Willretaining a West Wickham conveyancing firm make my purchase more efficient?

West Wickham is a unique place, where regional knowledge is a big bonus. The laid-back lifestyle is great – but not for your house move. The solicitors that we recommend combine a wealth of West Wickham intelligence with a proactive, can doapproach that ensures everything runs smoothly. It will certainly help that they can make use of long term relationships with financial advisers, search providers, valuers and other West Wickham conveyancing practitioners

Do the conveyancing solicitors that you recommend execute auction conveyancing in West Wickham?

There are a few niche practitioners we can put you in touch with those who can conduct auction conveyancing. West Wickham is just one of hundreds of areas of where our lawyers are based.

I have been on the look out for a ground for flat up to £235,500 and found one near me in West Wickham I like with a park and transport links nearby, however it only has 49 remaining years left on the lease. There is not much else in West Wickham in this price bracket, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error buying a short lease?

If you require a mortgage that many years will likely be a potential deal breaker. Discount the offer by the expected lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the current owner has owned the premises for a minimum of 2 years you could request that they start the process of the extension and then assign it to you. You can add 90 years to the current lease term and have £0 ground rent by law. You should speak to your conveyancing solicitor about this matter.

I have just appointed agents to market my basement apartment in West Wickham. Conveyancing solicitors are to be appointed soon, however I have recently received a half-yearly service charge invoice – what should I do?

It best that you clear the invoice as you normally would because all rents and maintenance charges will be apportioned as part of the financial calculations for completion monies, so you will be reimbursed by the buyer for the period running from after the completion date to the next payment 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.

I have tried to negotiate informally with with my landlord for a lease extension without success. Can the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal adjudicate on such matters? Can you recommend a West Wickham conveyancing firm to act on my behalf?

Where there is a missing landlord or where there is dispute about the premium for a lease extension, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 it is possible to make an application to the LVT to make a decision on the price.

An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement decision for a West Wickham premises is 26 Manor Road in July 2010. the Tribunal decided that price to be paid for the freehold was £12,420 This case was in relation to 2 flats. The unexpired residue of the current lease was 76.75 and 88.83.

A conveyancing company acted on my conveyancing in West Wickham seven years ago having retained my deeds but has now closed – What can I do to retreive these?

Deeds, as such, are no longer appropriate for the majority of properties in West Wickham are recorded digitally at Land Registry. Where you need to show evidence of proprietorship or are disposing of or refinancing your conveyancing practitioner can 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 with reasonable haste.