I am expecting a mortgage with Nat West. My intention is to use a Licensed Conveyancer in Manor Park. Does the Nat West Conveyancing panel exclude conveyancers regulated by the CLC?

The Nat West conveyancing panel is, like many other lenders, represented by the Council or Mortgage Lenders or BSA, open to Licensed Conveyancers regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers.

I note that there are debates on Chancel Insurance on online forums. Am I compelled to take this when buying a residence in Manor Park? or I am told that there is a law dating back centuries that means some house owners living in a parish church boundary will be compelled to contribute towards maintenance towards the chancel in proximity to the church. Is this applicable for conveyancing in Manor Park?

Unless a previous purchase of the premises took place post 12 October 2013 you could expect solicitors delivering conveyancing in Manor Park to continue to advocate a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.

Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to our property are lost. The lawyers who dealt with the conveyancing in Manor Park 10 years ago have long since closed. What do I do?

As long as the title is registered the information relating to your ownership will be retained by HMLR under a Title Number. It is easy to conduct a search at the Land Registry, locate your property and get current copies of the Registered Entries for a small fee. Where the property is Leasehold then the Land Registry will also normally hold a file duplicate of the Registered Lease and again, a copy can be obtained for a small fee.

I've recently bought a leasehold flat in Manor Park. Am I liable to pay service charges for periods before my ownership?

In a situation where the service charge has already been demanded from the previous lessee and they have not paid you would not usually be personally liable for the arrears. However, your landlord may still be able to take action to forfeit the lease. A critical element of leasehold conveyancing for your conveyancer to be sure to have an up to date clear service charge receipt before completion of your purchase. If you have a mortgage this is likely to be a requirement of your lender.

If you purchase part way through an accounting year you may be liable for charges not yet demanded even if they relate to a period prior to your purchase. In such circumstances your conveyancer would normally arrange for the seller to set aside some money to cover their part of the period (usually called a service charge retention).

Having spent years of dialogue we are unable to agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Manor Park. Does the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal have jurisdiction to calculate the appropriate figures?

Most definitely. We can put you in touch with a Manor Park conveyancing firm who can help.

An example of a Lease Extension decision for a Manor Park residence is 240 Strone Road in January 2014. the tribunal held that the price to be paid for the freehold interest was£23,538 of which£13,017 is attributable to the ground floor flat and £10,521 to the
first floor flat. This case was in relation to 2 flats. The number of years remaining on the existing lease(s) was 65.5 years.

Do banks and building societies provide you with an approved list of Manor Park solicitors? How do you know who is on the mortgage company conveyancing panel?

Manor Park firms and firms conducting conveyancing in Manor Park themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the lender conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from the bank directly.