Should conveyancers ask for an advanced payment for my conveyancing in Kensal Rise?

If you are buying a property in Kensal Rise your lawyer will ask you put them with monies to cover the the cost of the conveyancing searches. This will be the total of the cost of the conveyancing searches. If any deposit is as part of the sale price then this should be needed immediately in advance of exchange of contracts. The closing balance that is needed should be transferred a couple of days ahead of the day of completion.

My colleague recommended that if I am buying in Kensal Rise I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?

This is a search is sometimes included in the estimate for your Kensal Rise conveyancing searches. It is not a small document of about 40 pages, listing and setting out important information about Kensal Rise around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Kensal Rise Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime details, Local Education with plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data about Kensal Rise.

I have recentlybecome aware that Wolstenholmes have been shut down. They conducted my conveyancing in Kensal Rise for a purchase of a leasehold apartment 10 months ago. How can I establish that my home is registered correctly in the name of the former proprietor?

The quickest way to see if the premises is registered to you, you can make a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Kensal Rise conveyancing specialists.

I've recently bought a leasehold flat in Kensal Rise. Am I liable to pay service charges relating to a period prior to completion of my purchase?

Where the service charge has already been demanded from the previous owner and they have not paid you would not usually be personally liable for the arrears. However, your landlord may still be able to take action to forfeit the lease. A critical element of leasehold conveyancing for your conveyancer to be sure to have an up to date clear service charge receipt before completion of your purchase. If you have a mortgage this is likely to be a requirement of your lender.

If you purchase part way through an accounting year you may be liable for charges not yet demanded even if they relate to a period prior to your purchase. In such circumstances your conveyancer would normally arrange for the seller to set aside some money to cover their part of the period (usually called a service charge retention).

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 Kensal Rise. Does the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal have jurisdiction to calculate the appropriate figures?

if there is a missing landlord or where there is disagreement about the premium for a lease extension, under the relevant legislation you can apply to the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) to arrive at the price payable.

An example of a Lease Extension matter before the tribunal for a Kensal Rise flat is 85A Chevening Road in August 2013. the Tribunals conclusions resulted in a payment of a premium for the new lease in the sum of £11,211 This case affected 1 flat. The unexpired lease term was 84.34 years.

My in 2007. He has been married, divorced and is now remarried. He now wishes to dispose of the Kensal Rise property. I think he will just be need to supply copies of his marriage certificates to the conveyancer but he is anxious it will delay the conveyancing. Should he instruct a property lawyer to update the Land Registry documents for the house?

The is no need to update the title for the property as long as you have the evidence required to demonstrate how the name change resulted.

The purchaser’s conveyancer will examine the title entries and requisition evidence to establish the name change for instance marriage certificates.