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Common questions relating to Mancot leasehold conveyancing

My husband and I may need to rent out our Mancot ground floor flat for a while due to a career opportunity. We used a Mancot conveyancing firm in 2002 but they have since shut and we did not have the foresight to seek any advice as to whether the lease allows us to sublet. How do we find out?

Even though your previous Mancot conveyancing lawyer is no longer around you can review your lease to check if you are permitted to let out the premises. The rule is that if the deeds are silent, subletting is allowed. There may be a precondition that you need to obtain consent via your landlord or other appropriate person in advance of subletting. This means you not allowed to sublet in the absence of first obtaining consent. Such consent is not allowed to be unreasonably withheld. If your lease prohibits you from subletting the property you should ask your landlord for their consent.

I am hoping to sign contracts shortly on a ground floor flat in Mancot. Conveyancing solicitors inform me that they are sending me a report on Monday. What should I be looking out for?

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

  • You should be sent a copy of the lease
  • Details of the parties to the lease, for example these could be the leaseholder (you), head lessor, freeholder
  • Do you need to have carpet in the flat or are you allowed wood flooring?
  • Are you allowed to have a pet in the flat?
  • Does the lease prevent you from letting out the property, or having a home office for business
  • Repair and maintenance of the flat
  • 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 For a comprehensive list of information to be included in your report on your leasehold property in Mancot please enquire of your solicitor in ahead of your conveyancing in Mancot

  • I am tempted by the attractive purchase price for a couple of apartments in Mancot which have in the region of forty five years remaining on the leases. Will this present a problem?

    There are plenty of short leases in Mancot. The lease is a right to use the property for a period of time. As a lease shortens the marketability of the lease decreases and it becomes more costly to extend the lease. This is why it is advisable to extend the lease term. More often than not it is difficult to sell a property with a short lease because mortgage companies less inclined to grant a loan on such properties. Lease enfranchisement can be a difficult process. We advise that you get professional help from a conveyancer and surveyor with experience in this arena

    I work for a reputable estate agency in Mancot where we see a few leasehold sales put at risk as a result of leases having less than 80 years remaining. I have received contradictory information from local Mancot conveyancing firms. Can you confirm whether the vendor of a flat can initiate 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 commence 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 to extend their lease. 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 disposal of the property.

    Alternatively, it may be possible 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.

    What makes a Mancot lease unmortgageable?

    There is nothing unique about leasehold conveyancing in Mancot. Most leases are individual and legal mistakes in the legal wording can result in certain sections are not included. For example, if your lease is missing any of the following, it could be defective:

    • A provision to repair to or maintain parts of the building
    • 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 will have 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. Accord Mortgages Ltd, Coventry Building Society, and Platform Home Loans Ltd all have express conveyancing instructions when it comes to what is expected in a lease. If a mortgage lender believes that the lease is defective they may refuse to grant the mortgage, obliging the buyer to withdraw.

    Leasehold Conveyancing in Mancot - A selection of Questions you should ask Prior to Purchasing

      Are any of leasehold owners in arrears of their service charge payments? The best form of lease structure is where the freehold reversion is in the ownership of the leaseholders. In this scenario the lessees enjoy being in charge if their destiny and even though a managing agent is usually employed where the building is larger than a house conversion, the managing agent is directed by the tenants. The majority of Mancot leasehold properties will have a service charge for the upkeep of the block invoiced by the landlord. Where you acquire the flat you will have to pay this liability, usually in instalments accross the year. This may differ from a couple of hundred pounds to thousands of pounds for large purpose-built blocks. In all probability there will be a rentcharge for you to pay yearly, this is usually not a exorbitant figure, say approximately £50-£100 but you should to enquire as on occasion it could be many hundreds of pounds.

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