3 months have gone by following my purchase conveyancing in Sydenham Hill took place. I have checked the Land Registry website which shows that I paid £150,000 when infact I paid £160,000. Why the discrepancy?
The price paid figure is taken from the application to register the purchase. It is the figure included in the Transfer (the legal deed which transfers the premises from one person to the other) and referred to as the 'consideration' or purchase price. You can report an error in the price paid figure using the LR online form. In most cases errors result from typos so at first glance the figure. Do report it so they can double check and advise.
Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold issue on a house I have offered on last month in what should have been a simple, chain free conveyancing. Sydenham Hill is where the house is located. What do you suggest?
Flying freeholds in Sydenham Hill are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Sydenham Hill you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds thoroughly. Your bank may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Sydenham Hill 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 residence.
How difficult is it to transfer to a new firm as I have to find one who is on the Halifax conveyancing panel. I instructed a local conveyancing solicitor in Sydenham Hill round the corner but she is not accepted by Halifax
It would be our pleasure to help you select a conveyancing solicitor in Sydenham Hill on the Halifax panel. Please note that the conveyancers that we on the directory do not pay us a referral fee if you instruct them and are under regulation of the SRA who regulate all conveyancing solicitors in Sydenham Hill. In utilising the find a conveyancing solicitor tool on this site, you can compare and instruct different solicitors and conveyancers both nationally and in Sydenham Hill.
My husband and I are FTB’s - had an offer accepted, but the estate agent has warned us that the vendor will only proceed if we instruct the agent's preferred lawyers as they are insisting on an ‘expedited deal’. My instinct tells me that we should use a local conveyancer used to conveyancing in Sydenham Hill
We suspect that the owner is unaware of this ultimatum. Should the seller require ‘a quick sale', taking such a hostile approach to a serious buyer is going to damage their objectives. Try to communicate with the vendors directly and make sure they comprehend that (a)you are genuine purchasers (b)you are excited to move forward, with finances in place © you are unencumbered (d) you wish to move quickly (e)however you intend to instruct your own,trusted Sydenham Hill conveyancing solicitors - not the ones that will earn their negotiator at the agency a commission or meet his conveyancing thresholds demanded by head office.
My wife and I purchased a leasehold house in Sydenham Hill. Conveyancing and The Mortgage Works mortgage went though with no issue. I have received a letter from someone claiming to own the freehold. It included a demand for arrears of ground rent dating back to 1995. The conveyancing practitioner in Sydenham Hill who acted for me is not around. What should I do?
The first thing you should do is contact the Land Registry to be sure that the individual purporting to own the freehold is in fact the new freeholder. You do not need to incur the fees of a Sydenham Hill conveyancing practitioner to do this as it can be done on-line for less than a fiver. You should note that regardless, even if this is the rightful landlord, under the Limitation Act 1980 no more than 6 years of rent can be collected.
I have had difficulty in trying to reach an agreement for a lease extension in Sydenham Hill. Can this matter be resolved via the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal?
in cases where there is a absentee landlord or if there is disagreement about what the lease extension should cost, under the relevant legislation you can apply to the LVT to decide the price.
An example of a Lease Extension case for a Sydenham Hill property is Flat 1 4 Border Crescent in March 2012. the Tribunal decided that the sum payable by the Applicants to the Respondent in respect of the new lease for the subject property should be £11,616.00 (ElevenThousand and Six Hundred and Sixteen Pounds) This case affected 1 flat. The unexpired term as at the valuation date was 72.04 years.