Much to our surprise we have been advised by our lender that my Wandsworth property lawyer is not on the lender Solicitor panel. What can I do to check?
The best course of action for you to take is to contact your Wandsworth lawyer directly. You lawyer should advise you what has happened. If they are not on the panel they may recommend you to a Wandsworth conveyancing practice that is on the approved list of lawyers for your lender.
We are about to exchange contracts for a freehold house in Wandsworth. We have hit a stumbling block. Our mortgage offer with Bank of Scotland expires on 13/11/2025 but the sellers are putting forward a completion date of 17/11/2025. Is it possible to prolong the mortgage expiry date?
The person best placed to deal with your concern is your lawyer who will calculate if he or she is should be discussing with the bank, seller’s conveyancers, property agents or conceivably all parties taking into account what has gone on in your house move as of today.
It has been five months since my purchase conveyancing in Wandsworth took place. I have checked the Land Registry website which shows that I paid £200,000 when infact I paid £215,000. 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 residence 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.
I would like to let out my leasehold flat in Wandsworth. Conveyancing solicitor who did the purchase is retired - so can't ask him. Do I need to ask my freeholder for permission?
Notwithstanding that your previous Wandsworth conveyancing lawyer is not around you can check your lease to see if it allows you to sublet the apartment. The accepted inference is that if the lease is silent, subletting is allowed. Quite often there is a prerequisite that you are obliged to seek permission from your landlord or other appropriate person before subletting. The net result is you not allowed to sublet in the absence of prior consent. Such consent is not allowed to be unreasonably withheld. If your lease does not allow you to sublet you should ask your landlord for their consent.
I am the proprietor of a second floor flat in Wandsworth. Given that I can not reach agreement with the freeholder, can the Leasehold valuation Tribunal determine the amount due for the purchase of the freehold?
if there is a missing freeholder or where there is disagreement about the premium for a lease extension, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 you can apply to the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) to arrive at the amount due.
An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement matter before the tribunal for a Wandsworth residence is 4 Galveston Road in August 2012. The Tribunal determined that the price payable in respect of the purchase of the freehold was £22,650. The Tribunal remited this matter back to the Wandsworth County Court for execution of the freehold Transfer Deed. This case affected 2 flats.
Midway through the sale of a leasehold flat in Wandsworth. Conveyancing is fine but we have been asked to pay an extortionate amount by the landlord. To date we have paid £225 for a leasehold management information and then a further £134.40 for answers to queries supplied by the buyers lawyer.
Your conveyancer will unlikely have any sway over the level of the bill for this information however the typical costs for the information for Wandsworth leasehold premises is £380. For Wandsworth conveyancing transactions it is customary for the seller to pay for these costs. The landlord or their agents are under no statutory obligation to address such questions although many will be content to do so - albeit often at high prices out of proportion to the work involved. Unfortunately there is no statute that requires set charges for administrative tasks. Neither is there any legal time limit by which they are required to supply answers.