Do the conveyancing lawyers listed on your site carry out conveyancing in Weybridge by way of an attended exchange?
There are a few conveyancing specialists who can conduct personalised exchanges. Do e-mail us to receive a fee calculation and details as to availability.
My grandfather passed away six months ago and as sole heir and executor I was left the house in Weybridge. The house had a small mortgage left on it of around £5k. I want to transfer the title deeds into my name whilst I re-mortgage to Barclays, pay off the mortgage. Is this possible?
Given you plan to refinance then Barclays will insist on your using a conveyancer on the Barclays conveyancing panel. Here is link to the Land Registry online guidance around what to do when a property owner dies. This will help you to understand the registration process behind changing the details re the registered title. in your case it would appear that you are effectively purchasing the property from the estate. Your Barclays conveyancing panel solicitor pays the new mortgage money into the estate, the estate pays off the old mortgage, the charge is released and you become the owner and the Barclays mortgage is registered as a charge at the Land Registry.
The deeds to our property can not be found. The lawyers who did the conveyancing in Weybridge 4 years ago are no longer around. Will I be able to sell the house?
These day there are copies made of almost everything, and your conveyancer should know precisely where to locate all the appropriate paperwork so you can buy or dispose of your property without any difficulty. If copies can’t be located, your conveyancer can arrange cover in the form of insurance or indemnities against possible claims on the premises.
My wife and I purchased a leasehold house in Weybridge. Conveyancing and The Royal Bank of Scotland mortgage organised. I have received a letter from someone claiming to own the reversionary interest in the property. It included a ground rent demand for rent dating back to 1993. The conveyancing solicitor in Weybridge who acted for me is not around. Do I pay?
The first thing you should do is contact the Land Registry to make sure that the individual purporting to own the freehold is indeed the new freeholder. You do not need to instruct a Weybridge conveyancing practitioner to do this as you can do this on the Land Registry website for £3. You should note that regardless, even if this is the rightful landlord, under the Limitation Act 1980 the limitation period for recovery of ground rent is six years.
Having spent months of correspondence we simply can't agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Weybridge. Can we issue an application to the Residential Property Tribunal Service?
Most certainly. We can put you in touch with a Weybridge conveyancing firm who can help.
An example of a Lease Extension decision for a Weybridge premises 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 remaining number of years on the lease was 82.93 years.
I am an executor of my recently deceased parent's Will, with a property in Weybridge which is to be marketed. The bungalow has never been registered at HMLR and I'm advised that many estate agents will insist that it is in place before they will proceed. What's the procedure for this?
In the circumstances you refer to it seems prudent to apply to register in the names of the personal representative(s) as named in the probate and in their capacity as PRs. The Land Registry’s online guidance explains how to register for the first time and what is required re the deeds and forms. You would need to include and certified copy of the probate as well and complete the form FR1 to refer to the PRs as the applicant.