Having sold my house in Shooter's Hill last February yet the purchaser is Skype messaging me complaining that their lawyer needs to hear from mysolicitor. What should my lawyer have done now that I have sold?
Following your disposal your conveyancer should send the transfer documentation and all additional paperwork to the purchaser's solicitors. Where relevant, your conveyancer must also evidence that the mortgage has been discharged to the purchasers conveyancers. There is unlikely to be post completion requirements unique to conveyancing in Shooter's Hill.
Should our solicitor be raising enquiries about flooding during the conveyancing in Shooter's Hill.
Flooding is a growing risk for conveyancers dealing with homes in Shooter's Hill. Plenty of people will purchase a property in Shooter's Hill, fully aware that at some time, it may be flooded. However, leaving to one side the physical damage, if a house is at risk of flooding, it may be difficult to obtain a mortgage, adequate building insurance, or sell the premises. Steps can be carried out as part of the conveyancing process to forewarn the purchaser.
Solicitors are not qualified to give advice on flood risk, but there are a various searches that may be carried out by the purchaser or by their conveyancers which can give them a better appreciation of the risks in Shooter's Hill. The conventional set of completed inquiry forms supplied to a buyer’s lawyer (where the solicitors are adopting what is known as the Conveyancing Protocol) contains a standard inquiry of the seller to discover if the premises has ever been flooded. In the event that the residence has been flooded in past which is not disclosed by the seller, then a buyer could bring a compensation claim resulting from an misleading reply. A buyer’s solicitors will also conduct an enviro report. This will higlight whether there is any known flood risk. If so, additional investigations should be conducted.
I have been on the look out for a ground for flat up to £305k and found one near me in Shooter's Hill I like with a park and station in the vicinity, however it's only got 49 years unexpired on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Shooter's Hill in this price bracket, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake acquiring a short lease?
Should you require a mortgage that many years will be a potential deal breaker. Discount the offer by the anticipated lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the existing proprietor has owned the property for at least twenty four months you may request that they commence the lease extension formalities and then assign it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the existing lease term and have £0 ground rent by law. You should consult your conveyancing solicitor about this matter.
How do I locate a Shooter's Hill law firm on the Skipton Building Society conveyancing panel? I drive a motor bike and am prepared to travel upto 25miles to meet the lawyer.
Feel free to make use of the search on this website. Please pick a lender and your location and you will see a number of Shooter's Hill conveyancing lawyers located nearest you. We have listed some Shooter's Hill conveyancing firms at the bottom of this page and you can ring them to see whether they are on the Skipton Building Society approved list
My wife and I may need to sub-let our Shooter's Hill 1st floor flat temporarily due to a new job. We used a Shooter's Hill conveyancing firm in 2003 but they have closed and we did not have the foresight to get any advice as to whether the lease prohibits the subletting of the flat. How do we find out?
Even though your last Shooter's Hill conveyancing solicitor is not around you can check your lease to see if you are permitted to let out the premises. The accepted inference is that if the lease is non-specific, subletting is permitted. There may be a precondition that you are obliged to seek consent via your landlord or other appropriate person in advance of subletting. This means that you cannot sublet in the absence of first obtaining consent. The consent must not not be unreasonably turned down. If the lease does not allow you to sublet you should ask your landlord if they are willing to waive this restriction.
After months of correspondence we cannot agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Shooter's Hill. Does the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal have jurisdiction to calculate the appropriate figures?
Where there is a missing landlord or where there is dispute about the premium for a lease extension, under the relevant legislation it is possible to make an application to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal to decide the amount due.
An example of a Lease Extension decision for a Shooter's Hill premises is 103a Footscray Road in January 2014. The tribunal determines that the premium payable for the extended lease should be £34,500 according to the expert witness valuation calculation This case related to 1 flat.