A friend advised me that if I am purchasing in Penge I should ask my conveyancer to execute a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?
A search of this type is usually included in the estimate for your Penge conveyancing searches. It is not a small report of more than thirty pages, listing and setting out significant information about Penge around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Penge Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime statistics, Penge Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data about Penge.
I have todaydiscovered that Wolstenholmes have been shut down. They carried out my conveyancing in Penge for a purchase of a freehold house 18 months ago. How can I establish that my home is registered correctly in the name of the previous owner?
The quickest method to check 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 Penge conveyancing specialists.
How can the Landlord & Tenant Act 1954 affect my business offices in Penge and how can you help?
The particular law that you refer to gives protection to business leaseholders, granting the a statutory right to make a request to court for a continuation of occupancy at the end of the lease term. There are certain specified grounds where a landlord can refuse a lease renewal and the rules are complicated. Fees are different for commercial conveyancing. Penge is one of the numerous areas of the UK in which our lawyers have offices
I am thinking of appointing a conveyancing lawyer in Penge for my home move. Can I check a firm’s complaints history with the legal regulator?
You can read published Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) decisions arising from investigations started on or after Jan 2008. Visit Check a solicitor's record. For information about the period before 1 January 2008, or to check a firm's history, ring 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and 09.30 - 18.00 Tuesday. For non-uk callers, use +44 (0)121 329 6800. The SRA could recorded telephone calls for training requirements.
Are Penge conveyancing solicitors under an obligation to the Law Society to publish transparent conveyancing costs?
Contained within the Solicitors Code of Conduct are prescriptive rules and regulations as to how the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) allow solicitors to publicise their charges to clients.The Law Society have practice note giving advice on how to publicise transparent charges to avoid breaching any such rule. Practice notes are not legal advice issued by the Law Society and is not to be regarded as the only standard of good practice a conveyancing solicitor should adhere to. The Practice Note does, nevertheless, constitute the Law Society’s perspective of acceptable practice for publicising conveyancing charges, and accordingly it’s a recommended read for any solicitor or conveyancer in Penge or further afield.