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While any conveyancing practice can theoretically deal with your leasehold conveyancing in Burton Joyce, your mortgage provider may unwilling to work with them if the firm are not on their list of approved solicitors for conveyancing

Burton Joyce leasehold conveyancing: Q and A’s

Frank (my husband) and I may need to rent out our Burton Joyce ground floor flat for a while due to a new job. We instructed a Burton Joyce conveyancing practice in 2001 but they have since shut and we did not have the foresight to seek any advice as to whether the lease prohibits the subletting of the flat. How do we find out?

Some leases for properties in Burton Joyce do contain a provision to say that subletting is only permitted with prior consent from the landlord. The landlord cannot unreasonably withhold but, in such cases, they would need to review references. Experience dictates that problems are usually caused by unsatisfactory tenants rather than owner-occupiers and for that reason you can expect the freeholder to take up the references and consider them carefully before granting consent.

Expecting to complete next month on a basement flat in Burton Joyce. Conveyancing solicitors assured me that they are sending me a report on Monday. Are there areas in the report that I should be focusing on?

The report on title for your leasehold conveyancing in Burton Joyce should include some of the following:

  • You should receive a copy of the lease
  • Does the lease prevent you from renting out the property, or working from home
  • Whether your lease has a provision for a sinking fund?
  • Changes to the flat (alterations and additions)
  • I don't know whether the lease allows me to alter or improve anything in the flat - you should know whether it applies to all alterations or just structural alteration, and whether consent is required
  • Whether the landlord has obligations to ensure rights of quiet enjoyment over your premises and do you know what it means in practice?
  • Responsibility for repairing the window frames For details of the information to be included in your report on your leasehold property in Burton Joyce please enquire of your solicitor in advance of your conveyancing in Burton Joyce

    • I am a negotiator for a busy estate agent office in Burton Joyce where we have witnessed a few leasehold sales jeopardised due to short leases. I have been given contradictory information from local Burton Joyce conveyancing firms. Please can you confirm whether the vendor of a flat can commence the lease extension process for the buyer?

    As long as the seller has been the owner 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 sit tight for 2 years for a lease extension. Both sets of lawyers will agree to form of assignment. The assignment needs to be completed prior to, or at the same time as completion of the sale.

    An alternative approach is to agree the lease extension with the freeholder 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 purchaser.

    All being well we will complete our sale of a £225000 garden flat in Burton Joyce next week. The landlords agents has quoted £336 for Certificate of Compliance, insurance certificate and previous years service charge statements. Is the landlord entitled to charge exorbitant fees for a flat conveyance in Burton Joyce?

    Burton Joyce conveyancing on leasehold maisonettes more often than not involves the purchaser’s solicitor sending enquiries for the landlord to address. Although the landlord is not legally bound to respond to these enquiries most will be willing to assist. They are entitled invoice a reasonable charge for responding to questions or supplying documentation. There is no upper cap for such fees. The average fee for the information that you are referring to is £350, in some cases it exceeds £800. The management information fee required by the landlord must be sent together with a synopsis of rights and obligations in relation to administration charges, without which the invoice is not strictly payable. Reality however dictates that you have no choice but to pay whatever is requested of you should you wish to exchange contracts with the buyer.

    Are there frequently found deficiencies that you witness in leases for Burton Joyce properties?

    Leasehold conveyancing in Burton Joyce is not unique. Most leases are individual and legal mistakes in the legal wording can result in certain clauses are erroneous. For example, if your lease is missing any of the following, it could be defective:

    • Repairing obligations to or maintain parts of the premises
    • A duty to insure the building
    • A provision for the recovery of money spent for the benefit of another party.
    • Service charge per centages that don't add up correctly leaving a shortfall

    You may encounter a problem when selling your property if you have a defective lease primarily because it impacts on the ability to obtain a mortgage on the property. Barclays , Skipton Building Society, and Bank of Ireland all have express requirements when it comes to what is expected in a lease. Where a lender has been advised by their lawyers that the lease is defective they may refuse to grant the mortgage, obliging the purchaser to withdraw.

    Leasehold Conveyancing in Burton Joyce - Sample of Queries before buying

      What is the the remaining lease term? Is the freehold owned collectively by the leaseholders? This information is important as a) areas can cause problems in the building as the communal areas may start to deteriorate where repairs are not paid for b) if the leaseholders have an issue with the running of the building you will want to have all the details

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