We note that you have a post code search directory identifying firms on the RBS conveyancing panel. Do firms pay you a referral fee if I instruct them for our own conveyancing in Great Stanmore?
We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the RBS conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Great Stanmore.
The Great Stanmore conveyancing firm that I appointed last week on my house acquisition in Great Stanmore have without warning closed. I only went with them because I needed a firm on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel and my previous Great Stanmore lawyer was not. I gave my credit card details for them to take £195 for searches. What should be my next steps?
If you have an estate agent involved then inform them straight away so that they advise the vendors that there may be a slight delay due to the problems encountered. Hopefully they will be sympathetic and urge their lawyer to send a new set of papers to your new solicitors. You should appoint new lawyers that are on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel and notify the lender. If you have paid over any money, it will hopefully be held by the SRA as money in an intervened firm's bank accounts is transferred to the SRA. Then, the SRA or the intervention agent looks at the intervened firm's accounts to work out who the money belongs to. To claim your money you will need to contact the SRA. If the SRA cannot return money you are owed from the firm's bank accounts, or if they can only return part of the money, you can apply to the Compensation Fund for a grant. Your new lawyers may be able to assist.
Am I better off to appoint a Great Stanmore conveyancing lawyer in close proximity to the house I am buying? I have an old university friend who can conduct the legal work however they are based approximately 350kilometers drive away.
The benefit of a high street Great Stanmore conveyancing practice is that you can attend the office to sign documents, present your ID and pester them if necessary. Having local Great Stanmore know how is a bonus. That being said it's more important to get someone that will do a good and efficient job. If other friends have used your friend and in the main were happy that must surpass using an unknown Great Stanmore conveyancing solicitor just because they are based in the area.
I own a leasehold house in Great Stanmore. Conveyancing and Nottingham Building Society mortgage went though with no issue. I have received a letter from someone claiming to own the reversionary interest in the property. It included a ground rent demand for rent dating back to 1997. The conveyancing solicitor in Great Stanmore who acted for me is not around. What should I do?
The first thing you should do is make enquiries of HMLR to be sure that the individual purporting to own the freehold is in fact the registered owner of the freehold reversion. There is no need to instruct a Great Stanmore conveyancing firm to do this as it can be done on-line for a few pound. Rest assured that regardless, even if this is the rightful landlord, under the Limitation Act 1980 no more than 6 years of rent can be collected.
We have reached the end of our tether in seeking a lease extension in Great Stanmore. Can the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal adjudicate on premiums?
You certainly can. We can put you in touch with a Great Stanmore conveyancing firm who can help.
An example of a Lease Extension case for a Great Stanmore premises is 27B Hillside in February 2010. the resulting premium, all other aspects of the valuation having been agreed between the parties was set at £8,250 This case related to 1 flat. The number of years remaining on the existing lease(s) was 70.25 years.
Should one as executor remove a departed person's name from the title register for a property in Great Stanmore?
If a Great Stanmore property is co-owned and one of the owners passes away, the name will not automatically be removed from the title deeds. You are not required to amend the title as when it comes to a disposal your lawyer would simply be asked to evidence why the joint proprietor is not included in the conveyance, ordinarily this is in the form of the probate documents.
With a view to making things simpler for the sale of the property you can arrange to have the deceased person removed from the title entries by applying to the land registry with proof of the death. There is no land registry fee payable.