I plan on purchasing residence in Belvedere. My Conveyancer is not listed on the lender approved list. Am I still permitted to retain my Belvedere conveyancing solicitor notwithstanding that they are excluded from the bank approved list?
Your options include
- Carry on with your existing Belvedere conveyancing practitioner but your bank will no doubt instruct a property lawyer from their approved list. This will result in additional charges and probable frustration.
- Get a fresh lawyer to act in the purchase, ensuring that they are on the mortgage company conveyancing panel.
- Convince your lawyer to do everything possible to join the mortgage company panel of solicitors
Finally the sale completed on my house in Belvedere last April yet the purchaser is SMS messaging daily complaining that her conveyancer needs to hear from mine. What are the post completion sale formalities now that I have sold?
After completion of your house sale your lawyer is obliged to forward the transfer documentation and all supplemental paperwork to the purchaser's lawyers. If applicable, your lawyer should also send confirmation that the legal charge in favour of the lender has been discharged to the buyers conveyancers. There are no post completion procedures specific conveyancing in Belvedere.
I am selling our home in Belvedere and according to the buyers it appears that there is a risk of it being built on contaminated land. Any local conveyancer would know this is not the case. For the life of me I don't know why the buyers are using an online conveyancing firm as opposed to a conveyancing solicitor in Belvedere. Having lived in Belvedere for six years we know of no issue. Is it a good idea to contact our local Authority to obtain clarification need.
It sounds as though you may have a conveyancing firm already. Are they able to advise? You should check with your lawyer before you do anything. It is very possible that once the local authority has been informed of a potential issue it cannot be insured against (a bit like being diagnosed with a serious illness and then taking out life insurance to cover that same illness)
How does conveyancing in Belvedere differ for new build properties?
Most buyers of new build or newly converted property in Belvedere contact us having been asked by the housebuilder to sign contracts and commit to the purchase even before the residence is finished. This is because new home sellers in Belvedere tend to buy the real estate, plan the estate and want to get the plots sold off as they are building the properties. Buyers, therefore, will have to exchange contracts without actually seeing the house they are buying. To reduce the chances of losing the property, buyers should instruct conveyancers as soon as the property is reserved and mortgage applications should be submitted quickly. Due to the fact that it could be several months and even years between exchange of contracts and completion, the mortgage offer may need to be extended. It would be wise to use a lawyer who specialises in new build conveyancing especially if they are accustomed to new build conveyancing in Belvedere or who has acted in the same development.
We're novice buyers - agreed a price, yet the selling agent told us that the vendor will only go ahead if we appoint their chosen solicitors as they want a ‘quick sale’. My instinct tells me that we should use a local conveyancer who is familiar with conveyancing in Belvedere
We suspect that the owner is not behind this request. If they require ‘a quick sale', taking such a hostile approach to a serious buyer is counter productive. Contact the vendors directly and make sure they understand (a)you are keen to buy (b)you are excited to move forward, with mortgage lined up © you are unencumbered (d) you intend to proceed fast (e)however you intend to instruct your own,trusted Belvedere conveyancing lawyers - rather thanthose that will provide their estate agent a introducer fee or hit his conveyancing figures demanded by senior management.
I am on look out for some leasehold conveyancing in Belvedere. Before I set the wheels in motion I want to be sure as to the number of years remaining on the lease.
If the lease is recorded at the land registry - and most are in Belvedere - then the leasehold title will always include the basic details of the lease, namely the date; the term; and the original parties. From a conveyancing perspective such details then enable any prospective buyer and lender to confirm that any lease they are looking at is the one relevant to that title. For any other purpose, such as confirming how long the term was granted for and calculating what is left, then the register should be sufficient on it's own.
I have tried to negotiate informally with with my landlord for a lease extension without any joy. Can a leaseholder apply to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal? Can you recommend a Belvedere conveyancing firm to act on my behalf?
in cases where there is a absentee freeholder or if there is disagreement about what the lease extension should cost, under the relevant legislation you can apply to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal to decide the price payable.
An example of a Lease Extension case for a Belvedere residence is Various @ Colombus Square in January 2012. the Tribunal calculated the premiums to be paid for new leases for each of the flats in Mariners Walk to be £3822 and the premium to be paid for the new lease of 2 Knights Court to be £4439. This case related to 13 flats. The number of years remaining on the existing lease(s) was 76 years.