I am need of leasehold conveyancing for an apartment in a relatively new development (five years built) in Northfleet. 95% of the flats have already been occupied. Do I need carry out the local searches for my conveyancing in Northfleet?

Where you are obtaining a mortgage, your mortgage company will insist on some (many) of the searches so you'll have no choice. If not, then Northfleet conveyancing searches are for you to decide upon. Your solicitor, will 'advise', perhaps in the strongest possible terms, that you should have the searches done, but he or she has a professional duty to do this. One thing to bear in mind; if you are likely to sell the house one day, it may be of interest to your future buyer what the searches contain. Sometimes houses with no practical issues can still throw up adverse search results. But if you demand that your lawyer to proceed without searches then your lawyer will have to follow your instructions or you will need to change to another solicitor for your conveyancing in Northfleet.

Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly identified during conveyancing in Northfleet?

Restrictive covenants can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the process of conveyancing in Northfleet. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’

Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold element on a house I put an offer in two weeks back in what should have been a quick, no chain conveyancing. Northfleet is the location of the property. Is there any guidance you can give?

Flying freeholds in Northfleet are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Northfleet you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds very carefully. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Northfleet may ascertain 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 property.

My father has encouraged me to appoint his conveyancing solicitors in Northfleet. Do I follow his recommendation?

Much as we are happy to recommend a Northfleet conveyancing lawyer the ideal way to select a conveyancing solicitor is to seek feedback from friends or family who have experience in using the firm that you are are thinking of instructing.

We expect to complete the sale of our £125,000 flat in Northfleet on Friday in a week. The managing agents has quoted £336 for Certificate of Compliance, building insurance schedule and 3 years service charge statements. Is the landlord entitled to charge such fees for a flat conveyance in Northfleet?

For most leasehold sales in Northfleet conveyancing will involve, questions about the management of a building inevitably needing to be answered directly by the freeholder or its agent, this includes :

Answering pre-exchange questions Where consent is required before sale in Northfleet Copies of the building insurance and schedule Deeds of covenant upon sale Registering of the assignment of the change of lessee after a sale

Your solicitor will have no control over the level of the charges for this information but the average costs for the information for Northfleet leasehold property is £350. For Northfleet conveyancing transactions it is customary for the seller to pay for these costs. The landlord or their agents are under no legal obligation to answer such questions most will be willing to do so - albeit often at exorbitant prices where the fees bear little relation to the work involved. Unfortunately there is no law that requires fixed charges for administrative tasks. Neither is there any legal time frame by which they are obliged to provide answers.

Northfleet Leasehold Conveyancing - Sample of Queries before Purchasing

Are any of leasehold owners in arrears of their service charge liability? Generally speaking the cost for major works tend not to be included within service charges, albeit that there some managing agents in Northfleet obliged leasehold owners to contribute towards a reserve fund created for the specific intention of building a fund for major works.