When does exchange of contracts take place for purchase conveyancing in Strawberry Hill and do I need to attend the conveyancers branch?
If you are round the corner to one of the conveyancing solicitors in Strawberry Hill you are invited in to sign the paperwork. However, the firms we work with supply a countrywide conveyancing service and provide just as detailed and professional a job for you when dealing with you electronically. The signing of the contract is not when everything is set in stone. Signing on the dotted line is necessary for the firm to officially exchange when the time is right, which will usually be very shortly after signing. The exchange process is nowadays normally dealt with by telephone and can be very rapid, although where a lengthy "chain" is in play, since the process requires the relevant party's solicitor (not necessarily a conveyancing solicitor in Strawberry Hill)to be in the office at the appropriate time.
My grandmother passed away 10 months ago and as sole heir and executor I was left the property in Strawberry Hill. The house had a relatively small loan remaining of approximately £8000. I want to transfer the title deeds into my name whilst I re-mortgage to Nottingham, pay off the mortgage. Is this allowed?
Where you plan to re-mortgage then Nottingham will insist on your using a conveyancer on the Nottingham conveyancing panel. Here is link to the Land Registry online guidance around what to do when a property owner dies. This will help you to understand the registration process behind changing the details re the registered title. in your case it would appear that you are effectively purchasing the property from the estate. Your Nottingham conveyancing panel solicitor pays the new mortgage money into the estate, the estate pays off the old mortgage, the charge is released and you become the owner and the Nottingham mortgage is registered as a charge at the Land Registry.
My company is hoping to lease a unit on the high street. Can you recommend lawyers offering fixed costs for commercial conveyancing in Strawberry Hill for below 1500k?
We can recommend firms who have an in-depth of experience of commercial conveyancing in Strawberry Hill, including the sale and acquisition of businesses as well as simply premises. Whether you are looking to purchase or dispose of a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail premises or a whole business we can find you the right firm. Regarding the charges this will depend on the structure and heads of terms of the proposed transaction. Let us have your details or call so as to enable us to supply you with a detailed commercial conveyancing quote.
Having checked my lease I have discovered that there are only Sixty One years remaining on my lease in Strawberry Hill. I now wish to get lease extension but my freeholder is absent. What are my options?
If you meet the appropriate requirements, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 you can apply to the County Court for an order to dispense with the service of the initial notice. This will mean that your lease can be lengthened by the Court. However, you will be required to prove that you have used your best endeavours to track down the freeholder. In some cases an enquiry agent may be helpful to try and locate and to produce a report to be used as evidence that the freeholder is indeed missing. It is advisable to get professional help from a conveyancer both on proving the landlord’s disappearance and the vesting order request to the County Court covering Strawberry Hill.
I have attempted and failed to negotiate with my landlord for a lease extension without success. Can the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal adjudicate on such matters? Can you recommend a Strawberry Hill conveyancing firm to assist?
Most certainly. We are happy to put you in touch with a Strawberry Hill conveyancing firm who can help.
An example of a Lease Extension decision for a Strawberry Hill property is Ground Floor Flat 91 Bath Road in May 2009. in a case where the freeholder could not be traced, the Brentford County Court ordered that the Lease be surrendered in return for the grant of a new lease of the Premises at a premium determined by the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal. The tribunal concluded that the price payable by the Applicant for the new lease of the premises be £15,900 This case was in relation to 1 flat. The remaining number of years on the lease was 60.45 years.
When it comes to my conveyancing in Strawberry Hill should I be paying VAT on the following: (1) Land reg fee on purchase (2) Pre - completion search fee (3) SDLT E submission on purchase (4) Bank TT fee
(1) Land reg fee on purchase - No (2) Pre - completion search fees -No, (such conveyancing searches are HMLR ones and means £4 and possibly £2 bankruptcy per name on your mortgage) (3) SDLT E submission on your purchase - There is no VAT on Stamp Duty. However if the firm is charging a stamp duty e-submission fee as part of their services - some Strawberry Hill conveyancers do - that will incur VAT(4) Bank transfer fee - Yes it is for the conveyancer's time in submitting the funds this way.