I am buying a house mortgage free in Laleham. I have lived for the last 15 years in Laleham. Conveyancing searches are a lot of money. Given that I have knowledge of the road and vicinity very well must I have all the conveyancing searches?
If you not getting a mortgage, then all but one or two of the Laleham conveyancing searches are non-obligatory. Your conveyancer will try and sway you, no-doubt strongly, that you should have searches completed, but she has a professional duty to take that path of advice. One thing to consider; if you are likely to sell the house in the future, it could be of relevance to your future buyer what the searches contain. On occasion premises with functional issues can still show up adverse search results. A competent conveyancing solicitor in Laleham will be able to give you some helpful guidance concerning this.
My Solicitor in Laleham is not on the Nationwide Building Society Solicitor Panel. Can I still continue with my prefered solicitor notwithstanding that they are not on the Nationwide Building Society approved list?
The limited options available to you here include:
- Complete the purchase with your existing Laleham lawyers but Nationwide Building Society will need to instruct a conveyancer on their panel. This will result in additional total legal fees and result in frustration.
- Get an alternative solicitor to act in the purchase, remembering to check they are on the Nationwide Building Society panel
Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold issue on a house I have offered on a fortnight ago in what should have been a straight forward, no chain conveyancing. Laleham is the location of the property. What do you suggest?
Flying freeholds in Laleham are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Laleham you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds diligently. Your bank may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Laleham may determine 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 property.
In my capacity as executor for the estate of my grandmother I am disposing of a property in Newport but I am based in Laleham. My conveyancer (who is 260 miles from merequires that I sign a statutory declaration ahead of the transaction finalising. Can you recommend a conveyancing lawyer in Laleham who can attest this legal document for me?
Technically speaking you are unlikely to be required to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally or notary public or solicitor will do regardless of whether they are located in Laleham
Back In 2008, I bought a leasehold house in Laleham. Conveyancing and Yorkshire Building Society mortgage organised. I have received a letter from someone saying they have taken over the freehold. Attached was a ground rent demand for rent dating back to 1998. The conveyancing solicitor in Laleham who acted for me is not around. Do I pay?
First contact the Land Registry to make sure that this person is indeed the registered owner of the freehold reversion. You do not need to instruct a Laleham conveyancing lawyer to do this as you can do this on the Land Registry website for less than a fiver. Rest assured that regardless, even if this is the rightful freeholder, under the Limitation Act 1980 the limitation period for recovery of ground rent is six years.
I am the leaseholder of a basement flat in Laleham. Given that I can not reach agreement with the freeholder, can the Leasehold valuation Tribunal determine the amount due for a lease extension?
You certainly can. We can put you in touch with a Laleham conveyancing firm who can help.
An example of a Lease Extension decision for a Laleham flat is 147 Redford Close in June 2012. The Tribunal determined the lease extension premium to be at £4,200 This case related to 1 flat. The unexpired lease term was 82.93 years.