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Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Culcheth

Souldretaining a Culcheth conveyancing practitioner make the ownership transfer smoother?

In the main conveyancing solicitors in your neck of the woods will have good alliances with your local authority, which can help with your Culcheth conveyancing searches that your lawyer will require on your transaction. It can only be a plus if they enjoy strong rapport with the Land Registry covering your area Culcheth, other conveyancers in the location and Culcheth property agents.

Completed the sale of my flat in Culcheth last April yet the purchaser is telephoning daily to say their lawyer is waiting to hear from mine. What should my lawyer have done now that I have sold?

Post completion of your disposal your lawyer is committed to forward the transfer documentation and all supplemental paperwork to the purchaser's lawyers. If applicable, your solicitor should also confirm that the home loan has been repaid to the buyers solicitors. There are no post completion procedures unique to conveyancing in Culcheth.

It has been three months following my purchase conveyancing in Culcheth completed. I have checked the Land Registry site which shows that I paid £150,000 when infact I paid £170,000. 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 asset 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.

About to purchase a new build flat in Culcheth. Conveyancing is necessary evil at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build conveyancing.

Here is a sample of a selection of leasehold new build questions that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Culcheth

    The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme. Please confirm the Lease plans are architect prepared. Please supply evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry. If there are lifts in the building, please confirm that the owners of flats on the ground and basement floors will not be required to contribute towards the cost of maintenance and renewal. Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose?

I only have 62 years left on my flat in Culcheth. I am keen to extend my lease but my freeholder is missing. What are my options?

If you meet the appropriate requirements, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 you can apply to the County Court for for permission to dispense with the service of the initial notice. This will mean that your lease can be granted an extra 90 years by the Court. However, you will be required to demonstrate that you or your lawyers have done all that could be expected to find the freeholder. On the whole a specialist would be useful to try and locate and to produce an expert document to be used as proof that the freeholder can not be located. It is advisable to get professional help from a conveyancer in relation to proving the landlord’s disappearance and the vesting order request to the County Court covering Culcheth.

I own a basement flat in Culcheth, conveyancing was carried out February 2002. Can you let me have an estimate of the premium that my landlord can legally expect in return for granting a renewal of my lease? Equivalent flats in Culcheth with an extended lease are worth £185,000. The average or mid-range amount of ground rent is £65 invoiced annually. The lease comes to an end on 21st October 2086

With 61 years remaining on your lease we estimate the premium for your lease extension to be between £19,000 and £22,000 plus costs.

The figure above a general guide to costs for extending a lease, but we are not able to supply a more accurate figure without more comprehensive due diligence. Do not use this information in a Notice of Claim or as an informal offer. There may be other issues that need to be considered and you obviously want to be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Neither should you move forward based on this information without first getting professional advice.

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