My Uxbridge solicitor has uncovered a discrepancy when comparing the assumptions in the home valuation report and what is in the legal papers for the property. My solicitor informs me that he is duty bound to ensure that the bank is OK with this discrepancy and is content to go ahead. Is my solicitor’s stance legitimate?
Your conveyancer must comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook provisions which do require that your lawyer disclose any incorrect assumptions in the lender’s valuation report and the legal papers. Should you refuse to allow your lawyer to make the appropriate notification then your lawyer will have no choice but to discontinue acting for both parties.
We hope to to purchase with Loughborough BS. I went into a couple of high street solicitors but am unable to find a Uxbridge conveyancing firm on the Loughborough BS panel. Please you help?
Feel free to make use of the find a conveyancing panel solicitor tool on this web page. Please choose the lender and type Uxbridge or your preferred area and you will discover a number of lawyer based in Uxbridge or nearest you.
I decided to have a survey carried out on a property in Uxbridge ahead of appointing lawyers. I have been informed that there is a flying freehold overhang to the property. Our surveyor has said that some lenders tend refuse to issue a mortgage on a flying freehold home.
It depends who your proposed lender is. Lloyds has different instructions for example to Birmingham Midshires. If you e-mail us we can check via the appropriate lender. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Uxbridge. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Uxbridge to see if the conveyancing will be more expensive.
I am looking for a conveyancing solicitor in Uxbridge for my house move. Can I review a firm’s complaints history with the profession’s regulator?
One may review presented Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) determinations resulting from inquisitions started on or after Jan 2008. Go to Check a solicitor's record. To find records Pre 2008, or to check a solicitors history, phone 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and 09.30 - 18.00 Tuesday. For non-uk callers, call +44 (0)121 329 6800. The SRA sometimes recorded call for training reasons.
I am a negotiator for a busy estate agency in Uxbridge where we have experienced a number of flat sales put at risk as a result of short leases. I have received conflicting advice from local Uxbridge conveyancing solicitors. Please can you confirm whether the seller of a flat can instigate the lease extension process for the buyer?
As long as the seller has been the owner for at least 2 years it is possible, to serve a Section 42 notice to kick-start the lease extension process and assign the benefit of the notice to the purchaser. The benefit of this is that the proposed purchaser need not have to wait 2 years to extend their lease. Both sets of lawyers will agree to form of assignment. The assignment needs to be completed before, or at the same time as completion of the sale.
Alternatively, it may be possible to extend the lease informally by agreement with the landlord either before or after the sale. If you are informally negotiating there are no rules and so you cannot insist on the landlord agreeing to grant an extension or transferring the benefit of an agreement to the purchaser.
Following years of negotiations we cannot agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Uxbridge. Does the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal have jurisdiction to calculate the appropriate figures?
Where there is a absentee landlord or where there is dispute about the premium for a lease extension, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 it is possible to make an application to the LVT to decide the sum to be paid.
An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement case for a Uxbridge flat is 164 Nestles Avenue in October 2013. The tribunal agreed with the proposed price of £20,158 for the freehold and determined that that sum is the amount to be paid into court This case related to 2 flats. The unexpired term as at the valuation date was 69 years.