Completed the sale of my flat in Crossness last April yet the purchaser is e-mailing me to moan that his solicitor needs to hear from mysolicitor. What are the post completion sale formalities following completion?
Post completion of your sale your solicitor should send the transfer deeds and all of the paperwork to the purchaser's conveyancer. If applicable, your solicitor must also send confirmation that the home loan has been repaid to the purchasers solicitors. There is unlikely to be post completion formalities peculiar conveyancing in Crossness.
My wife and I are purchasing a property in Crossness. It might be a silly question but how we can trust a solicitor? At some point we will need to deposit funds into their account. What is the protection we have from them run away with our deposit?
Be assured that all money in a Solicitors client account is 100% safe, and even if your Solicitor ran off with it, the Law Society would reimburse you fully.
I am assisting my niece sell her property in Crossness. Does the conveyancing solicitor order the EPC or should I organise this?
After the demise of Home Packs, energy performance certificates was retained a mandatory element of selling a house. An energy performance certificate needs to be to hand prior to the property being put on the market. This is not as aspect of the sale process that law firms ordinarily organise. Where you are instructing a Crossness conveyancing practitioner they might help arrange energy assessments due to their contacts with reputable local providers
We are buying a 3 bedroom semi in Crossness. The intention is to convert the garage to an office at the house.Will the conveyancing process include enquiries to determine if these works are allowed?
Your solicitor should check the registered title as conveyancing in Crossness can on occasion reveal restrictions in the title documents which restrict categories of changes or require the consent of a 3rd party. Certain extensions require local authority planning permissions and approval in compliance with building regulations. Certain areas are designated conservation areas and special planning restrictions apply which often prevent or affect extensions. You should check these issues with a surveyor ahead of any purchase.
I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold element on a house I have offered on last month in what should have been a quick, chain free conveyancing. Crossness is where the house is located. Can you shed any light on this issue?
Flying freeholds in Crossness are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Crossness you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds thoroughly. Your bank may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Crossness may decide that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold premises.
There are only Fifty years unexpired on my flat in Crossness. I now want to get lease extension but my landlord is missing. What options are available to me?
On the basis that you meet the appropriate requirements, 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 extended by the Court. You will be obliged to prove that you or your lawyers have used your best endeavours to track down the landlord. In some cases an enquiry agent may be helpful to try and locate and to produce a report which can be accepted by the court as proof that the landlord is indeed missing. It is advisable to get professional help from a solicitor both on proving the landlord’s absence and the vesting order request to the County Court covering Crossness.
I own a a ground floor purpose built flat in Crossness. Given that I can not reach agreement with the landlord, can the Leasehold valuation Tribunal determine the amount due for a lease extension?
Most definitely. We can put you in touch with a Crossness conveyancing firm who can help.
An example of a Lease Extension decision for a Crossness flat 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 was 76 years.
Why can I not complete my conveyancing in Crossness on Easter Monday?
Because on completion the money will pass between the banks of the purchaser and owner’s property lawyer and at present this can only take place on a working day. It is not possible to complete on a weekend either.