Would the conveyancing practitioners Indexed on your site execute auction conveyancing in Norwood Green?

We know of a few auction solicitors we can put you in touch with those who can conduct auction conveyancing. Norwood Green is just one of our areas of in which our lawyers cover.

I used Action Conveyancing a few years past for my conveyancing in Norwood Green. Now, I need my files but the law firm is no longer operating. What do I do?

You should call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Norwood Green of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously retained, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold element on a house I put an offer in two weeks back in what was supposed to be a straight forward, chain free conveyancing. Norwood Green is where the house is located. Can you shed any light on this issue?

Flying freeholds in Norwood Green are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Norwood Green you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds thoroughly. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Norwood Green 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 residence.

In my capacity as executor for the estate of my grandmother I am disposing of a residence in Cardiff but reside in Norwood Green. My conveyancer (who is 235 kilometers from merequires that I execute a statutory declaration prior to completion. Can you recommend a conveyancing practitioner in Norwood Green who can attest and place their company stamp on the document?

Technically speaking you are not likely to need to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally any notary public or solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are Norwood Green based

I only have 68 years remaining on my flat in Norwood Green. I now want to extend my lease but my freeholder is can not be found. What options are available to me?

On the basis that you qualify, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 you can submit an application to the County Court for an order to dispense with the service of the initial notice. This will enable the lease to be lengthened by the Court. However, you will be required to prove that you have made all reasonable attempts to locate the lessor. For most situations a specialist may be useful to try and locate and prepare an expert document which can be used as proof that the landlord can not be located. It is wise to seek advice from a property lawyer in relation to investigating the landlord’s disappearance and the application to the County Court covering Norwood Green.

I inherited a two-bedroom flat in Norwood Green. In the absence of agreement between myself and the landlord, can the Leasehold valuation Tribunal make a decision on the sum payable for the purchase of the freehold?

You certainly can. We can put you in touch with a Norwood Green conveyancing firm who can help.

An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement decision for a Norwood Green flat is 6 Jessamine Road in August 2013. The Tribunals valuation (as annexed to the decision) calculated the amount payable as £18,355 for the freehold reversion This case affected 2 flats. The unexpired term was 72.39 years.