Top Five Questions relating to Barkingside leasehold conveyancing
Having had my offer accepted I require leasehold conveyancing in Barkingside. Before diving in I would like to find out the remaining lease term.
If the lease is recorded at the land registry - and almost all are in Barkingside - then the leasehold title will always include the basic details 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.
Frank (my husband) and I may need to sub-let our Barkingside 1st floor flat temporarily due to a career opportunity. We used a Barkingside conveyancing firm in 2003 but they have since shut and we did not think at the time seek any advice as to whether the lease permits subletting. How do we find out?
Notwithstanding that your previous Barkingside conveyancing solicitor is no longer available you can review your lease to check if you are permitted to let out the property. The rule is that if the deeds are silent, subletting is allowed. There may be a precondition that you need to seek permission via your landlord or some other party in advance of subletting. This means that you cannot sublet in the absence of prior consent. The consent is not allowed to be unreasonably refused ore delayed. If the lease prohibits you from letting out the property you will need to ask your landlord if they are willing to waive this restriction.
There are only 72 years remaining on my lease in Barkingside. I now wish to get lease extension but my landlord is missing. 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 submit an application to the County Court for for permission to dispense with the service of the initial notice. This will mean that your lease can be granted an extra 90 years by the Court. However, you will be required to prove that you have used your best endeavours to track down the freeholder. For most situations an enquiry agent may be helpful to try and locate and prepare an expert document which can be accepted by the court as proof that the landlord is indeed missing. It is wise to seek advice from a solicitor in relation to proving the landlord’s absence and the vesting order request to the County Court covering Barkingside.
I own a leasehold house in Barkingside. Conveyancing and Skipton Building Society mortgage organised. I have received a letter from someone saying they have taken over the reversionary interest in the property. It included a ground rent demand for rent dating back to 1998. The conveyancing practitioner in Barkingside who previously acted has now retired.Any advice?
First contact HMLR to make sure that this person is in fact the new freeholder. There is no need to incur the fees of a Barkingside conveyancing lawyer to do this as it can be done on-line for a few pound. You should note that in any event, even if this is the legitimate landlord, under the Limitation Act 1980 the limitation period for recovery of ground rent is six years.
Can you offer any advice when it comes to finding a Barkingside conveyancing firm to deal with our lease extension?
When appointing a conveyancer for lease extension works (regardless if they are a Barkingside conveyancing firm) it is imperative that he or she should 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 Barkingside conveyancing practices before you instructing a firm. If the firm is ALEP accredited then that’s a bonus. Some following of questions could be useful:
- What volume of lease extensions has the firm conducted in Barkingside in the last 12 months?
Having spent months of correspondence we cannot agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Barkingside. Can we issue an application to the Residential Property Tribunal Service?
if there is a absentee freeholder or where there is dispute about the premium for a lease extension, under the relevant legislation you can apply to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal to judgment on the price payable.
An example of a Lease Extension decision for a Barkingside flat is 104 Coventry Road in July 2014. The Tribunal determined that the lease extension permium should be £22,896.15 This case affected 1 flat. The the unexpired residue of the current lease was 60.29 years.
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