It is 10 years ago since I acquired my property in Belvedere. Conveyancing lawyers have recently been retained on the sale but I can't find my title documents. Will this jeopardise the sale?
You need not be too concerned. First there is a possibility that the deeds will be kept by your lender or they could stored with the lawyers who acted in your purchase. Secondly in all probability the title will be recorded at the land registry and you will be able to prove you are the registered owner by your conveyancing solicitors acquiring current official copies of the land registers. Most conveyancing in Belvedere relates to registered property but in the unlikely event that your home is unregistered it is more tricky but is not insurmountable.
Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to my home are lost. The conveyancers who dealt with the conveyancing in Belvedere 10 years ago no longer exist. Will I be able to sell the house?
In today’s world there are duplicates made of almost everything, and your conveyancer will know precisely where to look for all the appropriate documentation so you may purchase or sell your property without a hitch. Where copies are not available, your lawyer may be able to arrange cover in the form of insurance or indemnities protecting you against possible claims on the property.
In what way can the Landlord & Tenant Act 1954 affect my business premises in Belvedere and how can you help?
The particular law that you refer to gives a safeguard to business leaseholders, granting the a statutory right to apply to court for a continuation of occupancy when the lease reaches an end. There are limited grounds that a landlord can refuse a lease renewal and the rules are complex. We are happy to direct you to commercial conveyancing solicitors who use the act to your advantage and handle your commercial conveyancing in Belvedere
Having checked my lease I have discovered that there are only 68 years unexpired on my lease in Belvedere. I am keen to get lease extension but my freeholder is missing. What should I do?
On the basis that you qualify, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 you can apply to the County Court for for permission to dispense with the service of the initial notice. This will mean that your lease can be granted an extra 90 years by the magistrate. However, you will be required to prove that you or your lawyers have used your best endeavours to track down the freeholder. On the whole an enquiry agent should be helpful to conduct investigations and to produce a report which can be used as evidence that the landlord can not be located. It is wise to seek advice from a solicitor both on devolving into the landlord’s absence and the vesting order request to the County Court covering Belvedere.
After years of correspondence we simply can't agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Belvedere. Does the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal have jurisdiction to calculate the appropriate figures?
if there is a missing landlord or if there is disagreement about what the lease extension should cost, under the relevant legislation you can apply to the LVT to determine the price payable.
An example of a Lease Extension matter before the tribunal 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 affected 13 flats. The unexpired term as at the valuation date was 76 years.
Do I stop my mortgage payments with Nationwide once a completion date for my sale in Belvedere has been set?
You are best advised to keep meeting any mortgage sums to Nationwide until the mortgage is redeemed on completion as part of your Belvedere conveyancing.