My apartment in West Hill is up for sale and I have a buyer. Will my solicitor have to be required to be on the Virgin Money conveyancing panel in order to deal with repayment of my mortgage?

Ordinarily, even if your lawyer is not on the Virgin Money conveyancing panel they can still act for you on your sale. It might be that the lender will not release the original deeds (if applicable and increasingly irrelevant) until after the mortgage is paid off. You should speak to your lawyer directly before you start the process though to ensure that there is no problem as lenders are changing their panel criteria fairly frequently currently.

I understand that there are debates on Chancel Insurance on online forums. Do I need chancel insurance when purchasing a residence in West Hill? or I am told that there is historic law that could mean that house owners living in a parish church boundary may be liable to contribute towards repairs to the chancel within the church. Is this relevant for conveyancing in West Hill?

Unless a previous acquisition of the house took place after 12 October 2013 you can expect lawyers conducting conveyancing in West Hill to remain recommending a chancel search and or chancel repair liability insurance.

As co-executor for the will of my aunt I am selling a residence in Neath but I am based in West Hill. My solicitor (based 250 miles from mehas requested that I execute a stat dec ahead of completion. Could you suggest a conveyancing solicitor in West Hill who can attest this legal document for me?

Technically speaking you are unlikely to be required to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily or notary public or solicitor will do regardless of whether they are located in West Hill

Back In 2002, I bought a leasehold house in West Hill. Conveyancing and Yorkshire Building Society mortgage went though with no issue. A letter has just been received from someone claiming to own the freehold. It included a ground rent demand for rent dating back to 1997. The conveyancing solicitor in West Hill who acted for me is not around. Any advice?

First contact HMLR to make sure that the individual purporting to own the freehold is indeed the registered owner of the freehold reversion. You do not need to incur the fees of a West Hill conveyancing solicitor to do this as it can be done on-line for less than a fiver. Rest assured that regardless, even if this is the legitimate freeholder, under the Limitation Act 1980 the limitation period for recovery of ground rent is six years.

Having spent months of dialogue we cannot agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in West Hill. Does the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal have jurisdiction to calculate the appropriate figures?

Where there is a absentee freeholder or where there is dispute about what the lease extension should cost, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 it is possible to make an application to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal to determine the amount due.

An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement decision for a West Hill residence is 158 West Hill in November 2010. the Tribunal held that the premium to be paid for the freehold reversion should be £99,650 This case related to 7 flats. The unexpired residue of the current lease was 75.88 years.

Are you able to clarify the scope of conveyancing supplied by West Hill conveyancing firms?

For the most part West Hill conveyancing practices manage to supply a wide array of services to domestic and agricultural land proprietors, vendors, buyers, landlords and tenants such as:

Residential sale conveyancing in West Hill and beyond Private residential purchase conveyancing in West Hill and throughout England and Wales Transferring equity to add or remove owners Advice on property related issue Estate Conveyancing Auction disposal and purchase conveyancing in West Hill and throughout England and Wales