Please help. My Homerton lawyer is informing me me that he has toconduct Homerton conveyancing searches stemming from the fact thatthe firm are on the Virgin Moneysolicitor panel. Is this really necessary?
Unfortunately both you and your lawyer have little choice here. As you are taking a mortgage with a lender your conveyancing practitioner has to comply with their conditions as set out in their version of the CML Conveyancing Handbook. Your conveyancing practitioner would have previously signed the Terms and Conditions of your bank’s conveyancing panel appointment which obliges them to comply with the Council of Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook specifications . Even if you were a cash buyer you would be ill advised not to carry out Homerton conveyancing searches.
What does my ID and proof of funds have anything to do with my conveyancing in Homerton? What am I being asked for?
You are right in these requests have nothing to do with conveyancing in Homerton. Nowadays you will not be able to proceed with any conveyancing deal if you have not providing proof of your identity. Ordinarily this takes the form of a either your passport or driving licence and a utility bill. Please note that if you are providing your driving licence as evidence of ID it must be both the paper element and photo card part, one is not acceptable in the absence of the other.
Verification of your origin of funds is mandated under Money Laundering Regulations. Please do not be offended when you are asked to produce this as your lawyer must have this information on file. Your Homerton conveyancing lawyer will need to see evidence of proof of funds prior to accepting any funds from you into their client account and they may also ask additional queries concerning the origin of monies.
I am downsizing from my home. My previous conveyancers closed down. I am in need of a recommendation of a conveyancing firm. I happen to live in Homerton if that makes things easier.
Please use our search tool to help you choose a solicitor for your conveyancing in Homerton. We have connected thousands of home buyers and sellers with regulated solicitors to ensure that the legalities of their house move goes with a minimum of fuss.
Having had my offer accepted I require leasehold conveyancing in Homerton. Before I set the wheels in motion I require certainty as to the number of years remaining on the lease.
Assuming the lease is recorded at the land registry - and 99.9% are in Homerton - then the leasehold title will always include the short particulars 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.
Following years of correspondence we are unable to agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Homerton. Can we issue an application to the Residential Property Tribunal Service?
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 LVT to judgment on the premium.
An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement decision for a Homerton flat is 104 Nightingale Road in May 2009. The Tribunal's Decision is that the premium torbe paid for the enfranchisement in this case is £112,174 This case affected 10 flats. The number of years remaining on the existing lease(s) was 71.25 years.
What are my options where I am dissatisfied with the property lawyer who conducted my conveyancing in Homerton?
We live in an imperfect world, and is is a fact of life that sometimes matters do not go as planned. However there is recourse if you were dissatisfied with your conveyancing in Homerton. This varies from trying to resolve matters directly with them, through to reporting a solicitor to their regulator. If things still aren’t sorted out you may consider enlisting the help of the Legal Ombudsman.