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

Examples of recent questions relating to leasehold conveyancing in Frant

I wish to let out my leasehold flat in Frant. Conveyancing solicitor who did the purchase is retired - so can't ask her. Is permission from the freeholder required?

Notwithstanding that your last Frant conveyancing lawyer is not around you can review your lease to see if it allows you to sublet the property. The rule is that if the lease is non-specific, subletting is allowed. Quite often there is a prerequisite that you must obtain permission via your landlord or other appropriate person in advance of subletting. This means that you cannot sublet in the absence of prior permission. The consent is not allowed to be unreasonably withheld. If the lease does not allow you to sublet you should ask your landlord if they are willing to waive this restriction.

There are only 62 years left on my flat in Frant. I am keen to get lease extension but my freeholder is absent. What should I do?

On the basis that you meet the appropriate requirements, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 you can apply to the County Court for an order to dispense with the service of the initial notice. This will enable the lease to be lengthened by the Court. However, you will be required to prove that you have done all that could be expected to locate the freeholder. For most situations an enquiry agent may be useful to try and locate and prepare an expert document to be accepted by the court as proof that the landlord can not be located. It is wise to seek advice from a solicitor both on devolving into the landlord’s disappearance and the vesting order request to the County Court overseeing Frant.

Planning to sign contracts shortly on a ground floor flat in Frant. Conveyancing lawyers assured me that they will have a report out to me next week. Are there areas in the report that I should be focusing on?

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

  • Does the lease require carpeting throughout thus preventing wood flooring?
  • An explanation as to the provision in the lease to pay service charges - with regard to both the building, and the more general rights a leaseholder has
  • You should have a good understanding of the insurance provisions
  • 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
  • What options are open to you if a neighbour breach a clause of their lease?
  • What the implications are if you breach a clause of your lease? For details of the information to be included in your report on your leasehold property in Frant please ask your conveyancer in ahead of your conveyancing in Frant

    • What are your top tips when it comes to finding a Frant conveyancing practice to carry out our lease extension conveyancing?

    When appointing a conveyancer for lease extension works (regardless if they are a Frant conveyancing firm) it is imperative that they be familiar with the legislation and specialises in this area of work. We advise that you make enquires with two or three firms including non Frant conveyancing practices prior to instructing a firm. Where the conveyancing practice is ALEP accredited then so much the better. Some following of questions might be helpful:

    • How familiar is the firm with lease extension legislation?
  • How many lease extensions have they conducted in Frant in the last twenty four months?

    • Do you have any top tips for leasehold conveyancing in Frant with the purpose of saving time on the sale process?

    • A significant proportion of the delay in leasehold conveyancing in Frant can be avoided if you instruct lawyers the minute your agents start advertising the property and request that they start to collate the leasehold information which will be required by the buyers solicitors.
    • The majority freeholders or managing agents in Frant charge for providing management packs for a leasehold property. You or your lawyers should enquire as to the fee that they propose to charge. The management pack sought on or before finding a buyer, thus accelerating the process. The average time it takes to obtain the necessary information is three weeks. It is the most common cause of frustration in leasehold conveyancing in Frant.
  • If you have carried out any alterations to the residence would they have required Landlord’s consent? Have you, for example installed wooden flooring? Frant leases often stipulate that internal structural changes or laying down wooden flooring calls for a licence from the Landlord approving such changes. Where you fail to have the approvals to hand do not contact the landlord without checking with your lawyer in advance.
  • If you have had conflict with your landlord or managing agents it is very important that these are settled prior to the flat being marketed. The purchasers and their solicitors will be concerned about purchasing a flat where a dispute is unresolved. You may have to bite the bullet and pay any arrears of service charge or settle the dispute prior to completion of the sale. It is therefore preferable to have any dispute settled prior to the contract papers being issued to the buyers’ solicitors. You are still duty bound to disclose particulars of the dispute to the buyers, but it is better to present the dispute as over as opposed to ongoing.
  • If you have the benefit of shareholding in the freehold, you should ensure that you are holding the original share certificate. Arranging a replacement share certificate is often a lengthy formality and delays many a Frant conveyancing deal. If a new share certificate is necessary, do contact the company director and secretary or managing agents (where applicable) for this sooner rather than later.

    • Frant Leasehold Conveyancing - A selection of Queries Prior to Purchasing

      This information is helpful as a) areas can cause problems for the building as the common areas may begin to deteriorate if maintenance remain unpaid b) if the leaseholders have an issue with the running of the building you will wish to have all the details How much is the annual maintenance fee and ground rent? It would be sensible to investigate if the the lease contains any onerous restrictions in the lease. For example it is fairly common in Frant leases that pets are not allowed in in a block in Frant. If you love the apartmentin Frant yet your cat can’t move with you then you have a very difficult decision.

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