I have given 8 weeks notice to my current landlord and have to vacate my let out apartment in Muswell Hill by 15/4/2025. Conveyancing for my house purchase has just started. Can I complete in 5 weeks as don't want to have to find temporary accommodation?
The normal practice is not to provide notice on a rental until you have exchanged. If you have not previously done so, update to your conveyancer and request that they apply pressure on the owners side, try to get a realistic time scale from them that everyone will look towards
My Solicitor in Muswell Hill is not listed on the Platform Home Loans Ltd Conveyancing Panel. Can I still retain my family solicitor notwithstanding that they are excluded from the Platform Home Loans Ltd panel?
The limited options open to you here include:
- Carry on with your existing Muswell Hill lawyers but Platform Home Loans Ltd will need to retain a conveyancer on their list of acceptable firms. This will result in additional overall legal charges as well as result in frustration.
- Get an alternative solicitor to to deal with the conveyancing, obviously checking they are on the Platform Home Loans Ltd panel
My wife and I are close to exchanging contracts on the sale of our house in Muswell Hill and the buyers lawyers are claiming that there is a possibility that the property was built land that was not decontaminated. Any local lawyer would know this is not the case. For the life of me I don't know why the purchasers used a national conveyancing practice as opposed to a conveyancing solicitor in Muswell Hill. Having lived in Muswell Hill for 5 years we know of no issue. Is it a good idea to contact our local Authority to get clarification that there is no issue.
It sounds as though you may have a conveyancing firm currently acting for you. Are they able to advise? You must enquire of your lawyer before you do anything. It is very possible that once the local authority has been informed of a potential issue it cannot be insured against (a bit like being diagnosed with a serious illness and then taking out life insurance to cover that same illness)
I am selling my house. My previous solicitors have shut. I am in need of a recommendation of a conveyancing firm. Im based in Muswell Hill if that makes a difference.
Do use our search tool to help you find a solicitor for your conveyancing in Muswell Hill. We have connected thousands of home buyers and sellers with regulated solicitors to ensure that the legalities of their house move runs smoothly.
Estate agents have just been given the go-ahead to market my ground floor flat in Muswell Hill. Conveyancing lawyers have not yet been instructed, but I have recently had a yearly maintenance charge demand – should I leave it to the buyer to sort out?
It best that you clear the maintenance contribution as you normally would because all ground rent and service invoices will be allotted on completion, so you will be reimbursed by the purchaser for the period running from after the completion date to the subsequent invoice date. Most managing agents will not acknowledge the buyer unless the service charges have been paid and are up to date, so it is important for both buyer and seller for the seller to show that they are up to date. This will smooth the conveyancing process.
I have tried to negotiate informally with with my landlord to extend my lease without success. Can the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal decide on such matters? Can you recommend a Muswell Hill conveyancing firm to help?
Where there is a absentee freeholder or where there is disagreement about what the lease extension should cost, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 it is possible to make an application to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal to judgment on the price payable.
An example of a Lease Extension decision for a Muswell Hill residence is Flat B 10 Grove Avenue in October 2013. Following a vesting order Clerkenwell and Shoreditch County Court 3rd July 2013 The tribunal determines that the premium payable for the lease extension was £36,215.00 This case affected 1 flat. The unexpired term as at the valuation date was 65.21 years.