Do the conveyancing practitioners listed on your site handle right to buy conveyancing in West Heath?

We have identified plenty of conveyancing specialists who can conduct right to buy transactions Please contact the conveyancers listed in order to get a costs illustration.

Why do I have to pay up front for conveyancing in West Heath?

If you are buying a property in West Heath your solicitor will ask you to provide them with funds to cover the search fees. Normally this is called for to cover the fees of the Local Authority Search. If any down payment is as part of the total price then this will be required shortly prior to exchange of contracts. Any further balance that is needed should be transferred a few days ahead of the completion date.

I have todaybeen informed that Stirling Law have closed. They conducted my conveyancing in West Heath for a purchase of a leasehold apartment 12 months ago. How can I check that my home is in my name in the name of the former proprietor?

The quickest method to see if the premises is registered to you, you can make a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of West Heath conveyancing specialists.

I work for a long established estate agency in West Heath where we have experienced a number of flat sales derailed due to leases having less than 80 years remaining. I have received conflicting advice from local West Heath conveyancing solicitors. Please can you shed some light as to whether the owner of a flat can instigate the lease extension formalities for the purchaser on completion of the sale?

Provided that the seller has owned the lease for at least 2 years it is possible, to serve a Section 42 notice to start the lease extension process and assign the benefit of the notice to the purchaser. This means that the buyer can avoid having to wait 2 years to extend their lease. Both sets of lawyers will agree to form of assignment. The assignment has to be done prior to, or at the same time as completion of the disposal of the property.

An alternative approach is to extend the lease informally by agreement with the landlord either before or after the sale. If you are informally negotiating there are no rules and so you cannot insist on the landlord agreeing to grant an extension or transferring the benefit of an agreement to the buyer.

I have attempted and failed to negotiate with my landlord for a lease extension without getting anywhere. Can the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal decide on such issues? Can you recommend a West Heath conveyancing firm to act on my behalf?

Most certainly. We can put you in touch with a West Heath conveyancing firm who can help.

An example of a Lease Extension decision for a West Heath flat is Various @ Colombus Square in January 2012. the Tribunal calculated the premiums to be paid for new leases for each of the flats in Mariners Walk to be £3822 and the premium to be paid for the new lease of 2 Knights Court to be £4439. This case affected 13 flats. The unexpired term as at the valuation date was 76 years.

I pay a maintenance contribution for my flat in West Heath. Due to losing my job and personal issues I slipped behind with payments. I negotiated a payment plan but there remains approximately £3000 outstanding at the current time.

I want to sell and I am nervous that this can jeopardize the sale if I have to pay off the arrears first. I'd like to sell up and then pay them back with the completion monies - is this possible?

Your lawyer should be able to negotiate with the appropriate parties, with a new to seeing if they would accept payment from sale proceeds. Here is indicative of why it is advisable to instruct a property lawyer in West Heath as they are likely to enjoy an established relationship with the parties.