?

Following the abolition of HIPs, energy assessments became a mandatory part of selling a house. An energy performance certificate needs to be to hand before the property is marketed. This is not as aspect of the sale process that lawyers ordinarily arrange. Where you are using a Grahame Park conveyancing lawyer they may be willing to arrange energy performance certificates due to their contacts with reputable Grahame Park energy assessors

I am currently in the process of buying my council flat in Grahame Park. I have a mortgage offer with Skipton. Conveyancing is not something I have any knowledge of. Can I proceed without a solicitor easily? I think we can but we keep being told I should have one. Any advice?

It is not advisable to proceed with a house purchase without a solicitor. The council's solicitor are not acting for you. You need a solicitor for a number reasons. One of which is to verify what plans the Council have for repairs and refurbishment for the next five years. Many leaseholders have been stung for contributions of thousands of pounds. In any event, if you are getting a mortgage with Skipton, you will need to appoint a solicitor on the Skipton conveyancing panel.

Lloyds have agreed my home loan in principle, my bid on a apartment in Grahame Park has been agreed to, now what?

Your property agent will wish to know who your solicitors are (be sure the conveyancing practitioners are on the bank’s panel). Contact Lloyds or the broker and complete any outstanding paperwork. Lloyds will sellect a valuer who will get in contact with the estate agent or seller to arrange a slot for the valuation to take place. Once conducted (assuming no problems) it takes about ten days to get a mortgage offer. Lloyds will issue the offer to you and your lawyers. The transaction will then take it’s course according the nature and complexity of the conveyancing in Grahame Park.

What can a local search inform me concerning the house I am purchasing in Grahame Park?

Grahame Park conveyancing often starts with the ordering local authority searches directly from your local Authority or through a personal search organisations for example Searches UK The local search plays a central role in most Grahame Park conveyancing purchase; as long as you don’t want any unpleasant surprises after you move into your new home. The search will supply information on, amongst other things, details on planning applications relevant to the premises (whether granted or refused), building control history, any enforcement action, restrictions on permitted development, nearby road schemes, contaminated land and radon gas; in all a total of thirteen subject areas.

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I am in need of some leasehold conveyancing in Grahame Park. Before diving in I require certainty as to the remaining lease term.

Assuming the lease is recorded at the land registry - and almost all are in Grahame Park - then the leasehold title will always include the short particulars of the lease, namely the date; the term; and the original parties. From a conveyancing perspective such details then enable any prospective buyer and lender to confirm that any lease they are looking at is the one relevant to that title. For any other purpose, such as confirming how long the term was granted for and calculating what is left, then the register should be sufficient on it's own.

I am the leaseholder of a ground-floor 1950’s flat in Grahame Park. Given that I can not reach agreement with the landlord, can the Leasehold valuation Tribunal make a decision on the amount due for a lease extension?

Most certainly. We are happy to put you in touch with a Grahame Park conveyancing firm who can help.

An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement decision for a Grahame Park premises is 1 & 1A Sunningfields Crescent in September 2013. The Tribunals calculation of the amount to be paid into court in respect of the value of the freehold interest is £11,997 in respect of Flat 1 and £15,781 in respect of Flat 1A for a total of £27,778. This case related to 2 flats. The unexpired lease term was 71.5 years.