Our son is about to exchange on a newly built flat in Isle of Sheppey with a home loan from . His lawyer has said that there is a delay in completing the ‘Disclosure of Incentive Form’. Who needs to receive the form?

The form is intended to provide information to the main parties engaged in the transaction. Therefore, it will be provided to your son’s lawyer who should be on the conveyancing panel as a standard part of the process, and to the valuer when asked. The developer will be required to start the process by downloading the form and completing it. The form will therefore need to be available for the valuer at the time of his or her site visit. The form should be sent to the conveyancing panel solicitor as early as possible, in order to avoid any last minute delays, and no later than at exchange of contracts.

Having sold my house in Isle of Sheppey last June yet the purchaser is texting daily complaining that their lawyer needs to hear from myconveyancer. What are the post completion sale legalities now that I have sold?

Following your disposal your solicitor is duty bound to deliver the transfer documentation and all supplemental paperwork to the purchaser's solicitors. If applicable, your solicitor must also send confirmation that the mortgage has been repaid to the buyers solicitors. There is unlikely to be post completion procedures unique to conveyancing in Isle of Sheppey.

What can a local search inform me about the property I am purchasing in Isle of Sheppey?

Isle of Sheppey conveyancing often commences with the ordering local authority searches directly from your local Authority or through a personal search company such as Onsearch The local search plays a central part in most Isle of Sheppey conveyancing purchase; as long as you don’t want any nasty surprises after you move into your property. The search should reveal data on, amongst other things, details on planning applications applicable to the premises (whether granted or refused), building control history, any enforcement action, restrictions on permitted development, nearby road schemes, contaminated land and radon gas; in all a total of thirteen topic sections.

Just had an offer accepted on a new build apartment in Isle of Sheppey. Conveyancing is necessary evil at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build conveyancing.

Set out below is a sample of a few leasehold new build questions that you should expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Isle of Sheppey

Forfeiture - bankruptcy or liquidation must not apply under this provision. Please confirm the Lease plans are architect prepared. The Lease must contain a provision on behalf of the Vendor to pay the service charges in respect of unoccupied units in order to ensure that all services can be provided. Please supply a car parking plan.

I am in need of some leasehold conveyancing in Isle of Sheppey. Before I get started I require certainty as to the number of years remaining on the lease.

Assuming the lease is registered - and 99.9% are in Isle of Sheppey - then the leasehold title will always include the short particulars of the lease, namely the date; the term; and the original parties. From a conveyancing perspective such details then enable any prospective buyer and lender to confirm that any lease they are looking at is the one relevant to that title. For any other purpose, such as confirming how long the term was granted for and calculating what is left, then the register should be sufficient on it's own.

Isle of Sheppey Leasehold Conveyancing - A selection of Questions you should consider Prior to buying

This information is important as a) areas may cause problems in the block as the communal areas may begin to deteriorate where maintenance remain unpaid b) if the leasehold owners have a dispute with the running of the building you will need to have all the details Is anyone aware of any major works in the near future that will likely add a premium to the service costs? Plenty Isle of Sheppey leasehold apartments will have a service charge for maintenance of the building levied on behalf of the landlord. Should you buy the property you will have to pay this liability, usually quarterly during the year. This may be anything from a couple of hundred pounds to thousands of pounds for buildings with lifts and large communal areas. There will also be a rentcharge to be met annual, this is usually not a exorbitant figure, say approximately £25-£75 but you need to enquire it because occasionally it could be many hundreds of pounds.