I am expecting a mortgage with Nat West. I would like to employ the services of a Licensed Conveyancer in Upper Norwood. Does the Nat West Conveyancing panel allow for Licensed Conveyancers?
The Nat West conveyancing panel is, like many other lenders, associated to the Council or Mortgage Lenders or BSA, open to Licensed Conveyancers regulated by the CLC.
What will a local search tell me regarding the house I am buying in Upper Norwood?
Upper Norwood conveyancing often commences with the applying for local authority searches directly from your local Authority or through a personal search organisations such as Searchflow The local search plays an important part in most Upper Norwood conveyancing purchase; as long as you wish to avoid any nasty once you have moved into your new home. The search should supply data on, amongst other things, details on planning applications applicable to the property (whether granted or refused), building control history, any enforcement action, restrictions on permitted development, nearby road schemes, contaminated land and radon gas; in all a total of 13 subject areas.
I purchased a terraced Georgian house in Upper Norwood. Conveyancing lawyer acted for me and HSBC Bank. I happened to do a free search for it on the Land Registry database and I saw a couple of entries: the first freehold, another for leasehold with the exact same address. I'd like to know for sure, how can I find out??
You should review the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register for mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered proprietor of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Upper Norwood and other locations in the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they sell they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with lenders. You can also question the situation with your conveyancing practitioner who conducted the conveyancing.
My husband and I are new on the property ladder - had an offer accepted, yet the property agent informed us that the vendor will only issue a contract if we use the agent's recommended solicitors as they are insisting on a ‘quick sale’. We would rather use a family conveyancer who is familiar with conveyancing in Upper Norwood
We suspect that the owner is not behind this requirement. Should the seller want ‘a quick sale', turning down a motivated buyer is counter productive. Try to communicate with the vendors directly and make the point that (a)you are serious purchasers (b)you are ready to progress, with finances in place © you do not need to sell (d) you wish to move quickly (e)but you intend to appoint your preferred Upper Norwood conveyancing lawyers - not the ones that will provide the negotiator at the agency a referral fee or hit his conveyancing figures demanded by HQ.
Estate agents have just been given the go-ahead to market my garden apartment in Upper Norwood. Conveyancing has not commenced, but I have recently had a half-yearly service charge demand – Do I pay up?
It best that you clear the maintenance contribution as you normally would given that all rents and service charges should be allotted on completion, so you will be reimbursed by the purchaser for the period running from after the completion date to the next payment 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.
Having spent years of correspondence we simply can't agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Upper Norwood. Does the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal have jurisdiction to calculate the appropriate figures?
Where there is a absentee landlord or if there is dispute about what the lease extension should cost, under the relevant statutes you can apply to the LVT to arrive at the amount due.
An example of a Lease Extension matter before the tribunal for a Upper Norwood residence is Flats 55, 67 & 70 Melbourne Court Anerley Road in July 2013. The tribunal calculated that the premium for the extended lease at £48,366.00 for at 55, and £88,329.00 for ats 67 and 70 combined. This case affected 1 flat. The number of years remaining on the existing lease(s) was 26.38 years.