Souldusing a Nine Elms conveyancing practice make my purchase more efficient?
Existing third party relationships are another important factor to consider when appointing conveyancing solicitors. Nine Elms law firms benefit from long term relationships with financial advisers and agents, local authorities, surveyors and other conveyancing firms meaning you will move in shortest possible time. Possessing years of experience in the local area is an advantage.
My conveyancer has identified a defect with the lease for the property we are purchasing in Nine Elms. The other side have suggested title insurance as a solution. We are happy with insurance and will pay for it. Our conveyancer says that he must check that the bank is happy with this solution. Who is the client here, us or the lender?
The short answer to your last question is that, notwithstanding the risk of a conflict of interest, you and the lender are the client. Your conveyancing practitioner must comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook requirements. The UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook conditions require your lawyer to disclose issues such as defects with the lease so that the mortgage company can be afforded the opportunity to check with their valuer as to the extent that the value of the property is affected. Should you refuse to allow your lawyer to make the appropriate notification then your property lawyer will have no choice but to discontinue acting for you.
We are planning to acquire a property and require a conveyancing solicitor in Nine Elms who is on the Yorkshire BS solicitor panel. Could you point me in the right direction as regards a firm?
Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Yorkshire BS . We don't recommend any particular firms conducting conveyancing in Nine Elms.
I’m about to sell my ground floor flat in Nine Elms. Conveyancing solicitors are to be appointed soon, however I have recently had a quarterly maintenance charge invoice – Do I pay up?
Your conveyancing lawyer is likely to suggest that you should pay the service charge as you normally would as all rents and service charges should be apportioned on completion, so you should recover the relevant percentage by the purchaser for the period running from after the completion date to the subsequent invoice date. Most management companies will not acknowledge the buyer until 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. Having a clear account will assist your cause and will leave you no worse off financially.
After years of dialogue we cannot agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Nine Elms. Can we issue an application to the Residential Property Tribunal Service?
if there is a missing landlord or if there is dispute about what the lease extension should cost, under the relevant statutes it is possible to make an application to the LVT to calculate the price payable.
An example of a Lease Extension decision for a Nine Elms flat is 150A Albert Palace Mansions Lurline Gardens in July 2013. The Tribunal determined that the premium payable for the new lease of the subject property was £42,069 This case affected 1 flat. The unexpired term as at the valuation date was 57.06 years.
A conveyancing firm dealt with my conveyancing in Nine Elms four years ago having stored my title documents but has now closed – What can I do to get hold of these?
Title deeds, as such, no longer exist as the majority of homes in Nine Elms are archived electronically at Land Registry. Where you need to show ownership or are disposing of or re-mortgaging your lawyer should obtain up to date copies of the register from the Land Registry in any case.
If you feel there may be other documents or you have any other queries please e-mail your request with details of the transaction and documents you need to filerequest@clc-uk.org. The CLC will let you know what information they have and any additional information they may need before they are in a position to identify and send the documents to you. Following an intervention it may take some time for the CLC to access archived files and documents, but your request will be actioned as quickly as possible.