My colleague recommended that where I am purchasing in Lee I should ask my conveyancer to carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?
This is a search is usually quoted for as part of the standard Lee conveyancing searches. It is a large report of about 40 pages, listing and detailing significant information about Lee around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Lee Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime details, Local Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information about Lee.
Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to our property are lost. The lawyers who dealt with the conveyancing in Lee 10 years ago no longer exist. Will I be able to sell the house?
You no longer need to have the physical deeds to prove you are the registered proprietor of land or property, as the Land Registry have everything they need in a digital format.
I am buying a new build apartment in Lee. Conveyancing is necessary evil at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build conveyancing.
Set out below are examples of a selection of leasehold new build questions that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Lee
-
The Lease must contain a provision on behalf of the Vendor to pay the service charges in respect of unoccupied units in order to ensure that all services can be provided. There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants. Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose? Please supply evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry.
I decided to have a survey completed on a property in Lee ahead of instructing solicitors. I have been advised that there is a flying freehold overhang to the house. My surveyor advised that some lenders may not issue a mortgage on such a property.
It depends who your proposed lender is. HSBC has different instructions from Halifax. Should you wish to call us we can check via the relevant bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Lee. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Lee to see if the conveyancing will be more expensive.
Having had my offer accepted I require leasehold conveyancing in Lee. Before I set the wheels in motion I want to be sure as to the remaining lease term.
Assuming the lease is registered - and most are in Lee - then the leasehold title will always include the basic details 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.
Having spent years of negotiations we simply can't agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Lee. Does the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal have jurisdiction to calculate the appropriate figures?
Most certainly. We are happy to put you in touch with a Lee conveyancing firm who can help.
An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement case for a Lee premises is 18 Handen Road in April 2013. On 26 October 2012 District Judge Zimmels sitting at the Lambeth County Court made a Vesting Order that the Applicants be granted the right to acquire the freehold upon such terms and at such price determined by the LVT. The Tribunal arrived a figure of £39,535 as a valuation for the enfranchisement. This case affected 3 flats. The unexpired term was 69.05 years.