My fiancee and I are purchasing our first home. Our solicitor has texted usto enquire if we want to purchase extra conveyancing searches. We are really unsure what's relevant for conveyancing in Grove Park

The range of Grove Park conveyancing searches should be dictated entirely on the premises, the location, the likelihood of any of these risks, your knowledge of the area and risks, your general approach to risk. What matters is that you adequately appreciate what information each search could supply. Then you can make a decision if you consider that you need that information. Where you are unsure, ask the conveyancer to provide guidance.

My husband and I are buying a newbuild flat in Grove Park with a homeloan from Lloyds TSB Bank.We would like to retain our Grove Park conveyancing lawyer but Lloyds TSB Bank advised that he's not on their "panel". We have to appoint a Lloyds TSB Bank panel solicitor or keep our high street solicitor and fork out for a Lloyds TSB Bank panel lawyer to act for them. We feel as though this is unjust; is there anything we can do?

No, not really. The loan offered to you contains various provisions, one of which will be that solicitors must be on the Lloyds TSB Bank solicitor panel. in the past, most lenders had large numbers of solicitors on their panels: a borrower could find one for themselves, as long as it was on the lender's panel. The lender would then simply instruct the borrower's lawyers to act for the lender, too. You can use your lender's panel lawyers or you could borrow from another lender which does not restrict your choice. A further alternative is for your lawyer to apply to be on the conveyancing panel for Lloyds TSB Bank

How do I identify a Grove Park solicitor on the Chelsea Building Society conveyancing panel? I have a car and am willing to travel upto 10kilometers to meet the conveyancer.

You can use the tool on this website. Please select a lender and your location and you will see a number of Grove Park conveyancing lawyers based on proximity. We have detailed some Grove Park conveyancing firms towards the end of this page and you can ring them to verify whether they are on the Chelsea Building Society member panel

All being well we will complete the sale of our £275,000 apartment in Grove Park next week. The managing agents has quoted £336 for Landlord’s certificate, insurance certificate and previous years statements of service charge. Is it legal for a freeholder to charge exorbitant fees for a flat conveyance in Grove Park?

Grove Park conveyancing on leasehold flats usually necessitates the purchaser’s solicitor submitting enquiries for the landlord to address. Although the landlord is under no legal obligation to respond to these enquiries the majority will be willing to do so. They are at liberty to charge a reasonable charge for answering questions or supplying documentation. There is no set fee. The average fee for the paperwork that you are referring to is over three hundred pounds, in some cases it exceeds £800. The administration charge invoiced by the landlord must be accompanied by a synopsis of entitlements and obligations in relation to administration charges, otherwise the invoice is not strictly payable. Reality however dictates that you have little choice but to pay whatever is demanded should you wish to exchange contracts with the buyer.

I inherited a ground floor flat in Grove Park. In the absence of agreement between myself and the freeholder, can the Leasehold valuation Tribunal determine the sum due for the purchase of the freehold?

in cases where there is a missing freeholder or where there is dispute about the premium for a lease extension, under the relevant statutes it is possible to make an application to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal to calculate the sum to be paid.

An example of a Lease Extension decision for a Grove Park premises is 49 Woodstock Court Burnt Ash Hill in May 2012. the payment of £64,116 by the leaseholder was the premium which the Tribunal found due for the lease extension in this case. This case was in relation to 1 flat. The number of years remaining on the existing lease(s) was 23.26 years.

My a decade ago. He has been wed, divorced and is now remarried. He will be marketing the property in a few months. I think he will simply be asked to provide a copy of his marriage certificates to the conveyancing practitioner however he is worried it will frustrate the conveyancing. Should he instruct a property lawyer to update the Land Registry details for the house?

You are not required to update the title for the property as long as you have the evidence needed to demonstrate how the change of name occurred.

The purchaser’s solicitor will check the land registry entries and request evidence by way of proof of the name change e.g. marriage documentation.