We hope to to buy with Earl Shilton BS. We have called around locally but am unable to find a South Oxhey conveyancing firm on the Earl Shilton BS panel. Please you help?

Feel free to make the most of the search tool on this site. Please choose the lender and type South Oxhey or your location and you will discover numerous solicitors based in South Oxhey or by proximity to you.

A colleague pointed out to me me that in buying a property in South Oxhey there could be various restrictions affecting the ability to carry out external changes to a property. Is this right?

There are anumerous of properties in South Oxhey which have some sort of restriction or requirement of consent to carry out external changes. Part of the conveyancing in South Oxhey should determine what restrictions are applicable and advising you as part of a ROT that should be sent to you.

I currently have a mortgage with Yorkshire BS for my property in South Oxhey. Conveyancing has been completed 12 months ago. If I am intending to rent out my property and do not currently have a buy-to-let mortgage do I need to remortgage to a buy-to-let mortgage or inform Yorkshire BS?

Your original mortgage agreement with Yorkshire BS will provide that you need their approval prior to letting out your property as this is likely to be a breach of Yorkshire BS’s mortgage conditions. In many cases banks or building societies will allow you to rent out your former home without needing to switch to a buy-to-let mortgage but some lenders will add a surcharge to your mortgage rate to reflect the higher risk. You should contact Yorkshire BS directly. It should not be necessary to do this via a Yorkshire BS conveyancing panel solicitor.

Skipton have agreed my home loan in principle, my offer on a flat in South Oxhey has been agreed to, what happens next?

The property agent will want to know who your solicitors are (ensure that the lawyers are on the lender’s approved list). Call up Skipton or the broker and complete any relevant forms. Skipton will appoint a valuer who will get in touch with the estate agent or seller to arrange a slot for the valuation to occur. Once conducted (assuming no problems) it takes approximately a fortnight to get a mortgage offer. Skipton will issue the offer to you and your solicitors. The legal work will then take it’s course according the nature and complexity of the conveyancing in South Oxhey.

I need some fast conveyancing in South Oxhey as I am faced with pressure to sign on the dotted line in less than one month. A mortgage is not required. Can I escape the need for conveyancing searches to save money and time?

If.Given you are not taking a home loan you are at liberty not to do searches although no solicitor would advise that you don't. Drawing on our experience of conveyancing in South Oxhey the following are examples of issues that can appear and adversely affect future mortgageability: Enforcement Notices, Outstanding Fees, Outstanding Grants, Unadopted Roads,...

I have been advised by a couple of local selling agents in South Oxhey to select a conveyancer on your site. Is there a financial inducement for Estate Agents to market your lawyers ahead of a competitor’s?

We don’t give any financial incentive for pointing buyers and sellers in our direction. We found it would be just too difficult a fee as a client could think, ‘How come the agent getting a kickback? Why aren’t I receiving any benefit too?’ We would prefer to grow our business on genuine recommendations.

I am on look out for some leasehold conveyancing in South Oxhey. Before I set the wheels in motion I would like to find out the number of years remaining on the lease.

Assuming the lease is registered - and almost all are in South Oxhey - 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.

I have tried to negotiate informally with with my landlord to extend my lease without getting anywhere. Can I make an application to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal? Can you recommend a South Oxhey conveyancing firm to represent me?

if there is a missing freeholder or if there is dispute about what the lease extension should cost, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 it is possible to make an application to the LVT to judgment on the price payable.

An example of a Lease Extension decision for a South Oxhey residence is Flats 8, 11 and 15 Craigmore Court 46 Murray Road in December 2013. The tribunal held that the price payable by the Applicant tenant of Flat 8 to acquire an extended lease shall be £26,438 plus £1 to the intermediate lessee . The tribunal held that the price payable by the Applicant tenants of Flat 11 to acquire an extended lease shall be £26,791 plus £1 to the intermediate lessee. The tribunal held that the price payable by the Applicant tenant of Flat 15 to acquire an extended lease shall be £26,638 plus £1 to the intermediate lessee . This case was in relation to 3 flats. The unexpired term as at the valuation date was 71 years.