Having sold my house in Maida Hill last May yet the purchaser is telephoning me to say her solicitor is waiting to hear from mylawyer. What should my lawyer have done now that I have sold?
After completion of your sale your solicitor should forward the transfer documentation and all of the paperwork to the purchaser's solicitors. Depending on the transaction, your solicitor should also send confirmation that the legal charge in favour of the lender has been redeemed to the purchasers solicitors. There is unlikely to be post completion tasks unique to conveyancing in Maida Hill.
How do I discover of the solicitor handling my conveyancing in Maida Hill is on the mortgage lender’sconveyancing panel? I am looking to avoid the situation of having one lawyer for me and one for Virgin Money thus spending £175.00 in additional conveyancing costs.
Feel free to make the most of the find a lender approved solicitor tool on this page. Pick the lender and type ‘Maida Hill’ or your location and you will be presented with numerous solicitors based in Maida Hill or by proximity to you.
I have justdiscovered that Stirling Law have been shut down. They conducted my conveyancing in Maida Hill for a purchase of a leasehold flat 12 months ago. How can I check that my home is not still registered in the name of the previous owner?
The quickest way to see if the premises is in your name, 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 Maida Hill conveyancing specialists.
Do I need to be wary that brokers that I am dealing with are recommending an internet conveyancing firm as opposed to a High Street Maida Hill conveyancing company?
As with many service providers, often recommendations from connections can be extremely useful or valuable. Nevertheless there are numerous players in a conveyancing deal; estate agents, mortgage brokers and lenders might all put forward conveyancers to retain. Sometimes the conveyancers might be known to one of the organisations as experts in their field, but occasionally there behind the scenes commercial relationship behind the recommendation. You have the right to appoint your preferred conveyancer. You need to be aware that the majority of mortgage providers operate an approved list of solicitors you must use for the mortgage related work in your house move.
I've found a house that appears to be perfect, at a reasonable price which is making it all the more appealing. I have since discovered that it's a leasehold rather than freehold. I would have thought that there are particular concerns purchasing a leasehold house in Maida Hill. Conveyancing advisers have are about to be instructed. Will they explain the issues?
The majority of houses in Maida Hill are freehold rather than leasehold. In this scenario it’s worth having a local solicitor used to dealing with such properties who can help the conveyancing process. it is apparent that you are buying in Maida Hill in which case you should be shopping around for a Maida Hill conveyancing solicitor and check that they are used to dealing with leasehold houses. As a matter of priority you will need to check the unexpired lease term. As a leaseholder you will not be entirely free to do whatever you want to the property. The lease will likely included provisions such as requiring the landlord’spermission to carry out alterations. It may be necessary to pay a contribution towards the maintenance of the communal areas where the property is located on an estate. Your solicitor will advise you fully on all the issues.
Following years of dialogue we cannot agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Maida Hill. Can we issue an application to the Residential Property Tribunal Service?
Where there is a missing landlord or if there is disagreement about the premium for a lease extension, under the relevant statutes it is possible to make an application to the LVT to make a decision on the price payable.
An example of a Lease Extension decision for a Maida Hill flat is Flat 1 57 Oxford Gardens in January 2014. the Tribunal decided that the premium to be paidfor a new lease is £61,650.00. This case affected 1 flat. The unexpired term as at the valuation date was 60 years.